00:08good morning 97 one Jim Costa John Jansen Heather Park Gov and Greg behind the glass
00:14835 inventions that changed your childhood there's a video that's going viral I think
00:18it's gonna spark some memories for you out there especially with summer right around
00:23the corner I know it doesn't start yet no uh Tom you are convinced of something you
00:29saw them talking about this on was it get up yeah it's you know I'm convinced that Jemai
00:33Jones is eventually going to turn it around he's messing with us all right 441 OPS now all
00:42right no so it was making the rounds yesterday all right thank you yeah the JMO one on that
00:49one uh making the rounds uh several places yesterday Fox 2 is actually the place I saw
00:53this first yesterday morning and their hosts were just kicking this around fun
00:58Knicks win the championship should Spike Lee get a ring
01:04and what did he do to help win that championship he suffered he was a huge fan forever he supported
01:13the team through thick and thin never bailed on them I think this is crazy and most people are
01:20going to disagree with me but life needs to be fun more fun and we need to stop putting up
01:25all these
01:25barriers all the time and should all fans get rings no and should super fans I don't know maybe there's
01:31a few out there I think Spike Lee should get a ring I think it'd be great that if he
01:36came out during the
01:37ring presentation I think that'd be great it'd be fun and we keep putting up all these barriers and
01:42look a lot of people on teams management inner management people you don't even know when they win
01:47championships they get rings like Heather when you worked for the Tigers you're under the assumption
01:53you probably would have got a ring you were doing over 100 plus games at one or not in a
01:58season
01:58sure 70 ish there was like but I do think there was like different levels of rings like I wouldn't
02:05get a ring that like Verlander was getting right like there was like a employee level ring I have
02:12no idea if I would have or not but I there was there was like the little rumors that the
02:18voices you
02:19could hear people talking about like yeah if they win yeah like what years were you I was there in
02:252013 is when I started through just a couple years ago well 2013 that was Leland said that was their
02:32best team so so and I do believe there should be different levels of rings like he shouldn't get
02:36like the the pimp out championship ring you know get the same one Brunson and Towns get but you think
02:42he should get the same when the marketing people get because yes because those people get it they
02:46didn't play I think the reverse argument here is if you didn't play on the court or coach on the
02:50court you don't get a ring because John when you broadcast in the 2023 championship for Michigan
02:55you got a ring I did you didn't play no but you have to do with it yeah John oh
03:04wait no I know what
03:05it is it's the end of the Alabama game that's what got you the ring no um the the radio
03:13guys did
03:14we didn't get the the collective rings that the team got but we you know again we get the tier
03:20two
03:20or tier three whatever it is I don't care um but yeah I was more than just the radio guy
03:26um I did
03:28you know provide some guidance to some of the young offensive linemen in terms of coaching at
03:33different things and uh which position group did Doug Karsh help with
03:39he kept John straight yeah he yeah trust me yeah kept me focused no but where do you draw the
03:46line
03:46like it's absurd I don't think Tom has a leg to stand on Spike Lee should not get a championship
03:51ring but where do you draw the line didn't your broadcasters get a ring I think team employees can
03:57get a tier two ring I'd be okay with that yeah but like where do we draw the line the
04:01Lions win the
04:01Super Bowl does Eminem get a ring celebrity fans get donated the time that Spike Spike Lee has given
04:07his life outside of you know filmmaking to be a Knicks fan he's given his life he sat courtside at
04:12professional basketball games the amount of energy this guy is given like I would say so how about
04:18crack man one of our tickets huh no he might not tickets Ben Stiller said some of these celebs
04:24don't I'd imagine most don't I didn't see an article that said some of those tickets he does buy
04:29well maybe some I mean they probably get all kinds of I don't know exactly which ones he pawed which
04:34ones he didn't no but like what about superfans who's crack man the big lion superfan does he get
04:40a ring if the Lions win a Super Bowl the guy with the engine block on his head does he
04:43get a ring if
04:44they win a Super Bowl what about someone who's been a season ticket holder for 50 years and spent
04:47their hard-earned money do they get a ring if the Lions win a Super Bowl exceptions that are always
04:52made in life and I think this would be a fun thing to do and I think there's other exceptions
04:55with
04:55other certain fans out there like Big Nut John do you know who Big Nut John is no I don't
05:02know
05:02why is everybody looking at me my fly is up it's the Ohio State fan the guy that's
05:11maxing what it was yeah got a couple of cantaloupes
05:20a lot a lot of here in a minute
05:26there's probably less than 10 percent of our audience that's with us I just my case for this
05:31is that the guy has been so dedicated to this and yeah there's other fans out there too and I'm
05:36sure
05:36we could find some I don't know if there's a definite a definitive Lions fan well I and I
05:42don't know your case to get a Super Bowl ring I mean I get stories all the time about people
05:47that
05:47have been seasoned ticket holders for 75 years at Michigan I don't believe they got a ring
05:54well do they they sacrificed and maybe there is court side yeah and and they've they've suffered
06:02by hey sometimes their tickets got moved because of addition subtractions seats shrinking in the big
06:08house like I do know that there are some organizations that have offered for sale like if you're a
06:17it's Spike Lee all right hey you're a super fan you've been there all the time and and maybe you
06:22call it cheap whatever you could buy uh you know if you could pay for your ring we'll be more
06:28than
06:28happy to provide you with one it's kind of one of those things for me that sometimes in life I
06:34think
06:34you kind of just go why the bleep not I think it would be hysterical for him to be for
06:39them to
06:39actually have him be part of the ring ceremony it's a unique situation there's not many fans out there
06:45that are like him but you know it just there is a real movement here I just googled it Stephen
06:51A
06:51Smith is pushing for Spike Lee to get a ring yes I hate that he agrees with me yeah see
06:58what side of
06:58the fence you're on comedian Kevin Hart posted on Instagram saying give Spike a ring this is a real
07:06movement people want Spike Lee to get a championship ring he's gonna have to get a wheelbarrow to carry it
07:17out I mean it's it's it's I I then the question becomes and the debate becomes where do you draw
07:26the line that's the question I ask and that's why I say it in jest but we could line up
07:30phone calls hey
07:30do you deserve a ring if the Lions won a Super Bowl tell us your story give us your career
07:34we're just
07:35getting resume calls my dad and grandfather and I was there when they won the last one
07:44my father was buried in a Lions jersey we should get it post death and honor postmortem yes post
07:54whatever the word
07:57what is it it says posthumously yeah posthumously that's the word I was looking for yeah he loved
08:03it and he died and he he lived and literally died with this football team so when they win
08:07the Super Bowl make it part of his uh headstone yep that Heather's gonna go view I will I'll go
08:13read
08:13it one day see all these little Super Bowl rings and uh-huh could you imagine Lester 248-539-9797
08:21who's the guy that uh Mochise he should have got a ring who's Mochise oh boy Mochise is the super
08:28fan for the Red Wings back in the day you remember did he get a ring no exactly oh we
08:35got somebody
08:35here that got a ring on line one oh Mike you're on 97.1 sir yes sir proud ice cream
08:44vendor for the
08:45Red Wings back at the Joe for about five seasons and when they won the cup the first time they
08:51measured everybody's fingers and gave us a ring that fit we could even get our initials carved into
08:56them so I'm an ice cream vendor that has a Stanley Cup ring from 97 with my initials in it
09:02still wear
09:03proudly to this day sweet good for you I love that it's amazing so vendors so if a vendor got
09:10one I
09:10totally would have gotten one we're the bottom of the totem pole like I spoke to one of the player's
09:15wives recently and she said well I heard Mr. I gave a ring to everybody I didn't even realize it
09:20was even
09:20the ice cream guys like yes that's he was a good man so that was a good thing I want
09:25to ask a question
09:25were you technically a team employee or were you outsourced we were tight I always thought of
09:31myself as a team employee but like we weren't outsourced I mean we we received our check was
09:36signed by Illich Entertainment I forget the exact company but it was a part of it do you think Spike
09:40Lee should get a ring absolutely when you think of the Knicks when I think of the next first person
09:46I think of is Spike Lee
09:50not Jalen Brunson or Patrick Ewing but Spike Lee
09:56do you think there's anybody lower on the totem pole than you that got a ring
10:00no I was the I was the lowest I used to work 216 217 I was the the lead the
10:06because those guys
10:07that was the best job ever those guys been there 30 40 years interesting this is fascinating yeah
10:14huh and he's cool with super fans getting rings celebrity fans spikes both I guess right yeah
10:23is he more super fan or more celebrity more celebrity fan who are the celebrity fans for
10:28our team I would call him a super fan he's like a celebrity super fan yeah yeah yeah who qualifies
10:34in that category for us um well like Jeff Daniels I was gonna say Jeff Daniels he's the one that
10:44writes all the songs him and Peyton Manning did the bathtub thing here's what you're asking if there
10:51is a broadcast yes and they went around hey let's look at all the celebrities that are here yeah
10:58there's Jeff Daniels actor kid rock musician songwriter Eminem Eminem award-winning rapper that
11:07sort of thing yeah who are the people they pan to at the Super Bowl when the Lions are playing
11:12there
11:13and do those people all deserve Super Bowl rings because they're famous Lions fans or is it or Tom is
11:20Spike just so unique I think the uniqueness here is part of the argument for me okay that's why I
11:26brought up big nut John I do mean it I know you guys are laughing at the name but you
11:34can picture
11:34who he's talking about you see him at every game you see him on TV how did he earn that
11:40nickname I
11:41have no idea John got a couple of mangoes tell us you're big like I said I'll like I'll waddle
11:51out
11:51of here in a minute Lisa can start calling you no no okay this is a ridiculous question but we
11:58do
11:58want answers from you guys does Spike Lee deserve a championship ring there's a real movement
12:03including someone on our own show pushing this and a caller we just took where do you draw the line
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