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were done a favor by not trading for a guy who's not going to make much of an impact. But you mentioned you had Philly on the phone. Linebacker has been a deficiency for a while. How at some point did the conversation not drift towards Zach Bond? Why was that not more attractive to you? What would that have cost? I can't imagine it would have cost all that much. Also the trade between Philly and Cincinnati fell apart before lunchtime. You mean to tell me there's not still time to pivot to something else? 00:03:17 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, it is really that, that that's my biggest concern right there. Like, Why wouldn't you swing for defenses for a guy that you know is a bona fide, probably one of the top safeties in the league? If you couldn't get Zach Bond, you had to say something about Jesse Bates. I mean, just inquire about that. Because what was the money part of that deal with this guy, Etta BK, whatever his name is? Didn't somebody say they would have been overspending anyway, or. 00:03:50 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think relative to the production, which there hasn't been a ton, they would have probably been accused of overpaying. And I understand edge depth. You don't have Hal. There are only so many edge guys out there. There are players who get a change of scenery, and then suddenly they're productive. He'd have been playing on the same defensive line as Dexter Lawrence, and maybe that would have helped. But I think your overarching point is the correct one, and it's the one that matters the most. You can beat them up for the trade that fell through, and you can maybe be happy that that trade didn't fall through, but in an era where teams are using trades to make themselves better, and in a year where all the other teams that the Bengals are going to be competing with added to their roster and addressed deficiencies, the Bengals did nothing. 00:04:36 Speaker 2: Yeah, you got Samar, and you have Miles Murphy, I mean, it's time for them dudes to step up. I mean, if you just want a guy, you can look towards one of them. I mean, the production probably, of course, is not the same between Shamar Stewart and this Etta BK, but I'm sure it's close with Miles Murphy and Etta BK. 00:04:56 Speaker 4: Mm-hmm. 00:04:57 Speaker 2: I've been seeing Miles Murphy, he's been putting on some wheels, man, running across the field, running down some people. So, I mean, I would have a good conversation with him because if I'm not mistaken, he's in the contract here. Like, bro, you need to step it up, bro. You're looking for next year. Like, you want to get paid, right? 00:05:16 Speaker 3: Yes. 00:05:17 Speaker 4: No, I think a lot of us thought, like, we were going to see an uber-motivated and hopefully super-productive Miles Murphy for the reasons you just outlined. This was his chance to get paid and Unfortunately, we haven't seen the production. I think a lot of us thought we were going to see from him. 00:05:31 Speaker 3: Brian, I got to run, man. Thank you. 00:05:33 Speaker 2: Thank you, man. 00:05:34 Speaker 4: I would just wonder, like, a lot of folks leading up to the trade deadline brought up Dayon Henley, who was traded by the Chargers to the Broncos right before the deadline. I think we saw that that trade came down about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 00:05:50 Speaker 3: Chargers get a 4th in 27 and a 5th in 28. Now, it's a rental deal. Henley's due to be a free agent at the end of this year. 00:06:00 Speaker 4: You couldn't have upped that Annie a little bit, but again, like it comes back to the availability and I don't know how revealing Duke Tobin would have been. The fact that he didn't make himself available would certainly suggest that he wouldn't have been very revealing at all. 00:06:16 Speaker 3: But like, don't you have questions? If you're a fan of this team, don't, don't you have questions about why? 00:06:22 Speaker 4: Why? Not just the how and why of the deal that fell through. I know that's the headline. And, you know, maybe folks want to see, you know, Duke Tobin turn red because they want to see him be embarrassed at explaining why a trade that they thought that they were going to make fell through. I think for me, there's a little bit more curiosity as to, and like, I get it. We like our team. There was nothing for us out there, but I don't know, dude. We went through in the two or three weeks leading up to yesterday at 4 o'clock a long, long, long list of players and a long, long, long list of teams that you could do business with in order to get one of those players. Like, you know, we say it all the time on this show. There's room for multiple truths. There's also room for these thoughts to coexist. This is a good football team. Might not be a great football team. Might be a team that still has something to prove. Might be a team that, you know, you want to see them beat somebody who's among the upper crust before you really believe in them. 00:07:35 Speaker 3: That's fair. 00:07:36 Speaker 4: But this is a good team with a good record, a bunch of good players. Their roster is solid. It's certainly not perfect, but it's a solid roster. It's a healthy-ish roster. And all of that is a result of, not all of it, but a lot of it is a result of some really good, aggressive work, smart work by Duke Tobin in the front office. Yeah, okay, they stumble into Joe Burrow and they kind of stumble into Jamar Chase, but, you know, they've... They did some good work acquiring outside help this offseason. The Dexter Lawrence trade wasn't only bold, it was smart. Dexter Lawrence is a relative bargain compared to some of the other guys who play his position. They've also done a good job, like, on the fringes, finding a Dante Myers. 00:08:25 Speaker 3: Getting guys like that. 00:08:27 Speaker 4: This is going to be a playoff team. That may sound bold. Look at the standings. Look at their schedule. Look at where they are right now. 00:08:38 Speaker 3: This is. 00:08:40 Speaker 4: A very, very,

very, very, very likely playoff team. They're a good bet to win the division. Odds on favorites right now to win the AFC North. That'll change if they lose on Sunday, but I'll hot take it. I think the Bengals are going to win the division even if they lose to Pittsburgh. But they've got a roster that has deficiencies. Anybody who has watched them can tell you what they are. Their deficiencies may not be the same deficiencies they have in Miami or with the Chargers or with the Jets or with the Raiders or with the Cardinals or with any number of rotten teams in the league. 00:09:22 Speaker 3: Some of those are more rotten than others. But they got a roster with deficiencies. And like. 00:09:30 Speaker 4: Again, these things can coexist. They're a good team. They're a team that could use some upgrades. There have been football teams far, far, far better than this version of the Bengals that have gotten help from outside, especially in this era where trades are more commonplace. There are organizations with larger and longer track records of success that have said we're good, but we could still be better. 00:10:04 Speaker 3: And they've made that move. 00:10:07 Speaker 4: I do not believe in this league, but also other sports that winning franchises often seem completely content with what they have. There's a lot of reasons to like this team. Zach Taylor said he liked this team. I would too if I was the coach. I like this team as a fan. But it doesn't mean they couldn't use some help. And chances are, if they made a move, it was going to be a move. The trade deadline wasn't going to solve all their issues. Hitting it at the trade deadline wasn't going to guarantee that this team is the last one standing at the end of the season. 00:10:45 Speaker 3: But it's still disappointing. 00:10:47 Speaker 4: That they could not successfully execute a trade for an established NFL player in particular on the defensive side of the ball. And if you look at what the organization's philosophy is, you could accuse a Bengals fan, you could accuse me of you're putting too much faith in this year. 00:11:07 Speaker 3: The Bengals did that. 00:11:09 Speaker 4: In their history, they've never prioritized an individual season more than the Cincinnati Bengals have prioritized 2026. And so I think that helps kind of, I don't know, it helps add to the disappointment. Like, all along, you've been all about winning right now, and then at the deadline, you seemingly stopped. Now, other teams made moves, too, and Jacksonville Jaguars are being accused of overpaying. But while it is obviously not guaranteed to work, any of the moves that the other teams made, it is hard. And it's hard to do this because the Bengals are good. It's hard to watch Buffalo address a deficiency. Kansas City address a deficiency. Denver add to an already good defense. Jacksonville add to their team. The Jaguars have been a wagon for over a year. Jacksonville's last 18 games, they're 15 and three. I think nine of those games they've won by more than 14. They've beaten Cincinnati now head to head. And yet those teams decided we're in good shape, but we've got some issues. 00:12:20 Speaker 3: We've got to get better. And so how do you not wonder? 00:12:25 Speaker 4: Like Bill Barnwell writes for ESPN, he writes, Bengals are going to come to regret not making a move at the deadline. I'm not going to speak in such certainty because there is a lot to like about this team. This team's offense should be the envy of the NFL. Joe Burrow is playing at an MVP caliber level. The offensive line is good. The running game is starting to round into form. They have all world weaponry. They have good players on defense. But how do you not wonder? Whether or not by the end of the season, we're looking back on the deadline wondering, could this guy that they didn't get have helped here? Or could this trade that they didn't make, could that have helped here? The margins for winning and losing in this league is, they're razor thin. Could acquiring somebody at the deadline widen that margin for the Bengals just a little bit? They're going to have to win close games. They're going to have to win hard games. They're going to have to win games where, you know, maybe the big three are having a slow day. Are they going to be capable of doing that? And if not, will we look back on their inability or unwillingness to pull the trigger at the trade deadline as something that ultimately came back to doom them? You and I obviously hope that the answers are no. But can you imagine what it's going to feel like if the answers are yes? So this isn't gratuitously banging on the Bengals, this awful franchise. They're 6-2. They're in good shape. They're favored on Sunday. Projected right now to be favored in every game they play. They have a good, good football team. We just gave them a world of credit for how they handled Madrid and the logistics and how they played. Good football team. Which is what makes not adding to it so disappointing. Especially when you add to it what they've done in Denver, Buffalo, KC, and Jacksonville. 20 after 4 o'clock. 513-749-1530 is our number. Wise Money Sports with our guy Joe Wilson from Omega Wealth coming up in 15 minutes. Kelsey Conway from the Enquirer on the Bengals in an hour. This is ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. 00:14:50 Speaker 1: Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 00:14:52 Speaker 5: Traffic. 00:14:54 Speaker 3: From the UC Health. 00:14:56 Speaker 1: This is Football in the Natty. Brought to you by Belterra Casino and Belterra Park on ESPN 1530. The official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 00:15:08 Speaker 3: Football in the Natty. 00:15:08 Speaker 4: Latest college football playoff rankings came out last night. 00:15:12 Speaker 3: Kentucky is still in the top 12, 11th. 00:15:16 Speaker 4: Despite losing to Tennessee in lopsided fashion on Saturday. Indiana down five spots, ranked number nine last night. Ohio State, they're still a path. Playoff

chances this year on life support, ranked 20th, coming off back-to-back losses. Next year, we're going to the 24-team field, which is ridiculous. So I hear a lot about how, well, this is going to be great for the smaller schools. This is going to be great for the group of six schools. There's going to be more larger pathway for them to be in. Well, I'm looking at the top 25, and the only school from outside the Power 4 I see is Boise State 24th. Liberty's eight and one, not ranked. New Mexico, eight and one, not ranked. You may believe, and I don't entirely disagree, that they don't deserve to be. But if this is indeed going to be good for a group of six schools and the selling point, why this is going to work is, hey, it's easier for the little guy. Well, then the way to do that is to prove it by ranking them and putting them close to the playoff field. 00:16:21 Speaker 3: That is not happening. 00:16:24 Speaker 4: But, you know, what we do have, I see at number 22 is Missouri with their three losses, one by 14, one by 28. And LSU with their three losses, one by 36. And Ohio State with three losses. And I see Ole Miss there. Ole Miss has a loss by 35, ranked number 19. I'm not doing this to pick on any of those schools, but I've heard folks say, well, what about the NCAA tournament? There's mediocrity in the NCAA tournament. 00:16:59 Speaker 3: Yes. 00:17:01 Speaker 4: And in a 15-year span, they will have gone from 64 to 76, which is ridiculous. And if the selling point for that is, well, it's going to be better for the low majors. 00:17:15 Speaker 3: Okay, sure, whatever. 00:17:20 Speaker 4: But What's always been cool about college football to me is its uniqueness in terms of you have to have an excellent season to have access to the championship. Four was not enough. I think most of us came to agree with that. And so the expansion to 12... There is a degree of excellence and accomplishment you still have to reach to make it a 12. And like I get it, we have Alabama's number three with two losses. Texas is six with two losses. Tennessee's eighth with two losses. BYU is 10th with two losses. But there's still like a level of, if not excellence, very, very, very, very goodness there. This was always the one sport where mediocrity was not acceptable as it relates to competing for a championship. You couldn't be okay. In all the other sports, you can. You can be a very okay team and make the NFL postseason. You can be a very okay baseball team and make the postseason. You can be a very okay college basketball team and play for your sports national championships. 00:18:43 Speaker 3: I get it. 00:18:44 Speaker 4: We're all still going to watch. We're all still going to engage. But it is fair to look at things that have happened to this sport in particular and not like how some of the new things have made things that we thought were special and unique about college football not the same or in some cases have made those things go away. When you look at the bottom end of the college football playoff rankings, is there anybody excited about watching some of those teams compete for a national championship I think the answer is no. What is this going to mean business-wise? We'll get to that. More on the Bengals and the mechanics of the trade deadline. And Nick Kroll says they haven't had talks with other teams about Eli De La Cruz. We are going to talk about this a lot, but not before we do something. We'll get to that coming up in a bit. I'll make it make sense. Sports headlines coming up as well. ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. Mm-mm. 00:19:55 Speaker 1: You've been listening to Football in the Natty, brought to you by Kingdom Built Exteriors on ESPN 1530, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 00:20:07 Speaker 3: Kingdom Built Exteriors. 00:20:08 Speaker 6: Bengals! This week, Sunday Night Football in America arrives in Cincinnati as the Bengals renew their AFC North field with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rivalry so bitter it makes black coffee taste like a milkshake. It's four quarters of hard hits, high drama, and plenty of divisional disdain. Catch every snap, every collision, and every moment of AFC North chaos. The game kicks off at 8.20 p.m. with coverage starting at 4 p.m. 00:20:38 Speaker 3: Sunday. 00:20:38 Speaker 6: Stream for free on the new and improved iHeartRadio app or on ESPN 1530, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 00:20:48 Speaker 3: It's Wednesday. We're back in the saddle. 00:20:50 Speaker 4: Wednesdays mean wise money sports with our guy Joe Wilson from Omega Wealth Private Capital. 00:20:56 Speaker 3: We skipped a week. We're back. Everything is good. Life is good. 00:21:00 Speaker 5: Back in town. 00:21:01 Speaker 3: Back in town. 00:21:02 Speaker 5: Yeah, buddy. 00:21:02 Speaker 3: A lot going on. 00:21:04 Speaker 5: It's a good thing. 00:21:04 Speaker 3: It is a good thing. 00:21:05 Speaker 7: A lot's going on in the sports world. I feel like there's always things going on in the sports world, but I do feel like we're in a warp zone of activity right now. 00:21:12 Speaker 3: There is a lot happening, yes. There's a lot happening. 00:21:14 Speaker 4: A lot happening from a sports business perspective. We've talked about the possibility of college football playoff expansion, which is now reality starting next year. 00:21:23 Speaker 3: ESPN, five years, nearly $ 1. 00:21:25 Speaker 5: 7 billion. 00:21:27 Speaker 4: Expand the field to 24 in 2027 this on top of the existing six-year 7.8 bill deal from espn in march of 2024 but let's talk about this from a business perspective because i think there are business pros and cons. 00:21:42 Speaker 7: Well sure i mean you got 12 more games in the current 12 team format that's coming up so That's more inventory to sell, right? I think there's a plus and minus to that. But new money could cover a lot in the loss of these title games. I mean, these title games are about $ 250 million, so combined about $ 1. 7

billion over five years. It's almost $ 340 million a year. About a net gained about $ 90 million a year, rough math, hashtag. Campus, first-round games, I think that's neat because that's going to be great for some of the vibe, the concessions. We saw that a few years ago. I remember I've got some friends that are diehard Tennessee volunteer fans who came up to Ohio State. Yes. And they traveled like crazy. It was very weird because Ohio State was— Yeah, well, they didn't lose. They got stepped on, kind of like the Buckeyes have been stepped on the last couple weeks. So, yeah, so I think that's good. More gates, more concessions, more local spending in the town. So I think that's good for these college towns. Big Ten Commissioner argues that the buys, the home field advantage, the race for the top 24, it's going to give the teams something more to play for. Here's my little concern again. 00:22:52 Speaker 3: Yeah, go ahead. 00:22:54 Speaker 5: Man, that's a lot of games. 00:22:55 Speaker 3: It's a lot of games. Yeah. 23 playoff games. 00:22:58 Speaker 4: That's my, from a sports perspective, that's what I don't like about it. 23 playoff games. I like it when playoff games are special. We've watered them down. 00:23:05 Speaker 3: In every sport. 00:23:06 Speaker 4: We're watering down the postseason with the NCAA men's basketball tournament. We're really doing it with college football playoff games. Be honest, but you are a sports aficionado. 00:23:16 Speaker 7: Yeah. 00:23:16 Speaker 5: Also, another word for that is nerd. 00:23:18 Speaker 7: Yes. Do you watch the play-in games for the NCAA tournament? 00:23:23 Speaker 3: Do I go to them? God almighty, they're an animal. I love those. 00:23:27 Speaker 5: I don't even watch them. 00:23:28 Speaker 3: But here's why I like them. 00:23:29 Speaker 4: I like those, number one, it's the nice appetizer for the main course on Thursday. Also, I think it's cool that 16 seeds get a chance to win an NCAA tournament game. That's not applying here. So the great thing about the play-in games to me are 16 seeds play against each other, which guarantees one is going to have a winning experience before they go get trounced. 00:23:49 Speaker 3: By a one. 00:23:49 Speaker 5: This is very true. 00:23:50 Speaker 3: So that's what I like. That's not in play here. 00:23:52 Speaker 5: Yeah. No, not at all. 00:23:53 Speaker 7: And it will be interesting. I think it'll be college football is becoming so big. I mean, it's just massive. 00:23:59 Speaker 3: Second biggest sport in this country. 00:24:00 Speaker 7: Yeah. 00:24:01 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. 00:24:01 Speaker 5: That's massive. 00:24:02 Speaker 1: It is. 00:24:04 Speaker 5: It'll be interesting to see, though. 00:24:06 Speaker 7: We're doing this also on the run of a very strong economy year after year after year after year. So the dollars are there. This will be interesting if we ever get an economic pullback. Are the ad dollars there to support to the level of total? I mean, that's a lot of ads. It's a lot of marketing. And that's what the TV is built on. And that's where the money comes from. So it'll be interesting to see. 00:24:28 Speaker 3: We went through the business pros. Give me some of the business cons. 00:24:31 Speaker 7: Well, you're talking about conferences or trade approving revenue stream. For one, that's, you know, uh-oh, not sure. SEC title game alone is valued probably around $ 100 million at the conference. Regular season value is the biggest risk, right? Some November games could lose urgencies and you could see ratings soften. I mean, that makes sense. 00:24:48 Speaker 5: And that's true. I'm heading up to the SHU this weekend. 00:24:52 Speaker 7: And really, if it wasn't for kind of a parent's weekend with the golf team, I have zero desire to go watch the Buckeyes play Northwestern. So I do think there's a little wear and tear on that. Player workload, that's going to rise. And season starts earlier, right? How's this going to work with the seniors that are wanting to go to the next level? That's a lot of games. What would it be with injuries? Smaller conference, non-CFP bowls are going to get squeezed, bro. A 10-bowl lineup of power conference matchups, I don't know. Anytime there's more upside, Mo, there's also the question that, what am I giving up to get it? And I think this could be interesting. I think for college football fans, they love this. I'm interested in it. I just don't know how much I'm going to be watching of the early games other than just if my teams. 00:25:44 Speaker 5: Are favorite teams. 00:25:45 Speaker 6: Yeah. 00:25:46 Speaker 3: I don't love this. I don't love what it does to the regular season. I don't love 23 playoff games. 00:25:51 Speaker 1: It's a lot. 00:25:51 Speaker 4: I think we're going to get a lot of bad playoff games. I think most college football fans are like me. We will watch them. 00:25:58 Speaker 3: We'll adjust. 00:26:02 Speaker 4: My team might benefit from it one day if the Bearcats are ever nationally relevant again. 00:26:06 Speaker 7: Well, let's talk about that. What happens if something like that happens, right? Where you get a Big 12 that they get hot, right? And all of a sudden they get in. And then what if they get hot and they win a couple of these games? That's going to be the exciting part of this. Because other than that, it's just going to be seasons over. So there will be some excitement. It'll be interesting in the era of NIL. But if anything, can show you how NIL has changed college football. It is this very year. Look how many number ones have moved and shifted. So anything's possible, Mo. 00:26:40 Speaker 4: Let's talk about business and investing lessons that can come from the collapse of Live Golf. 00:26:45 Speaker 2: Live. 00:26:46 Speaker 3: Interesting. Here's the deal. 00:26:49 Speaker 7: Saudis funding pulled it in April after spending more than $ 5 billion since 2022 and filed for bankruptcy on September

8th. On November 5th, it's all you're told. The court companies moving to a new value maximizing wind down instead of the live 2.0 plan they tried to resurrect this and a lot of the players over there are like i'm out yeah a proposed 300 million dollar rescue from a group called bc partners it fell apart it disintegrated and investors wanted binding commitments from crucial massive elite players and the players said nay nay uh european tour which is becoming a growing tour warned anyone who signed with this new live 2.0 Just know it doesn't even need to apply. 00:27:27 Speaker 5: For the DP World Tour, which is the PGA Tour over there. 00:27:30 Speaker 7: Liv paid $ 15. 6 million to retain seven executives, including $ 6. 375 million to CEO Scott O'Neill before filing the B of the K. Here's the lessons. 00:27:42 Speaker 3: Yes. 00:27:43 Speaker 7: Product innovation is not a business model. Shotgun starts, 54-hole formats, team golf. It drew some attention. It definitely shifted the PGA Tour, but the economics relied on cash infusions and extravagant guarantees. 00:28:02 Speaker 5: Underserved markets worked, though. 00:28:04 Speaker 7: They had some amazing crowds in South Africa and other parts of the world that really did help grow the game. That was their whole initiative. I'm not sure that was worth a $ 5 billion gamble. Incumbents in history are hard to beat. Head-to-head war with PGA Tour, it's turned into a cold war that just completely galvanized the competition. And single source risk. I think this is the key for any business investor. One fund paid for almost everything. When it's strategy challenge, the league had no plan B. This is where we look at, from a market standpoint in Omega, It's concentration risk. 00:28:42 Speaker 4: Right. 00:28:42 Speaker 5: And clients live it all the time. 00:28:44 Speaker 7: Maybe all your stock is just with your employer. All your stock is in one tech stock. A plan similar has built maybe an expiration date. We've had capital, but no sustainable purpose for it. It's why the opposite of purpose determines placement, which we talk about. And all of our plans matter. concentration risk is huge and that's what happened right here. 00:29:04 Speaker 4: Wise money sports joe wilson omega wealth private capital quick quickly let's talk about the big 12 brett yormark the commissioner leaving effective uh jan 31 job and this is a guy who came to college sports from outside he was ceo of rock nation did some good stuff stabilizing the league once texas and oklahoma left new schools came in They're now searching for a successor. Obviously, Cincinnati is a Big 12 school, so we're paying attention to this. 00:29:30 Speaker 3: What are the business angles? 00:29:31 Speaker 7: Business angles, act early and aggressively on media rights, right? So if you're taking over something you're getting and you get the chance to run the marketing, if you're going to go, you got to go. back 12 waited they waited for top dollar

and it collapsed um i think that's that's a big one outsiders bring in necessary disruption yeah he ran the league like a modern brand and was open for business. He claimed sponsorship revenue was up 65% this year. And that partnership revenue had grown almost 3000% since 2023. Um, Entertainment first has limits. I mean, we remember the LED glass basketball court. 00:30:07 Speaker 3: Oh, man, that was awful. 00:30:08 Speaker 5: Did you not like it? 00:30:09 Speaker 3: I hated it. 00:30:10 Speaker 5: It was a little weird. 00:30:10 Speaker 3: It looked weird. 00:30:12 Speaker 5: I can't imagine playing on it. 00:30:13 Speaker 3: A little too cute. Players didn't like it. It was slippery. It was awful. 00:30:16 Speaker 5: It was shot in the blue. So, obviously, that got some debacle. 00:30:20 Speaker 7: The SEC and Big Ten use their leverage, and I think this is powerful. 00:30:25 Speaker 5: If you're outside... You don't have leverage. 00:30:28 Speaker 7: You've got to be very cautious when you're making big plays because the SEC and Big Ten use their leverage. CFP negotiations claim over 50% of the revenue. Without a Blue Blood brand, glass ceilings are very hard to break. Here's the deal. Apply it to your business. Apply it to your investing. Lock in your plan while you have leverage before you need it. If you're at work, you have some good success, lock in the advantage then. A great sales pitch is no substitute for a sound retirement strategy. 00:30:57 Speaker 5: You got some gains. Things are good. Maybe have a conversation. Do I need to take a little off the table? Or do you gamble at all? 00:31:04 Speaker 3: Those are the conversations you have at Omega Wealth Private Capital. 00:31:06 Speaker 5: We do it every day, day in, day out. 00:31:08 Speaker 2: Here it is. 00:31:09 Speaker 7: Whether it's a playoff, a breakaway tour, maybe it's a conference, the winners lock in substantial cash flow. You avoid concentration risk. Avoid single points of failure. You look at it for the long term, Mo. It's the same message we give our clients to build a plan ahead. that last because it's how your story ends. That's why we call it Omega Wealth Private Capital. Omega is the last letter, B and stay. Retirement ready. 00:31:34 Speaker 3: OWPrivateCapital.com. All right. 00:31:38 Speaker 4: That's our guy, Joe Wilson. Joe, thanks so much. Does Duke Tobin need Zach Taylor to drive him around when the sun goes down? We've already determined that he has to speak for him when he tries to make a trade and it doesn't work. Does he have to cut his food for him? We have a lot to get to. Kelsey Conway from the Enquirer on the Bengals in 30 minutes and a conversation about a conversation coming up as well on ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. 00:32:02 Speaker 1: Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 00:32:05 Speaker 5: Traffic. From the UC Health. 00:32:09 Speaker 4: Seven from five. This is ESPN 1530. I'm Mo Egger. If you missed Paul Daner Jr. yesterday on the Bengals trade, are we calling it a fiasco? 00:32:22 Speaker 3: We'll call it a fiasco. Why not? 00:32:23 Speaker 4: It's available on the iHeartRadio app. Also the Tony and Mo football show this week, which was awesome. Look, man, it's... It sounds like so many, and maybe you're accusing me of this as well, are gratuitously banging on the Bengals for the way the trade deadline thing unfolded. The football team itself, the victory over the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta's. 00:32:44 Speaker 3: Not very good. 00:32:46 Speaker 4: But you talk about like, as the kids say, giving a team its flowers. After the game against Atlanta, I don't know how anybody couldn't or how anybody didn't. Because the biggest opponent sometimes for those teams and those games overseas isn't the team they play on the field. 00:33:08 Speaker 3: It's the logistics, the travel. 00:33:12 Speaker 4: It looked like the Bengals embraced everything. It looked like the coaching staff and the logistics staff had a plan that was really well executed. Optimism for this team, I think, was kicked into hyperdrive. They won the game. They're 6-2. Pittsburgh's coming. It's a chance to jump into first place by themselves, but You know, if it's, well, you know, folks are just wailing away at the Bengals because they seem like a Mickey Mouse organization because of the failed trade, fine. But the exact opposite was true for how they handled Madrid, and that I don't think should be lost in this mix. Tony and I talked about that Monday. If you missed the Tony and Moe football show, go listen to it. 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