Jaylen Brown
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And this expansion team that would be able to correct a lot of the issues
the frustration and divisional stuff that we talk about from a BRI standpoint, et cetera, not being able to invest, not being able to be included when companies are, when organizations get sold and things like that, and the athletes who put in the work, the sweat equity, having an expansion team owned by the players could be something interesting.
I think that
That could be cool.
Obviously, we the union or we have to put some parameters around some things.
But, you know, I've brought that idea up a few times over the over the past few years.
Just I don't think we've had the leverage enough to execute it.
But, you know, things change over time.
Maybe we circle back to it.
But, you know, that idea actually came from Andre, Andre Guidalla.
You know, we were in a meeting and we were kind of bouncing that off each other.
But Andre pitched that.
I think maybe that's something that we should push for.
And maybe now that he's in the executive director position at the union, maybe that's something in the next few years that we do push for.
I think it's changing lives, honestly.
I mean, there's obviously a lot of yellow tape around, you know, kind of the aspects of...
Amateur players, amateur athletes and their name, image and likeness and how it's being negotiated and deals and contracts that are taking place with families, etc.
But like players that may never get to the NBA.
are becoming millionaires and starting their life with six plus figures.
Before, when players were going to college and they were graduating with a degree they had nothing to show for, they were probably in more debt than they were