Mahomes or Allen (Again???) and a Clippers-Heavy Mailbag

Billsaid it perfectly. That's my theory.

BillI think that is what I would bet happened, and I think I also think all the Pablo podcasts, I think, probably drove the Clippers a little bit crazy too, that this was just, every time this died down, it would happen again. I still feel like, I probably used hyperbole when I was saying I thought the Dodgers story was a thousand times bigger.

BillBut I do think the Dodgers story was way bigger because that swung two World Series.

BillThat changed the entire landscape of baseball and is going to lead to a lockout. Ultimately, what did this Clippers thing really change? Like they won two playoff series with Kawhi, right? Like it was more incompetence versus like the Dodgers thing actually shifted

Wrightthe sport.

WrightWell, the Dodgers thing also, I, the other reason I agree with you that I think the Dodgers thing is a potentially far bigger deal is the Dodgers thing also might have real implications, not exaggerating it, on the American economy. Right, on the American economy, you're right. Like there's, there's, there's, there's a possibility that that was like the canary in the coal mine of like, wait, hold on.

WrightHow much of these businesses are being propped up through what's supposed to be super safe insurance money? And if there's, you know, if we assume Mark Walter isn't the only person in that line of work that is doing these types of things, like, is there, is that something that if you keep peeling away at, you're going to have major, major problems across a wildly important sector of the economy?