Luke Thomas

i did feel a duty to say as someone who occupy a space to political adversary of someone like charlie kirk i did feel the need to come out and be very very clear that i think what happened to him is unconscionable a horror in no way defensible counteractive to the political project that all of us are trying to move forward like it's bad bad bad bad unethical bad disastrous i think it's important that people of all political persuasions make a very clear statement about that in public

I think a few things.

I would say, in part, the state of the sports media business is in decline.

It's slow.

It's not automatic, but you can kind of see where it's all headed.

And so partly a recognition about like what opportunities are going to be there going forward.

But the other part, I mean, on the political side was just that, um, I mean, Trump got elected or he got elected obviously in November, but he was inaugurated in late January and, you know, uh, he has not been idle.

He has been quite busy.

And I think there was just a lot of things I saw that I didn't care for that I wanted to say something about.

not really no i don't think that that i mean don't get me wrong i've recognized that there can be a cost to be paid for it which is a separate consideration about whether or not i was afraid but if you're asking yes like can you say things in the course of just ordinary covering sports that at times can be flagged as either perceived as political or even if you have to weigh in on some kind of political dimension can that get you into trouble it can

It can.

Not always.

I don't want to say it's a every time thing, but it can.

Certain things you can speak out about will absolutely get you a call from HR or your editor or whoever the relevant authority is.

Yeah, I mean, I would question to what extent he's really challenging power in the way that he speaks, right?

I mean, it's one thing to speak out about political issues, but who are you going after?

You know what I mean?

Are you going after, like, genuinely powerful coalitions that are really affecting American society, or are you...

you know, kind of turning politics into a sports debate.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the hustle.