Probably announcing that Gordo is leaving because he's about to spend his life savings bidding on that Lee Harvey Oswald military photo they were discussing during the O-Deck and Cat wouldn't give him a raise to help him feed his family.

Jeremy is leaving after 25 years

Damn Board-op genius.

Dang. Jer is great.

Jer has been there since I've been listening.

Junior is next imo. He's going to want/told to be with that kiddo. Wonder if all 3 go to their happy place together.

Stay Hard Jer!

true!
I'm ready, I'm ready

As soon as I heard major show announcement I knew it was Jer leaving. Just had a feeling since this week was his 25th year at Ticket AM anniversary of being at the employed at the station he works at currently today as of this announcement this morning.

Not surprised it's Jer leaving. Once the others left he saw the light get brighter and brighter for leaving.

There's no doubt The Musers will be the first to step away. They've been around the longest and the early mornings have to get old when you realize you can sleep in.

I'm assuming all 3 of those have socked enough money away and they're not necessarily doing it for the money. It's certainly a factor in continuing to do it but I think they can walk and be financially okay.

I agree they'll likely walk together.

Gordo is somewhat of a wild card since there is a bit of an age gap. George and Craig are 57-58ish while Gordo is 50-51. I could see him sticking around longer. Possible he would leave the Ticket to pursue other projects, but as great as he is, his little side projects over the years never seemed to lead to more. But maybe this would be the chance to throw himself into something fully

Craig "wow you're playing a Burst"

"You don't know what a Burst is" - everyone laughs

Agree Gordo is a wild card but I think he'll likely walk with the others.

I think he's the one that actually has enough outside interests to keep him busy regardless of money. He can finally fix up that apartment property he's been living in.

i'm ready. i'm ready.

FincAg said:

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Craig "wow you're playing a Burst"

"You don't know what a Burst is" - everyone laughs

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There have been a couple quick lines this morning where I've laughed out loud.

Gordo goes "And Mickey Mantle played baseball, right?" as they're learning about a Mantle rookie card.

And earlier he had a story about a tv reporter saving a lady in high water and he casually tags on at the end "and the reporter was swept away. They're still looking for him"

I was hoping it was Fernando.

i will miss big strong jer. think the sirios comments maybe got him to stick his head out of the hole.

The $37k after 25 years was a bit shocking. If he started at 22.5k then 37k is only a 2% raise every year for 25 yrs.

Just Tired said:

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i will miss big strong jer. think the sirios comments maybe got him to stick his head out of the hole.

The $37k after 25 years was a bit shocking. If he started at 22.5k then 37k is only a 2% raise every year for 25 yrs.

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Imagine signing a payroll status change form at 2%... 25 times.

DannyDuberstein said:

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Gordo is somewhat of a wild card since there is a bit of an age gap. George and Craig are 57-58ish while Gordo is 50-51. I could see him sticking around longer. Possible he would leave the Ticket to pursue other projects, but as great as he is, his little side projects over the years never seemed to lead to more. But maybe this would be the chance to throw himself into something fully

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Dax would give him a podcast on his network in a heartbeat. Surprised he hasn't gone that route yet.

Dan was explaining TV contract values, and then came to the conclusion that we should all stop believing schools can't afford to pay players, and thinks it's dumb anyone would ever think that.

But he's not comparing apples/apples.

First of all, he used the Big10 new TV deal as his basis. No other conference currently has anything close to that contract, so it's a bit of an outlier. Soon the SEC will, but it ends there. That amount of revenue is not relevant to any of the other programs across the country, and is not equally shared across the sport (like it is in the NFL, NHL, NBA, etc).

Secondly, the NFL isnt having to subsidize an entire athletic department with their revenue. That is the biggest part he's missing. If the NFL had to pay for several other teams, and a couple hundred additional athletes on the payroll, they couldnt afford it either.

And earlier he had a story about a tv reporter saving a lady in high water and he casually tags on at the end "and the reporter was swept away. They're still looking for him"

That made me crack up laughing.

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Junior is next imo. He's going to want/told to be with that kiddo. Wonder if all 3 go to their happy place together.

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I could have sworn I heard him say something about quitting recently, and specifically because of his kid. It was kind of a throwaway comment in the middle of the segment, but they all glossed right over it. Seemed suspicious.

Who would have guessed Jer's blind wife is an accomplished PhD psychologist? Good for her.

Spaceship said:

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Who would have guessed Jet's blind wife is an accomplished PhD psychologist? Good for her.

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I was wondering what type of doctor she was. Good on her.

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hoosier-daddy said:

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Junior is next imo. He's going to want/told to be with that kiddo. Wonder if all 3 go to their happy place together.

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I could have sworn I heard him say something about quitting recently, and specifically because of his kid. It was kind of a throwaway comment in the middle of the segment, but they all glossed right over it. Seemed suspicious.

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I heard that too.

He mentioned something about retiring and when he said it, he made it sound like it wouldnt be long or something along those lines.

AgGrad99 said:

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Dan was explaining TV contract values, and then came to the conclusion that we should all stop believing schools can't afford to pay players, and thinks it's dumb anyone would ever think that.

But he's not comparing apples/apples.

First of all, he used the Big10 new TV deal as his basis. No other conference currently has anything close to that contract, so it's a bit of an outlier. Soon the SEC will, but it ends there. That amount of revenue is not relevant to any of the other programs across the country, and is not equally shared across the sport (like it is in the NFL, NHL, NBA, etc).

Secondly, the NFL isnt having to subsidize an entire athletic department with their revenue. That is the biggest part he's missing. If the NFL had to pay for several other teams, and a couple hundred additional athletes on the payroll, they couldnt afford it either.

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Pretty sure Dan said the NFL teams pay the players using only the TV revenue. He followed it up that the gate and concessions all go to the team coffers.