00:00This is interesting. I've heard this idea before, but it was more of a theory.
00:03Now Mike Florio is saying this could be a part of the negotiation to the players of,
00:08hey, don't worry, you're still only playing 17 games.
00:12Would the players accept that?
00:14Or would they say no?
00:16Look, my mindset is different because I played in a different era.
00:19And if you would have told us you're playing 18 games, we're playing 18 games.
00:23Let's go.
00:23It's another opportunity for me to be great and express my greatness.
00:27Now, what you would need is to be compensated for that.
00:32I need to feel like I'm being paid a lot more.
00:37Right. You're not going to work more for the same amount of money.
00:39That's exactly right.
00:40So you have to feel the upgrade in your paycheck.
00:44You know what I mean?
00:45And so I get what he's trying to say, but it's also, I think in negotiating, sitting at a table,
00:53talking about that, that sounds fine.
00:56But when it comes down to week 16 or 13 or 12 that they decide to sit you down, you're
01:01going to say, hell no.
01:02What are you talking about?
01:04I want to play.
01:05At least my generation would have said, I want to play.
01:07I don't want to take days off.
01:09I don't want to give somebody else an opportunity to thrive in a position at my job.
01:14Screw that.
01:14So I think in theory, it sounds good.
01:17But in execution, it's a different scenario.
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