Chuck Todd
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If the players play hard, I don't sit here and say the players aren't playing hard.
They all are playing hard.
It is the coaches being ordered by the GMs and the team presidents to not play certain players, to keep them out, to bench them in the fourth quarter.
players would fight and push back harder if there were financial penalties for losing a game, more likely to lose a game.
So, you know, is there something to borrow from golf that keeps people playing competitively even when they have no shot at winning the tournament?
Just something to think about.
But look, there's a million ideas to fix this.
Hey, Adam Silver, just pick one and do it.
Thank you, buddy.
Last question.
I love this.
I'm going to call you John from Cincinnati because of the damn HBO show.
I'm sure you don't like that.
Maybe you do.
Let me know.
By the way, I'm still waiting for... I didn't get my lyrics.
We didn't start the fire lyrics.
One of you still owes me.
You're updated.
We didn't start the fire lyrics.