Dan Le Batard

Hard Rock is Miami Stadium.

Really?

Yeah, you didn't know that?

They cover up everything.

All the sponsors.

All the sponsors have to be covered up.

Mercedes-Benz, there's just a big banner that covers the Mercedes-Benz logo, and it just says World Cup.

You know how Hard Rock Stadium has the Hard Rock signage in each end zone?

You have to put a sign over that.

Why is that exclusively a World Cup thing?

Like, when the national championship is here, they don't cover up Hard Rock Stadium.

No, because FIFA is its own government.

Pablo did a fascinating episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, and they get into that specific detail.

Zaz, it's not just the window dressing of covering up the signage on the stadiums.

internally your local governments have to refer to that stadium as miami stadium so you're telling me on the broadcast when i'm watching the game you know whenever the first game on television is here at hard rock stadium they're going to call it miami stadium that's correct in fact if you live in an area that has road signs that point to the corporate sponsor that don't just say stadium but say you know hard rock stadium it'll have to be changed to

Miami like on the turnpike I drive here I take the turnpike every morning driving here I pass Hard Rock Stadium every single morning you're telling me that on Monday because I didn't look today when I look at the signs it's not going to say Hard Rock Stadium it's going to say Miami Stadium that's

Everybody in internal comms, your local government has to.

This was a ridiculous detail because I knew about the stadium itself and the stadium grounds and how FIFA takes over and how they are with sponsorships.

I didn't know written into the contract that your local government has to fully assimilate and give itself over to them.

And if the announcer slips up and says the hard rock, they just get killed.