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Scott Boras on MLB Labor, Ryan Whitney's Corona Cup, and Cam Newton to the Pats
We are living in a time portal. This episode captures the exact moment the sports world shifted as Big Cat and PFT were recording. One minute, Big Cat is rationalizing why the Bears were totally smart to settle for Nick Foles, and the next, Adam Schefter is dropping a nuclear bomb on the NFL landscape. Cam Newton is officially a New England Patriot, and the guys had to process the reality of Bill Belichick getting a former MVP on a league-minimum deal in real-time.
Big CatThe Bears were right to sign Nick Foles because there were no other good quarterbacks available
Looks like the Bears were really right to sign Nick Foles because there's no other good quarterbacks out there. Yeah.
Hank is predictably over the moon, already planning the parade route through Boston. He’s envisioning a collision course between the old guard and the new era that feels like a scripted movie ending.
HankThe Patriots will face Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl with Cam Newton starting
Cam Newton is going to be the starter. It's going to be electric. The Patriots are going to make the Super Bowl. It's going to be the Patriots and the [Bucs] and I'm going to be so excited.
While Hank is buying Super Bowl tickets, Big Cat is looking at the sheer chaos of 2020 and wondering if this is all just a fever dream before the season gets shut down entirely. Billy Football, however, is salivating at the X’s and O’s. He thinks Belichick has finally found the dual-threat weapon he’s been craving since the dawn of time.
Billy FootballBill Belichick has always wanted a mobile quarterback to experiment with new offensive schemes
Belichick's always talking about how he wants a mobile quarterback... belch I was like, I want to get rid of you [Brady] and get a cool new toy that can run around. So like the football like porn that's going to come out of this like the X's and O's and blocking schemes... Bellatrix brain with like a mobile quarterback.
Who’s Back and the Karen Energy
Who’s Back of the week features a legendary performance by Sacha Baron Cohen and the return of Dickie V to the public eye. While Dickie V is out here doing the lord's work promoting masks, Big Cat pointed out a slight technical flaw in the implementation that many of us see at the grocery store every day.
Big CatWearing a mask doesn't count if you don't cover your nose
If you're gonna say that everyone should wear masks, you really got to get it over the nose. Yeah. You got to be a [P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-er]. You gotta do it. You gotta show up. You gotta be a diaper Dandy really swaddle your face in that thing.
Then things took a turn for the weird when PFT admitted to a very specific, very niche attraction. As the world becomes obsessed with viral videos of people losing their minds in retail establishments, PFT has found himself drawn to the raw, unbridled alpha energy of a woman throwing frozen poultry in a Walmart parking lot.
PFT CommenterI am sexually attracted to the 'alpha' energy of Karens in public
I think I'm sexually attracted to Karens. Like I don't care what they're saying or what they're doing... Whenever I see a Karen video gets me going it's like a little bit of that craziness... They exude some kind of like, oh my God, like you just get a look from a Karen and you feel like you did something wrong.
Scott Boras on the MLB Cold War
Super agent Scott Boras joined the show to give us the high-level breakdown of why baseball’s return has been such a mess. It turns out the billionaire owners aren't exactly opening their books to the public, and Boras explained how they manage to keep their actual profits hidden in the shadows of stadium-adjacent hotels and regional networks.
Scott BorasMLB owners hide revenue by investing in ancillary businesses like hotels and RSNs
What each franchise does is somewhat of a secret... you have ancillary revenue streams that are being created that under the rules they do not them to be a part of Revenue sharing some investing in hotels and restaurants and casinos... I'll pay my team 75 million for that $300,000,000 right [for the RSN], I'll own the RSN and I'll keep that money at the RSN so I don't have to share with my other owners.
Beyond the money, Boras is looking at the 60-game sprint from a health perspective. While everyone is focused on the stars, he’s worried about the guys in the pen who are going to be treated like disposable arms in a season where every single game is managed like Game 7 of the World Series.
Scott BorasI am very concerned about the physical toll on relievers during a 60-game season
What I'm most concerned about is through the bullpen. Because the frequency of use, the demands on them... the starting pitcher has to come out earlier... they are the backstop they are the in line for whatever irregularities occur in a game and it is those men that I have the greatest concern about.
Ryan Whitney and the Corona Cup
Our friend Ryan Whitney called in to talk about the NHL’s plan to return to play. Whit is leaning into the chaos of the format, suggesting that this year’s championship deserves a very specific title and a permanent footnote in the history books.
Ryan WhitneyThe 2020 Stanley Cup champion will have an asterisk and should be called the 'Corona Cup'
I've called it it's going to be the Corona Cup this year... forever a little bit of an asterisk people have argued with me over that but still I just think it's different it's odd.
He also gave us some insight into the locker room dynamics of empty arenas. It’s one thing to be a skill player out there, but it’s a whole different ballgame for the guys whose entire job description involves being a professional nuisance. Without a crowd to feed off of, the league's biggest pests might find themselves in a motivational slump.
Ryan WhitneyHockey pests and 'piece of shit' players will struggle more than anyone to get motivated in empty arenas
I think it's way harder for the guys that play that 'in your face' like 'I'm a piece of shit' type player where it's like the crowd fires me up... those guys, I mean they're going to have to get up to be in people's faces with no fans and no noise.
Whit is sticking with the Lightning to finally get over the hump, while Big Cat is eyeing the Blackhawks as a potential dark horse. But Big Cat also made sure to establish the official PMT rules for championship legitimacy: if a team from north of the border wins this weird tournament, it simply does not count.
Big CatIf a Canadian team wins the 2020 Stanley Cup it gets an asterisk, but an American team winning is legitimate
I'm going to say right now if a Canadian team win the Stanley Cup it gets an asterisk. Yeah. If it's American team we earned that shit.
We wrapped up with some PR 101 for the state of Mississippi as they look to redesign their flag. PFT suggested a dynamic approach that would turn the state flag into a traveling trophy for the winner of the Egg Bowl, which honestly makes too much sense to ever actually happen.
PFT CommenterThe Mississippi state flag should feature the logo of the most recent Egg Bowl winner
It should be if depending on who wins the Egg Bowl that year if it's Ole Miss or if it's Mississippi State their logo gets to go in the upper left-hand Corner the flag for the remainder that year... that would be incredible the flagpole.
Good luck to the residents of Toledo who now have to figure out how to keep Big Cat away from their city's most sensitive locks once he gets that key.
