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Dana White on Fight Island and Mike O'Malley on GUTS and Failure
The NBA bubble is officially in full swing, and while we were expecting high-level basketball, we’re mostly getting Yelp reviews from millionaires. Rondo is calling a very nice hotel room a Motel 6, and Troy Daniels is posting pictures of airline-style food that has Big Cat and PFT Commenter genuinely curious if they can have the leftovers. PFT, however, isn't taking the Motel 6 slander sitting down.
PFT CommenterI actually enjoy staying at a Motel 6
I'm not here for the Motel 6 slander, by the way. I enjoy a good Motel 6. You're not getting any frills. I'm more of a Red Roof Inn guy, but I just like hotels. You just go in, you run the hot shower, get that hot water going for 30 minutes at a time.
Big Cat thinks the players are leaning into the misery a bit too much, essentially acting like the very people they usually avoid in the comments section.
Big CatNBA players are self-deputizing as Karens in the bubble
It's not the journalists that are doing it. It's actually the players. The players have self-deputized as Karens. I actually want every NBA player should get a Yelp account and I want to read their Yelp reviews of the hotel afterwards.
With the Brooklyn Nets roster looking more like a G-League team every day, PFT offered a simple solution to the NBA's ratings problem. If you want people to watch a depleted Nets team, you just have to bring in the greatest showman in the history of sports.
PFT CommenterTim Tebow is a guaranteed ratings draw regardless of what sport or team he is playing for
It doesn't matter if [Tebow] is on the Mets or if he's playing for the Nets, people will tune in and watch Tim Tebow.
The College Football Crisis
College football is looking bleaker by the hour. The Ivy League decided to cancel fall sports, and as the smartest guys in the room, they’ve effectively peer-pressured the rest of the country into a corner. Big Cat is already bracing for the fallout of a conference-only schedule.
Big CatThe Ivy League canceling sports will force every other conference to follow suit
I don't know how any of this is going to work. And I guess that segues to college football feels like we're in a bad spot and fuck the Ivy League again. They started it. As soon as they canceled I was like this is gonna get everyone because the smartest guys in the room are like, 'hey, we don't think it's safe' and everyone else feels pressure.
If we do get a season, it’s going to be absolute chaos for the selection committee. PFT is actively rooting for the most toxic outcome possible: Dabo Swinney being left out of the party because of a lack of non-conference wins.
PFT CommenterClemson will get left out of a conference-only playoff
I am hoping so badly that Clemson gets left out. It would be the takes that Dabo would come out with at that point. He might just secede the ACC from the rest of the entire NCAA.
Big Cat has a more realistic, albeit equally frustrating, prediction for how the playoff field will look if the SEC gets their way.
Big CatThe 2020 College Football Playoff will inevitably just be four SEC teams
One SEC team will have one loss and like Alabama will go undefeated and we'll be like, well the second-best team is clearly the one loss SEC team... and then we're going to have the SEC final four, that'd be great.
Fyre Fest and Billy's Legal Theory
Billy Football might have the Fyre Fest of the Year after getting a massive speeding ticket in Minnesota. Most people would blame their lead foot, but Billy blamed the news cycle. He genuinely thought that because he heard the phrase "defund the police," it meant speed limits were now merely suggestions.
Billy FootballI thought the police were defunded so I could speed 89 in a 55
I got a really bad feeling, I got a speeding ticket. Turns out there was a speeding camera that caught me... I thought they defunded the police. I actually was like, 'no police.' I read the news, they defunded these guys. I'm good.
Dana White and Mike O'Malley
Dana White joined the show from Abu Dhabi to talk about UFC 251. He was in no mood for the internet's complaints about "Fight Island" not actually featuring an octagon buried in the sand. He shut down the beach-fighting fantasy with some very aggressive common sense.
Dana WhiteAnyone who actually expected UFC fights to take place in the sand on a beach at Fight Island is an idiot
For the people who thought it was literally on a beach, you're a fucking idiot. The lighting rig that would have to be set up... would be impossible to do on the beach... not to mention the fact that it's 118 degrees here with 100% humidity. You would drop dead walking to the octagon.
He also gave us an update on the McGregor retirement cycle. While Conor has a habit of walking away, Dana doesn't think the Mac is done quite yet.
Dana WhiteConor McGregor is not retired for good and will likely return to the octagon next year
I don't think that Conor has retired for good but... I think Conor's is going to take some time and and sit back and figure out who's next, you know, and it probably won't be till next year.
Then, in one of the best surprises of the year, Mike O'Malley called in. For kids of the 90s, this was a legendary moment. He talked about the scale of the Aggro Crag and even offered to auction off his own piece of the Crag for charity. He also shared some incredible perspective on his failed self-titled sitcom and the reality of bouncing back in Hollywood. He did, however, have a very specific rule for men his age when it comes to fan apparel.
Men should stop buying and wearing sports jerseys once they reach age 53
I think that wearing a jersey when you're younger than the player or or when you're far maybe 25 to 30 years older than player is acceptable. But at 53 years old, I I really cannot be buying a jersey.
Embrace Debate and Documentary Review
We wrapped things up by debating Mike Tyson vs. LeBron James in a boxing ring. While some people on the internet think LeBron's athleticism would carry him, Big Cat reminded everyone that getting punched in the face is a very different skill set than driving to the hoop.
Big CatMike Tyson would easily beat LeBron James in a boxing match
If it's in his prime, that's the dumbest argument of all time. Mike Tyson would fucking crush LeBron James. I don't care how tall LeBron is. Hand speed, everything. LeBron can't get hit. He would flop out of the ring.
Finally, the guys reviewed the new Netflix doc *Home Game*. The first episode covers Calcio Storico, an Italian sport that is basically just organized street fighting with a ball. Big Cat is ready to declare it the premier athletic competition on the planet.
Big CatCalcio Storico makes all other sports look lame
I went into this being like 'this might make rugby look bad' and then I went out of it being like it makes every sport look bad because every sport is just lame compared to this. It's just Fight Club with a scoring element. It really does make all other sports just like... hockey guys are going to watch this and be like, 'whoops, we thought we were the tough sport.'
If Billy Football thinks he can survive the Ultimate Fighter, he should probably watch the Calcio Storico guys first.
