Postgame Show: Lead Us, Greg
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Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
Cuervo. Cuervo.
You ready to lead us? Well, you know, lead us not into temptation. What? Deliver us from evil.
Amen. Thank you.
We're rolling. Go ahead. Postgame, Dad, take us. Yeah, keep praying. Go ahead. What are you talking about? What are we doing here?
You don't put the man in that spot.
He's done it.
What's at the top of your head that you want to get? Any sports takes you want to fire off here as this postgame is now in your hands?
I mean, I would love to talk soccer. Mike, you and I are interested. Inter-Miami was in a terrible 10-game slide, 9 or 10-game slide. Now they've won two in a row. Very impressive. Messi scored four goals in the last two games. Did you just look at your topics?
No.
You picked the top one?
No.
I think it gives fans renewed hope for the Club World Cup coming up in two weeks.
And I'm super into the Club World Cup. And it'll be curious to see how these MLS teams that are actually in season... Now, a lot of these clubs would have played like two weeks ago, but it is an advantage to be in season, in form, headed into that competition. I'm really excited about this competition. The prize pool suggests that teams actually have to go for it. It's not what you're used to in the summer when these teams come over to the U.S. and just do friendlies. There's something on the line here. FIFA is... really pushing the clubs to take this seriously, amongst other things, because that's what they've sold. This did fetch a big bill attached to it in terms of rights, and they want to make this one of the biggest media rights entities on the planet. So I think the teams are forced to do this. However, not every team is happy about this. Seattle Sounders out of MLS were seen wearing protest shirts, protesting the Club World Cup and the wages that they will get for participating in that.
But if we are going to touch on soccer, We have to mention the European Championship that happened, the Champions League final, PSG absolutely blitzing Inter Milan in the final. What's really impressive about that is PSG was always a club that failed to get over the hump. They brought in all these superstars, Zlatan, Mbappe, Messi, Neymar. They get rid of all those names, and then they win the final. by playing great organized team football, bringing along younger players. It's not the superstar, megastar names that you're used to, although these are very good players, but it's really funny. A year removed from losing Mbappe and having that hang over your club for years on end. You don't have Messi. You don't have name
Apparently, all they needed to do was get away from these personalities and finally get over the hump and achieve the ultimate success. I heard Amin before the show comparing PSG to this OKC team.
Like, they've had stars in the past, now they've gone younger, deeper, and it's just a young team.
Look, the way to explain it is, well, they still have very rich ownership, but these players aren't at the level of Achillean Mbappe, who's at the peak of his powers. Messi, close to the peak of his powers. Neymar, peak of his powers. In OKC, they lose Kevin Durant, but they trade away other players and they get all these pieces. They trade away Paul George and they rebuild their franchise with that. When Mbappe leaves for less than market value, when you don't get a big transfer fee there, Messi left as a free agent. They're not getting draft picks to help build their roster. They have to lean on their scouting. the ultimate resources. Their owners are very cash-rich. But again, they're not in the mix because France is not looked as a great domestic league. They're not often in the mix for the best players in the world anymore. They were looked as a club that was a launchpad club that people would either go to at the end of their careers or to launchpad success for more regular competition.
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