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Matt Jones

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4675 total appearances

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Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Washington's in the Big Ten.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

But Washington State can't find a conference.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

So what do you do?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

You know, I don't know the answer because for a lot of these states, there are two schools and they're in two dramatically different positions.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

So I don't really know what's going on.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

And then you have the whole Republican.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

So one of the things I wrote was when you're thinking about college sports legislation, there's a lot of variables.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Republican, Democrat, big school, small school, right?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Athletes that make a lot of money versus Olympic athletes, right?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

It's not easy to figure out how you put all those things together, right?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

But what's the greater good?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Is the greater good that football, basketball players make the money that they're bringing into the university?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Or is the greater good that these people that make the money share the money with swimmers?

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

It all depends on how you define the greater good.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

I think there are people who would have two completely different answers to that.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

But what's interesting to me is the supporters of capitalism tend to be the biggest people in favor of the socialism in sports.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

That Texas Tech guy that ran all those commercials.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

Cody Campbell is an oil billionaire who donates all of his money to Republican and capitalist causes.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

And he's running commercials advocating for socialism in college sports.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 32 - It's The News

It's going to save his university.