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GFP - chat with Kent Haslam
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Thanks GT - good explanation
oldngrizzly
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Pretty softball interview. An opportunity lost.
It’s the undergarments that really drive up the cost. IDK about you, but when my undergarments aren’t just so, I send them back. Take two, pard. Fail again, and you get to live in a shack outside of Peoria. Thats how important the undergarments are.
Yeah - we - just like every AD and school President will just continue to accept that it costs 3000 to outfit a player.
We'll keep sending our money to Nike through the athletic department...we are friggin sheep.
Under zero circumstances should it cost that much for some simple gear and a jersey. Zero.
I should fund a start up and undercut the big boys...create a little competition the space.
HikeGlacier
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See, this is the beauty of a (mostly) free-market economy. If there is money to be made; if there is a way to reduce production costs and sell for less, it would happen. Feel free to explore, SG, but I don't expect you'll find it particularly lucrative.
WaGriz4life
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Bobby told me if we bought 80 of our old Gold and Copper helmets in would cost about $70,000
Cleats
Socks
Pants
Jersey
Pads
Helmet
Gloves
Shit adds up fast.
My 12 year old daughter plays lacrosse and is a goal keeper and her gear in total is over $1000
Totally agree. I have a 10U softball player. The dugout has over 5k in bats alone, and that could be low-balling it. (no puns).
Also, Brint? Thanks so much for this pod. We appreciate you doing it, and Kent was spectacular: open, no bullshit, funny as hell.
Although there's a huge part of me who would loooove to see Riley toeing the rubber from sixty feet six, staring down a double gloved Kent, who is digging deep into the box with steely eyes and grandeurs of 448 foot bombs.
Although there's a huge part of me who would loooove to see Riley toeing the rubber from sixty feet six, staring down a double gloved Kent, who is digging deep into the box with steely eyes and grandeurs of 448 foot bombs.
GoldStandardGriz
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Careful using that word associated with anything egriz, Leaf might get confused and break into some users or moderators homes looking for some of that oxymoron.
Sheep...all of us.
We'll pay what they charge...that's my point.
Trust me - I have spent more than a nice ROTH IRA for a mid-career dude on gear. Market needs some competition.
It's crazy town.
We have to provide scholarships and grants to ensure everyone can participate in most leagues I've been associated with. Some families are simply financially squeezed out.
Don't want to derail this thread more than I have already...but, wish there was a better way.
I’m not arguing the cost. I’m saying it SHOULDN’T cost that much. I’m as big a capitalist as the next guy, but within reason.The prices are ridiculous and these companies have to be making a killing (to Soldier’s point)…
Yeah but would you donate at one of the fundraising events to see it??? That’s where the rubber meets the road in this case.
I know I'm the main poster of the GFP on here but this really is a group thing - I'm just sharing the message here. Mike, Luke, Kyle - and even James were all together on organization for this. We're working on a few more fun winter/spring episodes that are a little different than our normal, "lets have a few beers and chat for hours" pods
If we can get some sort of 1 day NIL fundraiser we could do all the fun stuff:
- Riley v Kent
- GFP trying to either score or defend a penalty kick
- GFP trying to hit a softball pitch
Haha - I can think of so many more things where we'd all look so awful against college athletes