In hour one, Tiger Rag Radio speaks with ESPN bracketologist Charlie Crème about the NCAA women’s basketball tournament field of 64 and takes a closer look at LSU’s draw. The crew also visits with Brett Friedlander of HoopsHQ.com to discuss the possibility of Will Wade returning to LSU.
In hour two, the crew discusses the pending litigation filed by three Baton Rouge journalists—including Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne—against LSU, seeking records on how public funds are used to compensate student-athletes – The Tiger Rag Explanation. The crew also interviews Cory Diaz of USA Today Louisiana, who shares his early predictions for the LSU women’s basketball team in the NCAA Tournament.
Here is the complete transcript of the show from YouTube. Tiger Rag apologizes for any AI generated mistakes.
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This is Tiger Rag Radio live from Super Chevy Dealers Studio.
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And good evening everyone. Welcome to another edition of Tiger Rag Radio. I’m Jeff Polmo, news and sports director of Louisiana Radio Network, the executive
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editor for Tiger Rag Magazine. Todd Horn is here. The editor Glenn Gilbo, Andre Champine is also here. He’s our producer
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is Tiger Rag reporter and LRN reporter as well. Got a great show for you here over the next couple hours. Talking a
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lot of women’s basketball, talking baseball. We’ll get into the men’s basketball coaching situation as well.
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Coming up here in about 10 minutes, ESPN women’s college basketball brackettologist Charlie Cream to break
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down LSU’s regional and look at LSU’s chances of getting to the final four.
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Brett Freedellander from hoopshq.com will also join us in this hour. We’ll talk about the Will Wade situation. You
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may have seen it last Friday. Tiger Rag Glenn Gilbo with an excellent story about it. an interesting development that uh is apparently occurring behind
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the scenes that could be connected to the return of Will Wade, but we’ll get into that uh much more as the show goes
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on. We’ll also talk some women’s basketball of Cory Diaz from USA Today,
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Louisiana. And then at 7:00, so the beginning of hour number two, we will go into detail about Tiger Rag’s involvement in a lawsuit against LSU,
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where Tiger Rag executive editor Todd Horn is a pliff. So on the surface, the lawsuit seeks to make public the revenue
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sharing deals that LSU has with its individual athletes. This is just revenue sharing deals, not NIO revenue
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sharing started in July. So, this is relatively a new issue that came about from Tiger Rag’s perspective as Todd was
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putting together Tiger Rag’s annual money issue that dives deep into LSU’s financial issues. Now, there’s been a lot of hysteria over this lawsuit. So,
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let me just say this now and then I’ll have Todd go into it much more in depth at 7 o’clock, hour two of the show. But
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from Tiger Rag’s perspective, the lawsuit attempts to make or clarify Louisiana’s public records law. This issue is not unique to Louisiana.
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There’s been lawsuits filed in other states. Other state legislators are other state legislators are trying to address this issue. This is not an
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attempt to tear down LSU football, ruin what Lane Kein is trying to do, or let out trade secrets so Alabama can use it
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against LSU. This is the house not falling. [laughter] It’s not about the sky falling.
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This is about seeking clarity about the state’s public records law, which right
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now does not jive with how college athletic programs are operating now that revenue sharing is here. And again,
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revenue sharing started July 1. It’s a very layered explanation about the lawsuit. And since we got Charlie Cream
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calling in at 6:15, we decided to move this important topic to 7 o’clock so we can discuss it much more in depth. So I
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think we could have a great conversation on this. Hopefully inform the listener on what this is really about. So again,
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I’ll leave it at that and really hope you join us again at 7 o’clock or if you can’t join us at 7, check us out on YouTube or podcast uh wherever you get
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your podcast. I think you’ll find it. It is to me a fascinating for someone that covers the state legislature and also
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covers college athletics. To me, maybe I’m a nerd. This is a fascinating topic to me. And this was this was a a train
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coming down the tracks that I knew was going to eventually hit and here it is.
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And again, other states the other states are dealing with this. So, this is not something that’s just unique to Louisiana. But we’ll leave it at that.
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Uh, we’re going to have Charlie Kareem on coming up in about eight minutes. Did want to dive into Oh, we only got a few
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minutes here. LSU baseball and what are its problems? Glenn, you’ve been writing about Tiger baseball. What the heck is going on?
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Well, the the offense has improved over the over the weekend. That that’s a good sign, but the uh you know, the pitching
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dipped obviously. Um, but you know, they might not be a great team this year.
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They they could be a team that hovers around 500 in the SEC, which which would be much better than 2024 if you remember
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when they dipped to 13 and 17. So, I don’t think they’re there yet. It’s it’s still really early. I I think they have
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some good pitchers, some very good pitchers on the team. You know, Case Evans has has not been off to a great start. That’s obvious. Um, and obviously
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their top two starters are not looking like they’re going to be the top two starters that LSU had last year.
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Bullpen’s been a little up and down, but you know, I I still really think they’re talented.
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Uh, I still think they’re going to be pretty good. you know, uh Vanderbilt was not ranked and LSU lost two of them, so
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they fell out of the uh poll, but they could uh you know, if they beat Oklahoma twice, uh this weekend, Oklahoma’s coming in at number eight in all the
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polls, that’s a Thursday to Saturday series, they’ll be they’ll be ranked again next next week if they if they take two from Oklahoma, I would I would
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think. But, um you know, there’s there’s some warning signs there. I’ve I’ve already written about how it’s similar to 2024. Yes. But I don’t think they’re
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there yet. I mean, I I I still think they’re going to be a pretty good team.
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They got a chance here with the next nine games at home to write the ship, if you would. And it’s going to start with
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the pitchers throwing strikes and they they need some help in that line. Jake Brown and well, in particular, Jake
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Brown can’t carry this offense. You’re going to need I I liked Milm at the top of the order this past weekend. Uh he’s got an on base percentage of like 430.
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Obviously Brown’s hitting well. I think Derek Curiel’s doing well. You just need somebody after those guys to help help you out a little bit.
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Sure. Sure. They had uh going into that series over the weekend, they had like uh seven guys who’ve started more than
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10 games hitting 292 or lower. Uh, so and you know some of those are really good hitters like Milm. They just they just kind of started slow. It’s a it’s a long season.
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I I think they’re they’re going to get that turned around. I still really like William Schmidt as the Sunday starter.
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That that’s really good. Um and you know he was rolling Sunday before stiffness in the back. Yeah.
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Uh so hopefully he’ll he’ll come back from that. I I would think Kase Evans is is going to get better, you know, so um I I wouldn’t be too worried right now.
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Yeah. Well, in um Tuesday tonight, uh they play Gramling, a game to kind of get right, get some good swings in and
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uh see what they can do. Thursday with the Oklahoma Sooners. So, we’re going to take our first break early and let’s talk some women’s college basketball.
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LSU once again hosting the first two rounds Friday and Sunday. Charlie Cream,
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ESPN women’s college basketball brackettologist will join us next here.
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Back here on Tiger Rag Radio, Jeff Polarmo along with the executive editor for Tiger Rag magazine and the editor Glenn Gilbo. We bring in our first guest
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of the night as we are broadcasting live tonight from the Super Chevy dealers studio. And joining us, it’s Charlie Cream, ESPN women’s college basketball brackettologist. Charlie, how you doing,
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man? You probably uh probably going 110 miles an hour at the moment, right?
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Yeah. Well, now it’s 105. It was [laughter] 100 It was 110 about about 48 to 64 hours ago.
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Well, uh, what do you make out of LSU’s regional? We’ll we’ll start off right there. Uh, we we were talking about this the last time you were on. We were not
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anticipating them to be in the same regional as Texas or South Carolina, and that’s certainly the case. So, they if if it all if the stars align, they would have to play UCLA in the Elite Eight.
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Uh, I know Kim Mo’s more focused on Jacksonville, Texas Tech, and Villanova,
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but uh, give us your take on on this regional.
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Well, one thing that’s is interesting is LSU did end up as the best two seed,
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which is what I thought they should have been and and it turns out that’s what LSU received from the committee. But it
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but the way the bracketing works out even though they’re the best too. We we know they couldn’t go in the same regions as South Carolina and Texas, but
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they also go to a region where they have to potentially well not potentially they get to the regionals. They have to travel further to Sacramento as opposed
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to Fort Worth. Now I don’t know if that matters all that much to coach Mali and the team, but it it’s a it’s as a
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brackettologist these are things that we study and we look at kind of an interesting scenario. usually that when you’re higher on a seed line, you get
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better geographical treatment and but the way the bracketing rules work out,
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that’s that’s where LSU ends up going is the Sacramento, too. Now, what’s interesting about the competition within
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that group, yes, paired with UCLA, who was the number two overall team in the field, uh, but it’s a I think uh the
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collision course potentially with Duke and the regional semis is what caught a lot of people’s eye and the fact that,
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you know, this is a team that they played earlier in the season, but this is a very different Duke team now than when LSU played them and and after kind
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of a slow start really kind of controlled back game. Uh so that’s I think that’s the biggest standout. Now
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there’s also the possibility uh if if somehow Baylor upsets Duke, if Baylor gets that far, you could have you
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could have Baylor and LSU playing each other. And I think that’s probably the the thing that creates a little more sizzle like this the idea of Coach
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Monkey coaching against her former school.
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Charlie, do you know I mean we I want to talk about the first and second round here in Baton Rouge in a minute, but before we do, just looking at the
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bracket overall for those who might not know, if LSU were to make it to the final four, who would they be matched up against?
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They’re on the same side of the bracket is that Fort Worth three, which where Texas is the number one seed? So
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conceivably they could end up playing Texas in the Final Four and could end up playing South Carolina in a national championship game if everything worked out that way.
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Conceivably, yes. And I think uh Greg Stinky would be very happy about that.
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Yeah, he he would. I’m sure. And I and I like Kim Moy’s chances against anybody other than South Carolina. And I like
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her chances if they play South Carolina in the championship game because that would be different. But I but I really,
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you know, I I just think South Carolina is the only team that would beat them before the national championship game and probably would beat them in the
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champion. Maybe would beat them in the championship game, too. I I just think it’s great for LSU that they don’t have to worry about them until the last game.
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I I I think that’s great, too, for them. But I I do I agree with Charlie that it,
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you know, matching up with a much better Duke team potentially right now if they were if LSU were to advance that far in
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Duke were to advance that far in this region. And I think that, you know, as Andre’s talked about on the past couple of weeks on our show, the matchup with UCLA presents some challenges for LSU.
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But Charlie, before we get to that, what do you see in the Baton Rouge portion of this regional coming up this weekend?
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Oh, I think uh the the other game, the Texas Tech Villanova game has been pretty intriguing. Uh it’s two teams
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kind of going a little bit in opposite directions. You know, Villanova was certainly blown out in the Big East championship game by Yukon, but Texas
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Tech had a really good start to the year and and got kind of back down to earth a little bit
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as the season wore on. They’re not playing their best basketball. They’re not where they were confidence-wise. I think that, but I think that’s a really
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good matchup. Good guard play for both teams. Villanova is an interesting team to play against. They they like to run a
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lot of movement on offense, a lot of slowdown stuff. Texas Tech’s going to do more of kind of the high pick and roll type of thing. So, it’s kind of a little bit of a contrasting offensive styles.
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It should be a should be a very good game. Um, I think this is a situation where uh the the double digit seed could
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win. I think Texas Tech is probably a slight favorite, but I would lean Villanova in this game just because they’re they’re playing better
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basketball right now. And Jasmine Basco is one of the best unknown, so to speak,
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sophomore guards in the country. She’s very quick and get to the rim. I think she’s going to give Texas Tech some trouble. If LSU were to play Villanovva,
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if it worked out that way, I I think LSU’s guards match up with her much much better than Texas Tech. And I think uh I
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don’t think Villanova would give that much resistance to LSU.
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What What about Jacksonville for LSU in the first round game?
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Jacksonville is uh they were the the number two seed in the American Sun.
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They were kind of trailing Eastern Kentucky sort of all year. They’ve got a player uh named Priscilla Williams who has pretty much traveled the country
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during her career. She played at Syracuse. She played at Oregon. Uh and then she’s landed at Jacksonville for the last couple of years. And she’s the
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best player in that league. So, you’re you’re you would be going up against you are going up against a team that has the premier player in that conference. Um,
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they don’t have nearly the level of physicality or athletes that can compete with LSU. I think LSU is the the type of
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athlete they have, the depth that they have at certain positions, teams of of the mid- major ilk, just they just can’t
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match that. So it it unless it was a team that did something different like
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really shot the three extremely well even if they couldn’t rebound very well or they were super super efficient with
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the way they played offense or they had some some size. Jacksonville doesn’t have any of that in particular. They’re
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a good team at that level. They probably were ultimately the best team in that league.
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Even though as I said Eastern Kentucky kind of led it all season long. The tournament I think kind of showed that Jacksonville was the best team, but it’s
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I don’t expect it to be much of a game once LSU settles in.
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Hey Charlie, this this is Andre. just I guess we had a chance to talk with Kim Moy on Sunday just when when they they
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kind of uh when they revealed the bracket, but one of the things that she said that I thought was interesting was that a lot of people try and highlight
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the guards uh in the postseason, but she says that it takes elite post postplay to win a championship. I guess in your
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eyes, Charlie, do you think that LSU has a good enough post postplay or good enough postplay for them to be able to
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to make that deep run, I guess, and win a national championship? And if not,
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what needs to happen in order for that to improve that way that that that they can win it?
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I don’t know that they have trai the traditional postplay that maybe we’re thinking about and UCLA certainly does have that with Lauren Betts, but I think
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LSU has enough physicality with Joiner and Knox to kind of offset some of
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whatever advantage that in particular and Betts would have. None of the rest of the teams that LSU’s path
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exists on have postplay. it would be a problem. Toby Forier with Duke is is a
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she’s 6’2. She does play on the low block some, but she moves around a lot.
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Her strengths aren’t really catching the ball on the low block and making a move. Uh she is a very good defensive player.
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She’s a rim protector, but I I think LSU has enough creativity in their offense to maybe offset that. And I don’t think
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they have to worry about her as a true post u offensive threat. She’s a good offensive player, but it’s it’s she does a lot of she’s a really good rim runner.
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She gets from end to end. She tends to be one of those bigs that out paces the other big on the other team. She gets a
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lot of stuff in transition. Uh she she has a lot of energy, moves around a lot.
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She’ll go on the high post. She can shoot it. So, she, like I said, she’s not a traditional post in that regard. I don’t the path that LSU is on, I don’t
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think that’s going to be too much of a problem until they were to play UCLA with Lauren Betts and then it’s then it’s up to the coaching staff and the
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and LSU has the coaching staff to devise a plan to sort of work around that. So I that part I’m not too concerned about although you know if we’re looking in the crystal ball down the road to UCLA,
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it’s something to certainly keep in the back of your mind.
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Top. So, Charlie, I if LSU were to make it out of this region,
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do you Well, let me back up. Do you think that there was anything that surfaced in the SEC tournament that
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added additional questions to you about LSU’s chances to make it potentially past UCLA into the Final Four?
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It really didn’t. I think the question and it came out the SEC tournament and it was part of the regular season is
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just figuring out how to make that one additional play or two to get over the hump. I mean, the losses that LSU
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suffered this year are mostly really close games that were decided by a bucket by the other team,
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maybe a failure on the offensive end by LSU, missed free throws, couldn’t quite get that one rebound, couldn’t quite
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make that one defensive stop. one play one and and I and it seems like so often that that pendulum swings back and the
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law of averages says well they haven’t no twice against South Carolina that seemed to happen. It certainly happened against Vanderbilt. It certainly
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happened against Kentucky. So maybe maybe it’s just LSU’s time to make those plays. And I was on a show last night
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where where we were afforded the opportunity to interview Faj Johnson and she kind of said the same thing. It’s,
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you know, we just have to do what we know we can do and we have to deliver on the small things. The small things are
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are what has prevented us from some big wins this year. And her two miss free throws against South Carolina in that regular season game were were certainly
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an example of of the the small things or maybe you could you could consider those a big thing. But I I think that’s all it
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is with LSU. I it happened again in this SEC tournament against South Carolina.
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it was a a play here or there that would have kind of swung the direction of the end of that game. They just have to figure out how to deliver on that one
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big play. Make that one big defensive stop and and they can absolutely beat anybody in this field. Charlie, thanks a lot for your time,
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man. Enjoy the tournament.
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We’ll do you guys as well. It’ll be a lot of fun.
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It should be. Charlie Cream, ESPN women’s college basketball brackettologist. Very generous with his time. We’ll be right back after this on Tiger Rag Radio. Chevy trucks have you
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Hey, back here on Tiger Rag Radio, Jeff Polmo, along with the executive editor for Tiger Rag Magazine, Todd Horn, and the editor, Glenn Gilbo. LSU men’s
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basketball season came to an end last week against Kentucky. Uh Matt McMahon is still employed. That’s not a surprise, but uh there was a development
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that could potentially change things. Uh Glenn Gilbo had a very interesting story that he published on tiger.com on
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Friday. Glenn, kind of give us the gist of what you learned.
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Well, basically the scenario that that I’ve been told and understand, not that it’s certain, but that um
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they haven’t announced whether Matt McMahon is staying or going, right?
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which is kind of strange right now. And I really believe that they’re waiting to see if they can hire Matt uh if they can hire Will Wade
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from North Carolina State as soon as that season ends. And if they can’t get him, they’re going to keep McMahon. But if they can get him, they want him and
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and and they’re going to hire him and the ball’s kind of in uh in Will Wade’s court is is how I see it. And um they’ve
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also made or potentially hiring uh someone that gave Will Wayne another chance at coaching. So we can get into that as well. But let’s bring in our
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first guest or our second guest of the night, Brett Freedellander from hoopshq.com.
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And Brett, thanks a lot for uh joining us here on Tiger Radio. You cover ACC Hoops. Uh you’ve had a chance to
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probably get to know Will Wade a little bit more here. First of all, how would you describe uh this season that North Carolina State has had with coach Wade?
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It’s been something of a disappointment because when he got here, he set the bar very very high. Uh the whole red
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reckoning thing uh and and really got got um you know, the folks here riled up, sold out, you know, all the season tickets and got off to a decent start.
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Um but they stumbled down the stretch. I want to say they lost seven out of their last 11. Um and and they’re playing in the playin game tonight because of it.
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Um and so it it’s been a successful season, especially since last year. They only won what I think 11 games under
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Kevin Keats. Didn’t even qualify for the ACC tournament. So, they made progress,
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but I’m not sure that they made the kind of progress that Wade um kind of promised to be honest with you.
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So, uh you know, a lot will happen. You know, I I think before we could really make any, you know, generalizations as to how whether you know was successful
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or not, let’s wait and see what happens tonight against Texas. Well, let me ask you, Brett, did do you what do you feel
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in our hearing as far as as Wade wanting to come back to LSU if the situation is
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right? I mean, do you think you told me the other day you think that’s 50/50?
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Uh, do you still feel that way? And why do you feel that way? Actually, I I’m I’m a little bit less on the, you know,
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I’m a little bit more maybe about 6040 and maybe even leaning towards 7030 that he’s going to stay after talking to some
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people. Uh first of all, when they got eliminated from the ACC tournament in the quarterfinals against Virginia on
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Thursday, um he made a bold statement saying that he was at NC State to win big. He’s not going anywhere. this is
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where he, you know, this is where he’s committed to being. Now, we know coaches in general and will Wade in particular
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will say a lot of things and they change very drastically if maybe the situation changes, more money gets flashed in
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front of him and you know that if LSU is really interested, they’re going to flash some some green in front of him.
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Uh but I I get the feeling that he feels like he didn’t really deliver and uh
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some of that has to do with uh the fact that he really doesn’t have a big man and before the season started he had
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signed Paul Mia uh a kid from Sagal 7-footer. He really hasn’t done anything
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in Kansas, but between visa issues and if you believe the, you know, the rumors, NIL issues, uh, he ended up
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going to Kansas. He decommitted and went to Kansas. Um, if he had been in the lineup, I think it might have been different just because it would have
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been, you know, there would have been some size involved. If you look at NC State this year, the teams that they have really struggled against are the teams that just are bigger than them and
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Virginia blocked 12 shots in the uh in the ACC quarterfinals. Um but but I think he feels like he’s got some some
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unfinished business to do. But here’s what I’ve been told. I’ve been told that yeah, it’s a pretty good chance he’s going to be back next year, but let’s
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talk this time next year because if LSU is still available and still interested,
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uh I think it’s more likely he leaves after next season.
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So Brett, this is Todd. Uh that’s interesting what you just said because isn’t it true that his uh after April
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1st of this year that his buyout would drop by approximately $2 million?
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I believe that is true. Yes. Um he’s also been promised uh you know his his NIL budget uh is about $12 million this
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year. Um and that is up significantly from the 6.5 to 7 million uh that Keat’s got in his last year. Uh and they’ve
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allegedly promised him some more money for next season. So, you know, that might have something to do with it as well. But yes, his buyout is not um it’s not prohibitive.
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In Brett, in your opinion,
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does is obviously I would say that NC State is a better basketball program right now than LSU, but do you think
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it’s that way historically? And how do you think Wade sees it? Well, you see, here’s the thing.
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Historically, it it really is insignificant anymore because the landscape with transfer portal, you know, unlimited transfers, the NIL
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situation, uh you can build a program immediately. I mean, look at what he’s done at NC State. Look at what Ryan ODM
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has done at Virginia. Uh you know, look at look at BYU last year. Um you can change things very very quickly under
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the the current system. So, I’m not quite sure that that his history really plays all that much into it. Um, I I
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think that uh in the SEC, which is unquestioned the the deepest conference in the country, I mean, they got 10
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teams in this year’s tournament, and there’s two teams that are complaining that they didn’t get in. Uh so, the competition clearly is there. Um it’s a
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you know you you figure there’s a better chance of getting into the uh to the uh to the NCA tournament because more teams from the league are going to get in. And
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then you you consider the NC State situation. Yes, there’s there’s two national championship banners hanging from the the rafters at Lenovo Center.
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They went to the Final Four two years ago. Uh although that was kind of a fluke, but you’re in the the backyard of
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North Carolina and Duke. you’ve got to recruit against the two blest of blueb bloodoods in the country and you know
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that can be very very taxing. I mean it’s you’re going to lose a lot of good players because those guys are going to be able to outspend you and you want to
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talk about history those two have got plenty of history. So uh you know that would be a detriment I think. And then of course there’s the other thing too
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with N with with LSU it’s a football school and it’s always going to be a football school and do you want to be you know the second fiddle there or at
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NC State if you deliver the goods you know it’s it’s a basketball school so there’s a lot of things to consider but
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I I here’s the bottom line to all this if if LSU throws a big enough bag at him
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you know I mean come on we’re all we’re all human and I don’t know what the number is but you have to consider it right.
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Yeah. Well, is it so much the bag being thrown at Will Wade that probably matters or is it the commitment to the
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roster development in terms of NIL revenue?
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I think it’s a little of both. I I think that the the the roster development uh budget is very significant and if you
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can, you know, if you can give him a a an exponentially, you know, bigger budget than he’s going to have at NC
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State, even with a bump, um it would definitely make you a better coach because if you are the fifth or sixth highest NIL,
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uh you know, budget in your conference,
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it’s going to be tough to finish any higher in fifth or sixth, right? But if you’re up there and you’re competitive with Kentucky, with Alabama, you know,
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with Tennessee, then, you know, you have a better chance at being successful.
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Brett, was was he their first choice last year when they when they replaced Keats? Was Will Wade the the target from the beginning?
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Absolutely. um from even before Keats F was officially fired uh the the message boards were were just pining for him and
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there’s a good reason for that because NC State is the you know like I said they are kind of the redheaded stepchild
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here of this of the what we call here in North Carolina the research triangle uh between Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill
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because of you know the the stature of Duke and and and um UNCC and so their fan base And really their whole athletic
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department is kind of a chip on its shoulder because they feel like they’re overlooked here locally. And Wade has got this a massive chip on his shoulder.
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Um and he fits right in. He feeds into that kind of angst that they have. I mean, you’ve seen his press conferences.
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He holds nothing back. And so it’s a really really good fit as far as they’re concerned because they all they both have kind of similar attitudes toward
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toward things. And uh so yes, this is this is the guy that they wanted right from the start and they they they threw a lot of money at him to get him.
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Bren, it should be fascinating to see what happens. Uh bit of a surprise that they’re even in the NCAA tournament, but we’ll see what they can do and uh it’ll
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be interesting if they end up making a run. Thanks a lot for your time tonight, Brett. We really appreciate it.
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Anytime. I’m sure we’ll be talking about this here in the next few days to see how this uh shakes out.
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Yep. No doubt about it. Brett Freedellander from hoopshq.com talking about the Will Wade situation
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and the possible return of Coach Wade to LSU. We’ll get into a little bit more on this when we come back. This is Tiger Rag Radio from the Super Chevy dealer studio.
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Back here on Tiger Rag Radio. Jeff Polmo along with the executive editor for Tiger Rag Magazine, Todd Horn, and the editor, Glenn Gilbo. Good stuff there
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from Brett Freedellander from hoopshq.com.
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Covers the ACC plugged into what Will Wade is thinking.
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And um it should be interesting once April 1st comes around what will occur because that’s when the buyout drops.
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Makes it a little bit more palatable for LSU to buy them out if they wanted to go in that direction. Uh you had an
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interesting you you talked about your piece that you wrote on Friday that was published. Um, one of the individuals,
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uh, you talk about Heath Shroyer, who’s the current athletics director at Mcnes,
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heading, he’s in Oklahoma City right now with the MCN men’s basketball team,
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who’s in the NCAA tournament for a third consecutive year. It was Heath Shroyer who hired Will Wade when Wade was out of
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a job after what happened to him here at LSU. And um, he took a chance on Will
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Wade and I think Will took a chance on Mcnes and it ended up being very successful. two straight Southland Conference Championships, an appearance
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or a victory in the NCAA tournament last year, and then it obviously allowed Will to head to North Carolina State. But we
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already know Wade Roose is a big Will Wade backer. We know Lee Mallet, the LSU Board of Supervisors chairman, is a big Will Wade backer. There’s been a new LSU
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board of supervisor member uh just appointed who’s also supports Will Wade.
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And now Heath Schroyer, who was the athletics director or is the athletics director at McNees in your story,
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there’s talk about him potentially coming to LSU. I mean, it’s just all these things are in motion, but I I
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think it but I think what Brett said is is very important. It’s still up to Will Wade whether he wants to jump ship at
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North Carolina State after one year and come to LSU.
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Right. I I definitely think it’s it’s up to Will Wade because not only all the the people you mentioned, but also Jeff
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Landry, yes. Is is very much in favor of having Will Wade as the basketball coach. He wanted it to happen last year.
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Uh and Scott Woodward kind of blocked that and they kind of waited too long. It got kind of late in the game,
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you know, but uh I I think there’s just a lot of behindthe-scenes work by people to try to get Wade here. And what I was
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told is there was there’s been some conversations either with Wade or with his representation uh you know throughout the last several
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months to see if it happens you know and and these kind of things you know it doesn’t matter what the coach says at the press conferences. It really does
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cuz you know because it does sound like he’s staying. There’s no question about it. But, you know, the the the greatest example of that is was when Nick Sabin
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was adamantly saying he was gonna stay in Miami. And and I mean, you know, that that always happens. And then sometimes they might not really know what they
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want to do and they can go back two or three times in their mind. I know Nick changed his mind a couple times before he went to the Dolphins,
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you know, so it could all happen in in 12 hours, you know, and and you you just never know. Um, but uh I mean it is
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it it’s very I mean the clues are there to me because because they haven’t you know in in a normal situation they would
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have already fired Matt McMahon or they would have said you know Matt’s coming back and they’ve done neither right so so they’re waiting and and really it
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is kind of smart because I think if you just fire McMahon and try to get Wade and then you don’t get him who are you because because I don’t
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think there’s anybody out there as qualified as Wade is who’s interested in LSU. It amazes me that Wade would even
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be interested in LSU, but what I was told, he really liked it here. And he loved it here.
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Yeah. And he really likes the fact that he’d be the top dog as far as a basketball program in the state, which he’s which you’re not at North Carolina
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State. and he’s the only one that can generate the funding that’s going to be needed uh to build that roster at a time
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when donation fatigue or donor fatigue is very very real.
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Yeah. And and he’s he’s a maverick, you know, and that’s that’s what they need.
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And as soon as he got here, you knew that, you know, there would be an explosion of season ticket sales. Yes.
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And and the uh and donations.
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And donations. There’s there’s no question about it. And and you know, I think there’s some some unfinished business. There’s unfinished business at
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North Carolina State, but in in Wade’s mind, I was told there’s unfinished business at LSU because he really
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thought he was he was building something. He didn’t think he’d get caught and then it would have flipped over to NIL anyway. And he has, you know, he has something to prove here,
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I feel like, in in his mind. And um you know I mean he and it and he would have
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time you know he he he arrived here in in way too much of a hurry. I think that’s why he got in trouble cuz he was so reckless. You know he was young.
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He was brash. He thought right, you know, hey I could do what all the other big time national champion coaches are doing and just stay off the phone will [laughter]
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you know all all the big coaches know you don’t get on the phone.
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Yeah. All right. That’s where he messed up.
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Let’s take a break. Got one more segment to go in hour number one. This is Tiger Rag Radio from the Super Chevy dealer studio.
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Back to Tiger Rag Radio live from Super Chevy Dealer Studio.
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Back here on Tiger Rag Radio, Jeff Burma, along with the executive editor for Tiger Rag magazine, Todd Horn, and the editor, Glenn Gilbo. We were uh just
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talking here uh about the World Baseball Classic, uh which is a first pitch here in just a few minutes. Uh it’s been
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fantastic to watch. Um it’s captivated a lot of people and it was really really fun watching Paul Skins pitch in big
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games. Of course he pitched in the semifinal game against the Dominican Republic. People had said this might be the best lineup that’s ever been put
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together with the Dominican Republic the Dominican Republic put out there. They they did they touched him up for a solo
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home run. That’s it. But this guy was the most dominating pitcher that LSU has ever seen. maybe one of the
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most dominating season. It it is one of the most dominating seasons in college baseball history. And he’s been on the Pirates and the Pirates are a
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nondescript team. You you only really pay attention to them when he’s pitching and they’re not involved in any big
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games. And so it was just great to see one of the the best pitcher in the National League
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anyways based on the Sai Young voting and one of the best pitchers him and uh Scooble or the two best pitchers in Major League Baseball actually pitch in
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a big game with high emotions against a great lineup and watch him go out there and execute. It was awesome. You you
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look at it the the the the five biggest game the last five biggest games has pitched was Wake Forest [laughter] in Omaha in 2023. Yeah.
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Then the 2024 All-Star game, the 2025 All-Star game and these two games. That’s it,
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right? You know, you’re right.
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Maybe when there was a bobblehead day at Pittsburgh and they had a [clears throat] big crowd, you know.
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Yeah. And he had a big game at Indianapolis [laughter] in TripleA. But and we didn’t, you know, and we did in a sense because he did pitch in a um Wake Forest game.
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Oh, yeah. It was an awesome game.
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But we did not even see him pitch in the championship series. No. So, we we kind of we we missed we missed that.
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Yeah. He didn’t pitch in the championship series. He was going to come on in relief in the third game, but they didn’t they didn’t need him. But he was still MVP, though, because he pitched two games.
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Right. Right.
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But he’s such an intimidating sight on the mound, too. you know, he’s he’s so tall and he he’s got that powerful motion. He’s he’s really something to watch.
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Now, the Pirates, there are some that say uh you know, they do have a good pitching staff. This Connor Griffin, who is their hot shot prospect, who I
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believe was an LSU commitment at one point. Uh right, Andre? Yeah, he was a he was an he was an LSU commitment. He’s especially he’s expected to be a a big
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part of their team, a young guy that’s um doing quite well. Well, there’s some that might say that, hey, the Pirates could potentially finish third in the NL
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Central. We’ll see. But, um, it was great just seeing him pitch in a meaningful game. And I don’t know there’s some people just saying it’s an exhibition, the WBC,
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but I don’t know. Uh, the way these guys are going at it and giving it 110%, guys are getting hurt, all that kind of stuff. It’s um, it’s legitimate. So, it was fun to see.
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Skins wasn’t the only guy, too. Uh,
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Aaron Nola, another former Tiger. Nine innings pitched, only gave up eight hits, one run, two walks, eight strikeouts.
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And has Bregman done anything offensively? Uh, he’s No, he’s so so he’s been so so.
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Yeah, so so we’ll see tonight. Should be a lot of fun. Championship game. We’ll take a break and as promised, we will
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get to the lawsuit that LSU uh or that Tiger Rag is involved with with LSU.
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We’ll talk about Tiger Rag’s perspective and we’ll get to that when we come back here after this top of the hour break from the Super Chevy dealer studio. This is Tiger Rag Radio.
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Try to get to some more baseball talk. We’ve only gotten into it a little bit,
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but uh as promised, wanted to get into what uh had a lot of people fired up at the end of last week, and that is a lawsuit that has been filed against LSU,
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seeking the records as far as the revenue sharing deal, seeking information on the revenue sharing deals
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that LSU has with players. revenue sharing meaning the direct payments that the university the athletic department
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not TAF not NIL the university a public institution is making to players and uh
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Tiger Rag is one of the plaintiffs in the case and Todd Horn is named as one of the plaintiffs so I’ll turn it over
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to you Todd and provide the explanation behind this Todd’s answer is going to I
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think surprise a lot of people. Go ahead, Todd.
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Well, the first thing that I want to explain, I want to start out tonight by sort of not sort of, I want to clear up
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something that has gotten a little lost in objection [laughter]
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in the noise um over the last few days uh especially on social media, you know,
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fans fans across Louisiana and really across the country, LSU fans, and and I understand this. I mean, I’m an LSU guy.
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I graduated from LSU. I actually played football at LSU.
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And what what this is not not for a long time, but I did play. And I I love I
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love LSU. I know that’s not something a a journalist or a sports writer is supposed to say, but I’m trying to be as transparent as possible here. Um,
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you know what what we’re looking at here is this is a a question of clarifying
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a very confusing subject right now when we’re talking about revenue share. It’s not about attacking LSU. It’s not about
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NIL because NIL is is private company to directly to the athlete.
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It’s not about digging into athletes or trying to expose what any individual player is making.
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I don’t need or want the names of athletes receiving revenue sharing payments.
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That’s not relevant to the legal question at hand here.
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What this is really about is about providing clarity.
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It’s about something that’s much simpler than than what everybody’s talking about. Everybody out there right now and
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understandably so, but they’re they’re they’re an trying to answer questions before they really understand what the question is.
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and revenue sharing is is currently as of you mentioned earlier as of July 1st 2026
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or excuse me 2025 July 1st 2025 is already being executed
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in college athletics all over the the the country.
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It’s being governed by 50 different sets of laws.
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And LSU has publicly explained, and this causes a lot of confusion, too.
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They’ve publicly explained that roughly $20.5 million of revenue share will be distributed
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annually to athletes. Now, it actually goes up next year to 22 and it goes up again the next year. It’s a gradual
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increase, but for now it’s $20.5 million that will be distributed annually to athletes. And Verge Osbury says 75% will
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be allocated to football, 15% will be allocated to men’s basketball,
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5% will be allocated to women’s basketball, and the rest to the other sports.
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and that’s important but allocation percentages
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and financial structure are two different things.
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And what we started, what began this whole process was I was putting together along with Glenn and the and Andre and the rest of the Tiger Rack staff our
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annual money issue and we go deep into detail about what the financial structure is of LSU’s athletic
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department right now every year with that and and all that information is available through freedom of information requests.
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I request this information, we get it. I request this information. We get it. And why do we get it? Because LSU is a
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public university operating under the state’s public records laws. Which means simply speaking,
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regardless of whether it’s a tax dollar that’s given to the university, which in LSU athletics cases, it’s never about
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that because LSU athletics generates its own funds.
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What it is about is understanding how they spend and use those funds. A lot of
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people are getting caught up in the fact that the lawsuit itself says we want to know to whom those payments were made.
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That doesn’t necessarily mean, and certainly in my case as a plaintiff,
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doesn’t mean I’m interested in what Sam Levit or Jordan Seatin is making. I I am not.
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And it’s not relevant to the legal question which is when we submitted that freedom of
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information request for revenue sharing because 2026 fiscal year would be the first year that that came out. I wanted to begin to
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understand what it was going to look like within the financial structure of LSU’s athletic department.
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Very simply, LSU rejected that. They said, “We’re not going to supply that to you, Todd. The
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reason we’re not going to supply that to you is because we feel like there are three exemptions to that.” Those
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exemptions include we believe that NIL is private. There’s a law on the Louisiana books that
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dictate we don’t have to supply NIL information. We think revenue share falls under that.
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We think that this will provide or create a competitive disadvantage. So,
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we’re not going to supply details on what the players athletes, student athletes are compensated
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and we believe that these are students and they’re protected by FURPA, which is a Federal Education Rights Privacy Act.
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The key to that is it’s federal.
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Now, that doesn’t, you know, we’re not accusing LSU of doing anything wrong.
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And and that cuts to a lot of the chaos. It’s like, well, what’s your motivation?
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My motivation here at Tiger Rag and the reason I joined the lawsuit
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as a plaintiff is because I want financial transparency into how public funds are being used and
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I don’t need the detail down to the player or athlete level. What I do need is the financial structure of that. I
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need to know how that’s being booked as an expense. If 20.5
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million in 2026 is actually being spent on that, which I don’t doubt that it is,
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but I want to see if it’s actually being allocated the way they’re talking about.
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But then I want to see the structure of those payments.
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I want to see if um what percentage goes to to a certain position group or something like that.
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I don’t need to see the names.
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I don’t need to see anything. Do I have a right to that? I I am not special.
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any person in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana public records law,
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has that right unless a judge says we don’t have that right or
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unless the Louisiana legislature comes in and changes the law because there are
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no exemptions listed in the law with the exception of some cases of Furpa for students. Glenn, you have a question?
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Yeah. Um, what is there another way to go about getting clarity? Like, could somebody
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write a bill and try to get it passed by the legislature?
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Would, you know, that’s that’s usually how you get uh laws changed or get some legal clarity. How how come LSU hasn’t tried to do that? Get a get a bill
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written. So there, that’s a great question and because this is brand new and you’re looking at a $200 million on
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average roughly. This year it was $223 million. Some years it’s lower than that, but it’s always around 200
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million. When you add a $20.5 million new expense to that item,
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that creates a situation where this seismic change in the structure of
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a department, an athletics department creates challenges. How how are we going
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to do it? Are we following the law correctly? And LSU is very very strong
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when it comes to trying and making sure they’re diligent in following the law.
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You can’t get when you come stumble across something like this, you can’t get an answer of clarity to a question
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where there’s a disagreement over whether there should be an exemption or not unless you first elevate it to the next
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level, which is only and the only prescription for that to your question is a judge ruling on it. And Jeff, just I didn’t necessarily plan to do this,
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but you came across an update on a report out of South Carolina recently where
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this exact same scenario played out. And can you go over that really quickly?
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Yeah, and that’s one of the things too that I’ve heard a lot of that that
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some people think like this is only happening in Louisiana.
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There are a lot of states that are dealing with this issue and trying to figure out and maybe to back it up just
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a little bit. Yes, the the uh the House settlement said that universities can start paying athletes 20.5 million. And
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in the settlement, it did say that those payments should be private. But that’s not law. That’s a ruling. That is a a a judge can’t make laws. states,
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Congress makes laws, judges interpret the law, state legislatures, city councils, those are the people that make
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ordinances, laws, a judge can’t make a law. So, even though that’s what the judge said, that doesn’t necess and it goes back to what I said at uh at the
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top of the show, the current law that Louisiana has on its books does not it does not, for the lack of a better word,
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does not jive with what’s happening in college athletics right now.
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Yeah. And the reason for that, and I don’t want to really interrupt you, is because this this whole world of college athletics has really become a hybrid
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professional model and it’s operating. I mean, two years ago, would you have thought that uh LSU or any other college in the NCAA would be paying directly?
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Yeah.
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Athletes. No, we know about NIL, but that’s private to private. You wouldn’t have thought that. So, they’re having to make adjustments. And the law in the
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states has not caught up to that. It’s individual states and they haven’t caught up.
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So, let me get back to what you asked me. You you asked me about a case in South Carolina. So, there was a lawsuit,
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a very similar lawsuit in South Carolina by a reporter or whoever it might have been. I didn’t look to see who made it.
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Could have been Joe Q.
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lawsuit seeking the uh information regarding the revenue sharing contracts that the schools Clemson, South
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Carolina, all those schools in South Carolina that have revenue sharing deals with players. Uh a judge re rejected it.
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And so then the state legislature said,
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you know what, we need to address this issue. This this this needs to be addressed. So, the South Carolina
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legislature actually passed a law that went to the governor’s desk that would shield revenue sharing contracts from
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public colleges and universities from public record. And that that’s key right there because right now that’s what LSU
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is doing. They’re shielding it, but they’re not Got to be careful here. LSU welcomes the clarity,
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yes,
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of this lawsuit because it’s the only process that allows them to have a legal
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precedence from a judge set that turns around and compels the Louisiana legislature to act.
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It will it will and we’ll hit a break here and then we’ll come back and continue the conversation. It will. The judge’s ruling will help the Louisiana
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legislature enact a law that’s constitutional.
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That’s right. Because if you’ll read the ruling of the governor or the uh South Carolina governor when he vetoed the South Carolina bill, what does that say?
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He said in his veto message, that’s the other thing. That’s I guess we didn’t say the South Carolina the South Carolina governor who was a former attorney general who knows a heck of a
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lot about the law than any of us here and lot of us. So this is not something that uh is just coming out of thin air
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like this is a real issue. It’s an issue that has to be addressed. So this is the South Carolina governor. Um he said that
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he is willing to accept the confidentiality in player contracts but thought withholding information about the division of money among teams went too far.
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And then he’s saying the exact same thing that we are. Now, the this the thing about it is the law in South
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Carolina is different than the law in Louisiana and it’s different than the law in Alabama. You have 50 different
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right states in the union with colleges that are competing and they’re all under different laws.
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And so it’s not like the old days where the NCAA had straight out unchallenged structure. It’s not like the NFL where
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there’s a structure. We’ve outpaced college major college athletics have outpaced the laws in the states. That’s
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a perfect example. And this is a perfect example. You know, are we looking to on a witch hunt? Are we trying to find corruption? Not at all.
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That’s not what this is about. people,
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fans are very serious about protecting LSU, making sure LSU continues to win.
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That’s what we’re actually doing here on a legal and financial basis, making sure
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that LSU is protected, that there’s security here.
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And that’s that’s not BS. That’s the truth because this is the only way under
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the law that this can be that can happen this way.
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Wisconsin also passing legislation as we speak at least through the legislative process dealing with the same thing.
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Okay. Did they did they pass that legislation because of a lawsuit or did they just pass it?
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They’re Well, they’re still working on it, but that one’s a little more it’s a little more weirder in the sense there’s not a lawsuit involved, right?
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But but uh I I’d Glenn I’d actually have to look back and see. I mean I this was just some
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just general looking at and we got to take a break and come back and maybe wrap up this conversation. But um well why let’s go ahead and do that now.
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Let’s go ahead and do that. The bottom line is yeah I understand that you could sit there and say well why don’t LSU act. Um I I
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what I’m saying is you don’t necessarily It may work in this case, but you don’t need a lawsuit to change how laws are. In Louisiana, you do.
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Well, maybe to clarify it so that the legislature can then turn around and say, “Okay,
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we’re we’re tailoring a law to fit the situation we’re trying to remedy.”
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Okay. Well, well, I think the legislature in Louisiana could also tailor a new law to fit a new situation without a lawsuit.
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They could, but it strengthens the law because it’s got a judicial legal precedence behind it. And that’s unique
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to Louisiana Sunshine Law, which is the most public records friendly law in the country.
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Okay? which could which is in in and of itself a competitive disadvantage to LSU.
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All right, so we got about a minute left here. Todd, any uh final thoughts here that you want to before we got to get to our next guest?
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Final thoughts.
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It’s going to be hard in 40 seconds to try to wrap. We went very long on that first segment. We got a we got breaks here. And I I will say this. I will say
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this. Uh we will be on a Twitter spaces um event I guess is the best way to say
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it at 8:30 uh Blake Rafino who’s been pretty outspoken with what’s happening with this and again understandably so uh
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we’ll be we’ll have a much more in-depth discussion about this at that point. I I guess the thing I want to drive home
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about this is is that if if LSU is operating under a brand new structure
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that no one was prepared for and they’re having to do it independently because they’re in a different state than the other schools in the SEC specifically.
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How can they achieve legal clarity and manage what they’re supposed to manage without exposing themselves further? That is why this is important.
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It’s not to hang LSU. It’s not to attack LSU and the there’s a lot of complicated
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questions that come after it’s clarified.
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Yeah. But then we’ll be talking from a root understanding of what the law is in Louisiana and hopefully
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Congress will the United States Congress will come out and unify the rules across all 50 states. So these discussions
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don’t even need to be had because if they do that and that’s what they were meeting about two weeks ago on a Friday is it is is trying to put that together
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to do it, we wouldn’t even have this issue at all.
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And and if they were able to unify those rules, then the 50 states wouldn’t have to go change all their laws, right?
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Right. No, just federal laws has pre much easier cuz what hap what’s h what’s been happening since NIL started
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is states are like changing their laws to help their school which is ridiculous, you know, if everybody starts doing it. So, it makes much more
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sense to do what you said, which is for to to generalize the NCAA laws or the college football laws. And Verge Jawsbury when we talked to him three,
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three and a half, four hours in his office, whatever it was a few weeks ago or couple six weeks ago now, said it
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over and over again. This system is broken, right? This system is unsustainable.
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Yeah, that’s all we need help to unify this system. We need clarity on how to maneuver in this system. They need a level playing field.
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In the absence of a national leveled playing field, LSU needs to make sure that Louisiana’s legislature and judicial system is backing up,
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supporting, and telling them clearly,
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which is what clarity means, how to operate in this so they’re not exposed down the road.
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All right, that will wrap up the conversation there. Join us on uh Twitter spaces. Is that the right way to say it? Andre, you’re the Xacist.
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X spaces. What? What? But anyway, we’ll be People still call it [laughter]
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uh we’ll be on with Blake Rafino and we’re looking forward to that conversation to try to educate uh more on on this issue. It’s complex. It’s very layered. It’s not an easy uh well,
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you just want to know what Sam Levit’s making and it’s it’s not really that.
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All right, we want to uh wrap it up here quickly because we got our next guest,
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but wanted to just make two more points regarding the revenue sharing litigation that Tiger Rag is involved in. So, a question that’s been asked a lot, Todd,
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is what are you going to do? What if the judge rules in favor of the plaintiffs and says, “Okay, here’s the information on the players and what they’re making.”
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Well, first of all, if if all of the information had to be released and it was released,
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then it wouldn’t really tell you that much as far as the detail because for instance, Sam Levit may be making a
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combined $5 million a year and that’s a guess number. Nobody knows that for sure, but that is what’s reported. $5 million a year. What part of that is NIL? What part of that is revenue share?
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It’s very possible that Sam Levit is getting zero dollars in revenue share. It’s very possible he’s getting $1,000.
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It could be there. So revenue share allocations to the specific athletes probably doesn’t reveal too much in that
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case. So why do you want it? You want it for the structure to see how it’s exposed um and exercised within LSU’s
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total financial operating plan and budget every year.
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So what would you use? What would you do with it? Well, I would do nothing with it. Right. So you So we wouldn’t do a story.
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We would No, I would not report what Sam Levit’s making or what Jordan Seat just and when we’re talking about making this is just revenue sharing. It would only be revenue.
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Just revenue sharing. NIL’s private. You can’t you can’t put here’s the bigger point and the real reality here.
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Okay, if the judge said no, turn it over. Give it to them and the governor didn’t step in, nobody stepped in and it was actually about to be turned over,
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LSU, if they didn’t want it turned over for whatever reason, which is probably a pretty sure bet, would file an appeal.
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Yeah. Now we’re looking at several years and certainly no information would come out while the appeals in process because
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the case had not been decided. So there’s no federal mandate, there’s no legal precedent set and something will change in the meantime.
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So the chances of this information that everybody’s fearful of getting out will not get out. But the competitive disadvantage that LSU is in by not
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having the clarity on what to do, how to act, and how to move forward would be in the process of being clarified.
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There we go. All right. Uh let’s now move on. Uh again, hopefully and and t and uh Todd’s got an article at tiger.com that also dives into all this uh stuff as well. So,
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and don’t forget the money issue and available free around the city now. Yeah, it’s got a lot of stuff about money.
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[laughter]
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All right, let’s uh let’s uh change the topic here. Get back to what’s happening on the court. That’s uh something I think uh all LSU fans are more interested. Well, I shouldn’t say that,
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but it’s it’s better topic. Let’s just say that it’s not as uncomfortable is women’s basketball. Cory Diaz covers Lady Tigers for USA Today. Cory, thanks
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a lot for joining us here on Tiger Rag Radio. Sorry we had you delayed there. How you doing? Hey guys, doing well. How are you all? Oh, we’re doing well. We’re doing well.
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What do you think of LSU’s um what what did you think of the draw that LSU’s received here? Well, Corey, before you answer that,
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would you tell me how much money you make? [laughter]
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That’s what Todd’s trying to do. And how much of that is revenue share [laughter] and how much is NIL?
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How do I get involved? Like, what do I need to do?
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All right, back to the legitimate question. What do you think of LSU’s draw?
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Uh, honestly, you know, listen, if I’m if I’m Kim, Bob, and and the rest of the staff that’s that’s still in town, um,
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I’m [laughter]
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I’m not too terribly upset. Um, just because, look, you have a lot of familiarity, um, you know, in your draw,
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you know, in your quarter of the bracket. You know, obviously, let’s just say seeds hold, right? And you get to the Sweet 16 in Sacramento, your first game is going to get is going to be
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against a team that you had to scout for earlier this year. Um, now granted, you know, obviously Duke’s playing much much much better than they were, you know, in
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early December when they played in in Durham, but, uh, but it’s still, you know, your scouting report is going to be the same. Um, you know, you’re going
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to know who, you know, who needs to guard who. Uh, you know, you’re going to know tendency. In fact, you’re going to have a better idea, you know, of Duke’s
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tendencies u now versus when you played them the first time. And then obviously,
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look, if if if you win that game, if the if the seeds hold there, you know, you win that game, you advance to the Elite 8, you’re going to play a UCLA team that I would argue is probably the best team
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in the country, but it’s still a team that you have a scout from in the Elite
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8 last year that that that’s very viable still for this year because they basically return everyone from last year, which they accepted one player that was in the starting lineup. So,
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they [clears throat] do the same thing.
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Um, you know, everything runs through Lauren Betts. So, there’s not going to be any surprises um LSU, you know, in
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its run through this tournament. Um I think they they already know, which I think is is a is a very different situation than I think a lot of teams
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are right now. Um, I think they have a much better understanding and grasp of kind of what’s in front of them versus,
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you know, you have some teams that, you know, they may be in the same quarter of a bracket and they’re matching up with a team that, you know, they’re really having to dive a whole lot into the film
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right now to to sort of figure tendencies out and figure out who their best players are and, you know, uh, how they sort of operate defensively. So,
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um, I don’t think LSU is in a tough spot. Now, obviously the matchup, um,
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you know, again, if they get to the Elite 8 and you match up with UCLA, it’s just it’s a really tough matchup, but at least you go into it with a with a
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really good scout. Um, and and you and you know what to expect.
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Corey, this is Todd. Um, we had Charlie Cream on earlier and I asked him this and and he answered it pretty clearly,
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but this is more of an opinion thing and I want to ask you the same question.
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Coming off of the SEC tournament, you saw some things, I think, from LSU that
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you necessarily hadn’t seen during the season, uh, that some people could look at as troubling.
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Did you perceive those things as troubling? Do you think that they were growing pains, chemistry pains,
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intensification pains? What do you think caused some of the onc court altercations that we saw amongst the team?
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Yeah, you know, uh I you know, I appreciate you asking this question,
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Todd. Um I actually, you know, I had about a 4-hour layover uh that Sunday,
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the day of the SEC tournament championship game. So, I was [laughter]
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so I was sitting in the airport in Atlanta. Um, and I thought, hey, you know, what better way to kill Tom than to basically just have, you know, a Q&A,
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you know, on Twitter, you know, have LSU women’s basketball fans send in some questions and, uh, see what really more for me it was just to see what, you
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know, sort of gauge what what was on everyone’s mind, you know, at as the,
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you know, tournament wrapped up and, you know, we were at that point, we were a week away from selection Sunday. You know, kind of what were what was going through people’s minds and that was one
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of the first questions I got was, you know, what’s what’s going on? like, you know, why why were these things happening? And I from my vantage point,
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we’re we’re talking about I mean, you really have to take everything into account, right? [clears throat]
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You’re talking about an LSU team that had not beaten a South Carolina team in in 18 tries.
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You’re basically playing an away game in what’s supposed to be a neutral sight venue um in Greenville, South Carolina,
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and you’re competing for a spot in a conference championship game. And arguably, I would say that the LSU South
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Carolina women’s basketball rivalry is the um I hate kind of using the word heated, but it there’s a lot of juice
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between these two teams right now for a myriad of reasons, right? You got to take all that into account. Um, I was
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not troubled. I was not concerned. I was not um I was not turned off by the fact
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that, you know, some of the some of those things were happening. In fact, I I I if I was the LSU women’s basketball fan, I’d be more encouraged because that
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shows me that the players care. They want to win, you know, and I thought that, you know, that was a heat of the battle thing. Um, I thought that,
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you know, again, we’re talking about,
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you know, the highest level of competitors competing against another highest level of competitors in an elite environment where they want to win
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championships. And I think if you ask Kim Moy the same question, I think she would be encouraged by this, too. Like,
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I think that it’s a situation where, you know, I mean, because look, they were in the game, you know, they were down three points late in the fourth quarter. Like,
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they had a chance to win this game. They had the they had a chance to do what Texas did obviously the you know the next day but they had a chance to eliminate the number one seed in in the
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conference tournament get to the championship game for the first time under Kim Moy um and you know and try to win that thing and so um you know
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unfortunately you know when you’ve got you know eight cameras in the building or whatever it’s going to show some things and people may not be you know uh
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big fans of it but I I would say from a you know a competitive standpoint point. You know, I was not bothered by it. Um,
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and I’m not advocating for anything, but my opinion is that I thought it was ultimately a good thing. It showed me that the players cared, and it showed me that the players really wanted to win.
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Hey, Corey, let’s take a break if you don’t mind. Uh, we’ll we’ll come back,
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wrap up the segment. Is is that okay with you? Yeah, sure. All right. Corey Diaz from USA Today,
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Louisiana. He’ll join us when we come back after this break. Keep talking some women’s basketball with him. This is Tiger Rag Radio from the Super Chevy dealer studio.
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Now, more Tiger Rag Radio live from Super Chevy Dealer Studio.
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All right, wrapping it up here. One more segment with Corey Diaz of USA Today,
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Louisiana. Uh Corey, um what’s what do you think of these other two teams? Texas Tech Villanovavva. Any thoughts?
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Is it I mean, let’s face it, the Jacksonville game, LSU should win going away. Uh but looking ahead to Texas Tech
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Villanova, any of those teams in your mind present any kind of challenges that LSU should be concerned about?
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Uh man, I hate to I hate to be here and say uh you know they’re they’re going to
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coast, but I I mean look, if you look at if you look at the rosters, if you look at the talent level, there’s clearly a
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gap. you know, um I I think we’re still we’re we’re not quite I think we’re
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still probably a couple years away, but we’re in the women’s game, we’re not quite to a point to where there’s going
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to be, you know, a lot of, you know, 72 upsets in the second round or, you know,
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you know, if the 10 seed, right, were to beat the seven seed, like we’re not we’re not quite to a point to where we’re going to see um a lot of those a
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lot of those upsets just because, you know, again, you know, NIL We’re still I think the women’s game especially,
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right, is still sort of navigating and and sort of trying to settle in to the you know the the revshare era in the NIL
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era. Um but I do I do think we are close to that. I think we’re a couple years two three years away from from actually seeing you know seven seeds you know knock off two seeds in the second round.
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I know I know we saw it, you know, in Kim’s first year, but that was a transitional year. You know, I kind of that thought that was sort of a misnomer
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there, but um there’s not there’s not a lot, uh to be honest with you guys,
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there’s not a lot from either Texas Tech or Villanova that gives me fear. Um, if I’m an LSU fan, um, you know, both of
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those teams when they, if you go and look at their schedules, when they played, you know, the the the elite teams in their conferences,
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uh, there were a lot of struggles. Um,
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you know, defensively couldn’t get stops. Uh, went through stretches where offensively they they struggled to score the basketball. Um, and so I I
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anticipate LSU um, you know, winning two games comfortably, you know, in the PMAC, you know, over this weekend to to
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get to the regional rounds of the NCAA tournament. Um, and look and and it’ll be good, right? Because then, you know,
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it like your level of competition is really going to kick up and you really want your best players, i.e. your Malaysia Wley, your Baja Johnson’s, your
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Michaela Williams’s I mean look, they really need what I’d love for to see from LSU in these first two games of the tournament. I would love to see them to
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get Kate Kaval, Amaya Joiner, Grace Knox, Tica Johnson on the inside, on the offensive end of the court. Really get them involved so they can get some some
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momentum and some confidence going into that, you know, what would be a Sweet 16 game against uh, you know, a Duke team that’ll obviously be, you know, probably
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the best team defensively that they’ll see at that point in the in the NCAA tournament. So, I I would love for that to sort of be a priority for this LSU
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team in these first two rounds just to really establish something inside offensively.
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Okay, Corey, really quick because I think we’re running out of time already for this segment, but um looking to your crystal ball, did you pack it with you?
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Yeah, I got it with me here at the box.
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Okay. Okay. Okay. Everything’s going to go chalk until LSU plays UCLA and then uh because Koval and Joiner have uh
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really stepped up their game, it’s going to be a good matchup. and LSU’s guard play is going to be able to decide that
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game. So LSU goes into the Final Four with Texas, South Carolina, and Yukon.
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Who wins?
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If UCLA is not in the final four, then give me Yukon as a repeat national champion. Um, right now in my bracket, I have UCLA winning the national
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championship. I think that again, you know, with who they have back from last year’s Final Four team, you know, a team
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that, you know, [clears throat] didn’t have the best showing against Yukon in the final four game last year. And I think that’s something that’s probably
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motivated this team a lot uh heading into this season. And obviously, you know, I think their record’s 31-1 or
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32-1 on the year, right? Only loss was I think it was an overtime loss to Texas and Las Vegas the non-conference schedule. So, um, Yukon would probably
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emerge, I would think, from those four teams. Um, now look, if I, and also in my bracket, I don’t have Texas making it out of their quarter of the bracket. I I just don’t trust this Texas team.
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There’s been times where Madison Booker and Rory Harmon have disappeared in games at times. Just don’t have a lot of trust in that team. Um, but if they were
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to to emerge out of that, if LSU matches up with them in the final four, I like LSU’s chances of getting to the national championship game. Um, but then you know, you do that, you’re probably gonna
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have to deal with Yukon and and they’re they’re really really good. So, um, that that that would be my pick would be Yukon. But as it as it stands today, I
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have UCLA winning the national championship.
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Ah, okay. All right, Corey. We’ll have to check with check back with you maybe once LSU Well, I guess we we’ll check
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back here with you and see how this all goes. Thanks a lot for your time tonight, man.
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Yeah, man. Appreciate you guys. All take care.
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All right, that is Corey Diaz from USA Today, Louisiana. Let’s take one more break and we’ll wrap the show up when we come back here on Tiger Rag Radio from the Super Chevy dealer studio.
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Tiger Rag Radio is back live from Super Chevy Dealer Studio.
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All right, good show tonight. Got a lot of women’s basketball talk in there. Not enough baseball talk. also talked about the litigation that Tiger Rag is
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involved in with LSU. And I really uh once again ask folks to uh listen in if if you missed it, go to YouTube, rewind
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it back if you’re on YouTube and somehow you fast forwarded all the way to this part or um if uh you’re on podcast,
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whatever it may be. Um please listen to it, get a better understanding. It’s a topic that and I was I was just looking
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at it from uh the national conference of uh state legislatures um looking at how many states around the
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country are are trying to deal with this. So it’s it’s not LSU specific.
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It’s not well we’ve already explained it. I mean but it’s uh trust me listen back and maybe you gain some knowledge.
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Maybe you just sit there and say well you guys are full of it. Well then then we’re full of it. But anyways, that’s that’s where we’re at. What does LSU baseball do this weekend against Oklahoma?
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I think can they hit Cam Johnson? That that’s going to be interesting. Can they field ground balls? Can they throw it accurately? Not walk people. [laughter]
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It’s amazing. They got their hitting solved. They got their hitting solved and then all of a sudden they can’t pitch. But, uh, no, I I think it’s very
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important for them to, uh, win two games in this series just to kind of reestablish themselves as a as a power or and get ranked again. My goodness.
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What What do you guys think that it’s like for Cam Johnson to come back into Alex Box?
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You would think he’d have a chip on his shoulder, but it was his decision to leave. I would Well, I I think it was. I mean, I I’m not sure, but um I’m sure
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he’s got a chip on his shoulder, and it’ll it’ll be interesting to see. Um but uh it’s it’s startling to see, and
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we got to wrap it up here. Um LSU pitching team erra over five, the worst fielding percentage in the SEC. They’re
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ranked 11th in hitting, and a lot of that was hitting conditions. Uh and Vanderbilt’s pitching is ranked 15th in
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the SEC. So, I don’t know. There’s there’s question marks, but it could be turned around. It could be turned around. So, that’s going to do it for
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another edition of Tiger Rag Radio for Andre Shampine, Todd Horn, Glen Gilbo,
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I’m Jeff Polalmo. Thanks for listening and join us on Twitter spaces uh Wednesday night. Uh me and Todd along
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with Blake will continue to talk um revenue sharing. So, we’ll be you can hear us on that as well. So, have a great night everyone.
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