DeMaurice Smith

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756 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · Decoding the Kawhi Leonard Investigation, with DeMaurice Smith · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

And again, a lot of it because of your reporting.

I think at the end of the day, every union leader, especially in sports, has to take the enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement as paramount for all the reasons that I talked about.

We've talked about why it's important for the rule of law.

We've talked about why it's important for the players.

But at the end of the day, I mean, none of these leagues would be here without fans.

And so what is the obligation here?

that a league has to its fans?

Yeah, and here I'll push back on you a little bit.

Here's what I worry about.

In that sort of devolution from sports to entertainment,

I wonder whether fans will care as much as you and I care.

Because over the last five or six years, is this feeling by some fans that they are willing to just take or accept what's being given to them?

1,000%.

Pablo Torre Finds Out · The Man Who (Relentlessly) Sued the NFL Has Receipts: A Sitdown with DeMaurice Smith · 28 Apr 2026 podcast

The story of sport is that management colludes.

Reading this again last night just reminded me of how much I hate the league.

I had forgotten how... What's the word?

Clinical.

I just... Everybody has fallen into this trap, and I call it a death spiral.

where you believe that in order to square your morality, you now talk like you are Johnny Private Equity.

We're living in a country right now where it is undeniable that a large swath of people are broke.

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