Ifallthebasketballownersdidthat, thatwouldbethreebillionoverthenext 10 years.
Soit's alsothelevelofcommitment.
Youknow, whentheNFLsays 1/4 1,000,000,000 I gookay, that's differentalready, becausethat's that's a rielpieceofmoneyyoucouldalwaysdoom, orbuttoofrequentlyinthepastthey'vedoneless, andthefinancialcommitmentshowstheyhaven't reallybeencommitted.
Youknow, Max, itbringsaninterestingpoint.
Youdohave a lotofownersthathave a lotofdifferentpoliticalinterestsinthosepoliticalinterests.
Thembleedinto a lotoftheirbusinesses, rightinorderforthemtocontinuetomakethemoneyatthelevelthey'vebeenabletoproduce.
Butifyou'relookingatthescenarioasplayers, italsosometimesoverthelastcoupleweekshasbeen a littlebitfrustratingtomebecausewe'restilllookingatthingsindividually.
Siloed.
What I meanbythatiswe'restilllookingatMBA.
Playershavetobeonthesamesamepagewithdecisionthattheymakeand I getitbecauseoftheseasonand a pandemicandMLSplayersin a proplayersman, itwishes.
I wishtherewas a waythatweconform a player's coalitionwhereallplayerswereunitedregardlessoftheirsport.
Damn, Itwillbesomethingifweallgotonthesamepagetogetherbecausethen I thinkyouwillbeinunisonwiththeownersinsteadofforcingeachindividualleaguedoplayersissomethingwheretheywanttoplay.
Itwillbeonecollectivemovementtogether.
Jay, what I wouldsaytoyou, too, indirectresponsetothatthing, isthatwehavetounderstandwhatittakestocometogether.
Forexample, it's incrediblyimportantthatweunderstandthatthere's more.
There's morethanonewaytoskin a cat.
Youknow, I keeprepeatingthisadnauseum, and I'vehadtosaythistoMaxonseveraloccasions.
I neverdisagreewithColinKaepernicktakingtheknee.
Hell, I wasonGoodMorningAmerica.
Thenextmorning I wasonfirsttaketalkingabout.
He's absolutelyrighttotake a kneehedidn't violateanybylawsoftheNFLisperfectlywithinhisrightsasanAmericancitizen.
Hewasn't disrespectingtheflag.
Itwasn't abouttheflag?
Hell, yeah, hehad a righttodoit.
What I askedthereafterwas, whatisyourplan?
Anditwasn't thenextdayoreventhenextmonth.
Itwasaftermonthshadpassed, andit's importanttorecognizethat I didn't have a problemwithEric.
ReadsPosition.
I had a problemwithEricReidready, lookinglikehewasreadytofightMalcolmJenkinsbeforetipoffatoneoclockonanNFLfield.
Thatwasmyissue, butthere's nodenyingthattheseairyoungwarriorsthattookupthemantelonbehalfofusas a peopleandthey, buttheydeserve I gratitudemorethananythingelse.