Chapter 1: What is the Fantasy Football Flag Football League featuring Tom Brady?
Another thing that happened this weekend that definitely was, I mean, you had to search for it if you wanted to find it, was the Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Flag Football, might as well be Fantasy Football, the Flag Football League that Tom Brady and the Saudis have put together.
where you get a bunch of NFL players out there and then Team USA playing against some of the pros and the pros playing against one another. And it was star-studded. You know, you got Tom Brady, Joe Burrow, Saquon Barkley, Devontae Smith, Jalen Hurts, on and on and on. And I tried, you know, I put on about 10 minutes of it just because it was interesting to see how it was going.
And I mean, it is... If they think that this is a thing that's going to work, they are absolutely mistaken. This, to me, feels like another one of these money-grab, sports-washing, bullcrap things. There was nobody in the stands. It's a joke. It was embarrassing for NFL players, to be honest with you.
I'm not going to go as far as to say that their reputations are ruined because they're participating in this thing. I'm not going to go that far. To me, this was... This was embarrassing.
Chapter 2: What are the criticisms of the event's execution and attendance?
I mean, you looked up into the crowd, and there was about 10 people in the crowd, and then knowing this whole thing is another one of these Saudi Arabia deals, it just felt icky and stupid, and I will not pay attention to it again. Now, I love... The fact that flag football has become a thing in this country, and I love that it's going to be competing in the Olympics.
Actually, girls flag football is a big deal. Sabrina's going to start playing this spring. Sayville High School's got a great girls flag football team. I think all of that is great. But taking it now to this level is just stupid. It was just stupid.
All right, so this was supposed to be played in Saudi Arabia because of the war in Iran. They moved it back to L.A. and they added another team. I didn't watch any of it. I just saw a few highlights on Instagram. Tom Brady can still throw and still play.
Chapter 3: Why do some consider this event a 'money-grab' or 'sports-washing'?
That's the frightening thing about all of this. But the other part of it is like if I'm the Cincinnati Bengals and I'm watching Joe Burrow out there who can barely stay healthy on an NFL football field, do you think I want him playing in something as competitive as this?
Yeah, I mean, we're talking about this a lot, you know, with the WBC or the Olympics or everything else. I mean, this is the least important thing out of all of them.
There's nothing redeeming about any of it. I mean, there may be some people that liked it. I don't really care about it. You know, we used to do the quarterback challenge and stuff. That was when we would throw at targets and things of that nature. That was kind of fun. I mean, that was more of like a Jeep Superstars deal, like if you remember those back in the day.
But this was 100% exactly what you're saying, a Saudi Arabian money-washing, sports-washing, if you will, event that was just embarrassing.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, you get guys like Tom Brady. So, I mean, I had like a bigger thought on this whole deal.
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Chapter 4: How is flag football gaining popularity in the U.S. and internationally?
And I understand there was more to the PGA Live thing with Phil Mickelson, you know, and the money. But you get certain guys that are just, they get so big, they make so much money, and all these opportunities come to them. And they're just, they're so used to making money so easily that it's just like they don't say no to anything.
I'm sure the Saudis, I would think, offered Tom Brady at least a million dollars. And I know that Tom Brady has a group of people that work for him in his home office that basically create opportunities like this for him. And look, when you win all those Super Bowls and you're the Super Bowl MVP and you're as good looking as he is and You're as articulate as he is.
A lot of things are going to be coming your way.
So then he's the leader of this thing. He convinces people, look, all you have to do is show up, play a couple games. You get all, you know, money in your bank account immediately and then go on and live your life and don't get hurt and don't even really try all that hard and you're fine. It's just ridiculous. It's got to be more than a million dollars for Tom Brady. He's the face of this thing.
Yeah, I would.
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Chapter 5: What concerns do NFL teams have about player participation in such events?
And they might have paid him 50 million. I say at least a million. It's got to be way more than that. And again, it was on Fox too, right? Yeah. So that's all probably wrapped into the Tom Brady contract. Who knows?
Yeah, that's another good point.
It's just an exhibition. He's the face of it. I mean, he did his part.
Yeah, Joe Burrow went and had this touchdown run. It was called back because he wasn't even allowed to run with the ball because of the flag football rules, but he was awkward, and he dodged somebody, and then he got into the end zone, and I thought that same thing. I was like, this guy can't stay healthy. At all, ever.
Chapter 6: How did the location change from Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles affect the event?
And now we're going to throw him out here on this field and this thing that doesn't matter at all. I mean, and the money that he is making for that team. I mean, yeah, the Bengals are probably... I don't know if they could do anything about it.
He's making $55 million. I mean, you would think that there would have been a closet, a contract that would have protected him from motorcycle riding, skiing, pickleball, tennis, you know, anything. I mean, now they do have insurance on those, I would think. Or maybe the Bengals are probably self-insuring knowing them, but...
premiums on these things, but I would also think that the event itself would have had some sort of insurance on these players. Yeah.
Let's go to Ed Massapico. What's going on, Ed?
Hey, guys. So my point is, are they doing this flag football to promote flag football in the Olympics? Because I know that's coming up, and just to see flag football as a sport out there, and another point that I had, if The United States ever lost in flag football in the Olympics probably goes down as the biggest upset in the history of athletics.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of celebrity involvement in sports promotions?
Yeah, probably. It was a cute thought that you think they're just doing this to promote the Olympics.
Are you kidding me? It was supposed to be in Saudi Arabia. That's where this was supposed to take place.
This was going to be in Abu Dhabi or Dubai or somewhere.
And once the bombs started flying in the Middle East, they moved it out of there. And they moved it to SoFi. Well, not SoFi. This is the soccer stadium where the LA Galaxy play, I guess. I guess so. They moved it there and then they added another team. They tried to spice it up a little bit. If it would have been in Saudi Arabia, they would have had people there.
You know, they would have had fans there. Sure, yeah, of course. I would imagine. Yeah. As soon as the bombs started flying, it was, you know, they moved it to LA. Yeah. So let's keep it over here.
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