00:00You know, there's a phrase, being born on third base.
00:03Well, that applies here to the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes,
00:09and that is Tom Dundon.
00:10So let me get this right here.
00:12He put six of his family members on the Stanley Cup
00:18where you're only allowed 41 names unmet.
00:24Actually, you're allowed 55 names, excuse me.
00:28And get this, 55 guys are allowed to be on the Cup,
00:32and you have to play a total of 41 games if you're traded
00:37or you're signed for that respected team if you end up going on
00:42and winning the Stanley Cup.
00:44So the owner of the Hurricanes decided to put his family on.
00:48Why is this a bad precedent?
00:50Dude, you know, I know a year ago you had the Florida Panthers
00:55who won the Stanley Cup, and there were family names from the family
01:00that ended up going on and winning the Stanley Cup.
01:02But they all had jobs that were inside the Florida Panther organization.
01:08This is a scenario where he just put his kids on before even the players,
01:14the coaches, anybody that was involved in the organization.
01:17These guys had nothing to do with winning the Stanley Cup,
01:21one of the most cherished trophies in all of North American sports.
01:25In my opinion, it's the greatest trophy in all of North American sports.
01:30You talk about being born on third base.
01:32Dude, I get it.
01:33There's perks on owning a football team, a hockey team, a Major League Baseball team.
01:37But what about something for the players?
01:40Every single kid, every single man that works or that plays in the NHL strives
01:48to get their name on that Stanley Cup.
01:52There's been so many legendary players that didn't have the opportunity
01:56ever to get their name put on that Stanley Cup.
01:58And when they eventually did, like a Ray Bork, who got his name on the Cup,
02:03you saw the emotions of what it meant for being involved in the NHL,
02:07putting all the work in, putting all the heart, putting all the desire in
02:11to have your name on one of the most hallowed cups
02:14and one of the most hallowed trophies in all of North American sports.
02:19And to sit there and see a guy bastardize it is incredible.
02:23But here we are in today's sports.
02:25And again, if you're born on third base, you get to do things like this.
02:29You get to chash all kinds of things and change all kinds of narratives
02:34when it comes to, hey, I own the team. I can do whatever I want.
02:38Again, there's nothing really left for the players here.
02:41And now what you've done is you've sold your soul.
02:45You know, we had a scenario like this with that scumbag,
02:48Nevin Shapiro, down at the University of Miami,
02:50where we ended up selling a guy being able to run through the smoke
02:54and it aggravated the living hell out of me.
02:56When I saw that scumbag Ponzi guy being sold
03:00and giving an opportunity to write a check to the University of Miami
03:04so that that guy could run through the tunnel.
03:07And when Nevin Shapiro did that, in my opinion,
03:11it absolutely tarnished the University of Miami
03:14and what we're doing here and what we did there.
03:16So I had a problem with that.
03:19Players get an opportunity to be able to have
03:22some of the greatest things happen for them
03:24when you're going after a championship.
03:26Hey, going and playing for a championship, my friends,
03:29it's a team atmosphere.
03:32You're in it together.
03:33You go with the struggles.
03:35You live together for over six, seven months of the season
03:38and you're all rowing in the same direction.
03:41To sit there and see the Carolina Hurricane owner
03:44put his six members and his family on the cup
03:48before anybody that's on that team
03:51that ended up going out and winning a Stanley Cup
03:53and helping that Carolina Hurricane team
03:55like a Rob Brindamore win it
03:57is absolutely shameful.
03:59Again, there's nothing left for the players.
04:01And I get it.
04:02You're born on third base.
04:04You get to change the game.
04:05You get to change the narrative.
04:07You get to do all those type of things
04:09and you get to have that kind of scenario
04:11for you and your family.
04:13That's not what I would look at as something
04:15that the players who ended up going out
04:17and putting their heart and soul into something.
04:19Hey, winning a championship, I will tell you this.
04:22Having won a couple myself,
04:24every single teammate that I played with
04:26at the University of Miami,
04:28we look back on each other and our journey
04:30and what we went through,
04:31and it was a close-knit fraternity.
04:34It's not open to everyone.
04:37Those locker rooms are not open
04:39to having outsiders come in
04:41when you're doing such a thing like that,
04:43winning a championship.
04:45Because you know why?
04:46You've got so many people on the outside saying this.
04:48You can't do it.
04:50You won't get it done.
04:51There's no chance of you winning a championship.
04:54There's no opportunity
04:55for you to be able to get it done.
04:57And you know what happens at the end of the day?
04:59I'm fortunate to have won two championships
05:01at the University of Miami.
05:03And you know what?
05:05We are close to this day as we were 40 years ago
05:08because we were on a journey together.
05:11No outsiders.
05:12We shared it with our fans on the parades and all.
05:17Being a champion and being on a championship team
05:21is one of the greatest things
05:22you could ever have happen in your life.
05:25It's a close-knit group that you're bonded forever.
05:30And you can't sell that.
05:32You can't pawn that off.
05:35That's something that can't be sold.
05:37It just can't be.
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