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If you watched McAfee long enough, you know there’s like one or two of these insane blow-ups a year.
Here’s the interview with Kollmann that effectively led to me unsubscribing and not making it a near-everyday watch for me.
youtube.com/live/_3_dV8WSVyY…
Crazy that the FBI is going to these lengths to get McAfee from taking his shirt off.
Pat McAfee regularly gets threatening messages—including death threats. One source says the FBI advised him to wear a bullet-proof vest after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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McAfee’s show was a creative and fun alternative to the over saturated, toxic sport debate show format.
But when Pat’s faced with (what he views as) criticism, his off-camera personality bleeds through and it’s as ego-driven, immature and hyperbolic as on-camera Skip Bayless.
QB’s that THRIVE off broken plays and improvising just don’t have the same longevity as pure pocket passers; it’s not that complicated.
All those narrow misses, evading multiple would-be tacklers by spinning, juking, reversing, etc… they turn into tacklers when age and injuries slow you down just a TICK.
Reid is probably going to be living in his McNabb/Westbrook years with Mahomes/K9. It’s not bad - but he’s not going to be the elite, too dog in the league anymore. He’ll need his cast to elevate his performance to make another run. Or, for Spags to be the solution Reid never had in PHI.
Patrick Mahomes Didn’t Get Worse. The NFL Got Harder. houseofstrauss.com/p/patrick…
Man I’m so checked out on this season my wife broke the news that a bucket-hat, skin-suit WAG just joined the Chargers roster.
Each day we stray further from contention. Launch us all into the sun (First Overall Pick).
Casual reminder to Chargers fans that if Mike McDaniel leaves for a head coaching jobs in the offseason, the Bolts don’t get compensatory picks. He needs to be on the team for two years for that to happen.
Just in case that’s still a concern.
So the Chargers weren’t wrong… they were just 20 years early 😂😂
Drew Brees says he now throws footballs left-handed and spent years trying to delay the shoulder deterioration his doctor warned was coming
Host: “So you do not throw a football with your right hand anymore?”
Brees: “No, honestly, it’s mainly my wrist... If you gave me a ball right now and told me to throw it, hit something 20 yards away, I’d throw it left hand.”
“Even when Dr. Andrews fixed this back in ’06, he was like, ‘Look, I put your back together. You should be able to have a career. You’re going to have to battle through this rehab, but you are on a fast track for a degenerative shoulder, just with all the damage.’”
“I knew it was going to come at some point. I was just trying to prolong it as long as I could.”
These posts about Chargers attendance in San Diego being poor completely ignore the Spanos family destroying the goodwill between the team and the public in the 90s.
In 1995 they got the City to add 10,000+ seats and suites to the stadium and build them a practice facility. A $78M renovation, with Qualcomm covering $18M for the naming rights. They also got a guarantee that taxpayers would buy every unsold ticket.
Then they had 4, 5, 8, 1, and 5 win seasons following the expansion opening. The seats THEY demanded sat empty while they trotted out an awful product, and the City had to pay $36M for them. Roughly $100M in public money.
Three years after the expansion opened, Alex Spanos said publicly they needed a new stadium. Two years after that, Dean Spanos told the mayor the stadium wasn't viable and started pushing for a new one.
Here's even better context: the Chargers played 28 seasons in that stadium before the 1995 lease negotiation. Every stadium renovation I can find came from public money. Petco has been played in for 23 seasons. It is 5 years away from being as old as the stadium was when the Spanos family demanded the City dump money into it.
Years later, when games didn't sell out, they declined the NFL's option to lower the sellout threshold and wouldn't pay $238K to lift the blackout on their own 2010 home opener. Teams like the Jaguars bought back unsold tickets at about a third of face value to keep games on local TV. Some reports suggest teams that did ticket buy-backs actually ran a profit on the move from concessions/parking from the donated tickets.
Now look at Petco. It was mostly publicly funded too. Taxpayers covered $301M of 474M. Both teams played in buildings the City majority-owned (the Padres hold a 30% stake they forfeit to the City when their tenancy ends). The difference is what the tenant did next.
Per the team, the Padres have put over $100M of their own money into the park since it opened. The same offseason they borrowed $50M to cover cash flow, they still spent $20M on Gallagher Square.
Think of it like a rental history. The Chargers spent 50 years in a City-owned stadium with every renovation on record paid by the public. A practice facility the City built for them.
They left for a leased office building in Costa Mesa where, by 2023, their own players graded the training room an F-, called the tubs "gross," and only half believed Spanos would pay to fix it.
And if you think that's ancient history: when Jim Harbaugh was hired in 2024, one of his first stops with his new strength coach was HOME DEPOT. They bought a Shop-Vac and Magic Erasers and cleaned the weight room themselves. That's from the Chargers' own website.
Would you rent to that tenant? Would you award with another city-funded stadium and trust they would handle the upkeep?
And calling Padres fans bandwagoners is a JOKE. Bandwagon for what? The Padres have ZERO division titles under A.J. Preller. The Dodgers just won the West for the 13th time in 14 years. No pennant since 1998. They set the franchise attendance record in 2023, an 82-80 season with no playoffs. Nobody is showing up for trophies, though that’s the shared goal and vision. They're showing up for owners who invested.
That's the difference in fan support between the current Padres and the San Diego Chargers. The Spanos family NEVER invested as a decent business owner would, trusting that profits would flow from smart spending into their own product and fan experience. Instead, they routinely leveraged themselves against the City to get as much public investment into the team while personally spending as little as possible.
The Padres ownership groups haven't always been the best actors, but the recent groups have become beloved and supported in the stands because of their personal and financial investment into the team, and into us.
I took a look at Dea Spanos' lawsuit against her family to look for any context as to why the Spanos family would sell 8% of their stake within the punitive flip-tax window, a move that only makes sense if they are cash-flow desperate.
The major terms that were interesting, and hits at things being very messy:
The "Flip Tax" was 20% through 2020 and 10% from 2021-2025. Both Dea's sale and the follow-up sale to PE took a 10% hit that would have been avoided had they waited another year or two.
The family trust has been losing around $11M per year and borrowing to cover it, per Dea's petition.
The siblings have notes to the trust (loans to the family, from the trust) that come due by June 30th, 2027. However, the trust also has borrowed money from unnamed family members, amounts unknown, so this portion gets murky but explains why a sibling could be disgruntled and want everything old and split.
The trust had a $75.8M estate tax bill after Alex Spanos' passing, which they've deferred as long as they could. They made interest-only payments on the tax bill until 2024, and principle payments of about $7.8M began in 2025.
It's also interesting that Dean had originally stated in 2021 that the siblings were "ready and willing" to buy out Dea's share, but only three years later they not only sold it to Gores, but sold small personal stakes to him as well.
*Could be coincidence, but Dea took the 10% flip tax hit for her sale in the final year before the principal payments began on the estate tax, and in the first year of these payments, the other Spanos family sold off 8%, which was subject to the flip tax. Both events were just a couple years before notes to the trust from the siblings were due, and Dea's lawsuit began as relocation fee payments began.
They still have $345M in relocation fees to pay as of 2025, whereas the Rams and Raiders have paid theirs off in full. As a reminder, the Chargers requested in 2016 to have an exception waiver of the league's debt ceiling, asking to borrow a significant portion of the relocation fee from a bank and pay it off over a longer period of time.
Their history suggests that whatever loans are do in 2027, they will attempt to refinance them rather than pay them off - as is a repeated theme. But how long can they play musical chairs with loans?I took a look at Dea Spanos Berberian's lawsuit against her family for context on why the Spanos family would sell 8% of their stake within the punitive flip-tax window, a move that only makes sense if they are cash-flow desperate.
The major terms that were interesting, and hint at things being very messy:
THE FLIP TAX
The "flip tax" was 20% through 2020 and 10% from 2021-2025. Dea's sale took a 10% hit, and the follow-up sale to PE fell inside the same window. Both would have been avoided had they waited another year or two.
THE TRUST
The family trust has been losing around $11M per year and borrowing to cover it, per Dea's petition.
The siblings have notes to the trust (loans to the family, from the trust) that come due by June 30th, 2027. However, the trust had also borrowed $224M from unnamed family members and related entities, so this portion gets murky, but it explains why a sibling could be disgruntled and want everything sold and split.
THE ESTATE TAX
The trust had a $75.8M estate tax bill after Alex and Faye Spanos' passing in 2018, which they've deferred as long as they could. They made interest-only payments until 2024, when principal payments of about $7.8M a year were scheduled to begin.
THE BUYOUT THAT WASN'T
It's also interesting that Dean stated in 2021 that the siblings "stand ready to purchase" Dea's share, but only three years later Gores bought it instead, and the siblings each sold him a small stake of their own as well.
THE RELOCATION FEE
They still had $345M in relocation fees to pay as of 2025, per Forbes' Mike Ozanian, whereas the Rams and Raiders have paid theirs off in full. As a reminder, the Chargers were granted a waiver of the league's debt ceiling in 2016, allowing them to borrow a portion of the relocation fee from a bank and pay it off over a longer period of time.
THE TIMING
Could be coincidence, but Dea's lawsuit began months after relocation fee payments began. Her sale closed the same year principal payments on the estate tax were scheduled to start, and the other siblings sold off 8% seven months later. Both sales came just a couple years before the siblings' notes to the trust are due.
Their history suggests that whatever loans are due in 2027, they will attempt to refinance them rather than pay them off, as is a repeated theme. But how long can they play musical chairs with loans?
How much cash flow trouble will the relocation fee payments cause them while the Trust is running on a 11M/year loss (per Dea in 2021), and is now taking on an extra $7.8M.
Oh yeah... and there was a lot of talk about the likelihood of the estate tax number getting audited by the IRS, and increased...
This snuck by me at the time, but with recent context it may have signaled the beginning of the end for the Spanos ownership of the Chargers.
Quick summary: The Spanos family has had two recent ownership sales where they sold off ownership stakes for cash flow, despite the NFL's 10% flip tax. They followed that up with the 31st-highest cash payroll in 2026, only spending more than the Dolphins, who are clearing out a TON of dead cap. They did so with a team that clearly justified "win now" investment.
The details: Dea sued her family to force a sale, citing fiscal irresponsibility and too much debt on their trust's books.
They settled by selling her shares (trust included) to Gores, while selling an extra 1% from each sibling, giving themselves a little extra cash.
Important note: Under relocation rules, they were subject to a 10% "flip tax" charged on ownership sales within the relocation window.
Despite this, the remaining Spanos siblings followed up with a second selloff seven months later, selling 8% to private equity that was also subject to the 10% flip tax.
That's like cashing out of your 401(k) early with no exceptions and swallowing the 10% penalty. No one with a healthy balance sheet does that.
Pair that with their absurdly low cash spending this year, and there is plenty of reason to believe the family is trending toward a sale.
For reference, since 1970, 11 teams have been sold within 10 years of the controlling owner passing, five of which were run by heirs before they chose to sell. Thirteen have made it past the 10-year window without selling.
The Spanos family just doesn't look to be trending in the right direction.
Quick correction to keep things on the up and up - the Flip Tax DID trail off by 1% a year (9% in 2026, 8% in 2027, etc) until it reached zero. This wasn’t widely reported but was sourced from an email from the Spanos’ lawyer Fabiani. When putting this together - which I admit I did on limited time, I had two other sources that didn’t mention this trail off.
Take that information as you will! It’s still a severe move to sell and accept the 10% tax penalty, though not as awful as choosing to do so when the penalty is completely gone in less than a year.
Interestingly enough - the same email from Fabiani mentions there was NO penalty if the family sold within the family - so if Dean had gone through with his original pledge and bought Dea out, the family would have avoided paying the extra 10% altogether.
Kyle De retweeted
we don’t have John Spanos in our ear telling us, “we ran out of cash” or “shuts the fans up”
Sorry for the typos… there are a few. My only time to look into this stuff and create a long tweet is on my daughters’ nap break, after I’ve caught up on work emails 😭😅
My wife and I still laugh about the time she went in a bougie, high priced clothing store to buy a gift while basically wearing PJ's-a sentimental black hoodie that had a pirate skull on the back, sweats, and disheveled hair... and found that they were filming promos that day.
Employees were trying to scurry her out as quickly as possible, rushing her through to find what she needed, following her around the store, and quickly checking her out. She got some funny stares.
... we thought it was hilarious. It's been five years and we still joke about it.
Sounds like Kelly had a misunderstanding at a store and chose to get wildly offended, which is extremely weird for someone of her wealth and status.
Just drove all the way to Brooklyn to check out this store I thought looked really rad and had a few things in mind to buy and literally was looked at as if I couldn’t afford it and was told he could find something comparable for me. Wow, dude. You’re an idiot and just lost a huge sale. But y’all should go check out Art of Play in Brooklyn if you enjoy being treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman. For sure, check it out 👎
This snuck by me at the time, but with recent context it may have signaled the beginning of the end for the Spanos ownership of the Chargers.
Quick summary: The Spanos family has had two recent ownership sales where they sold off ownership stakes for cash flow, despite the NFL's 10% flip tax. They followed that up with the 31st-highest cash payroll in 2026, only spending more than the Dolphins, who are clearing out a TON of dead cap. They did so with a team that clearly justified "win now" investment.
The details: Dea sued her family to force a sale, citing fiscal irresponsibility and too much debt on their trust's books.
They settled by selling her shares (trust included) to Gores, while selling an extra 1% from each sibling, giving themselves a little extra cash.
Important note: Under relocation rules, they were subject to a 10% "flip tax" charged on ownership sales within the relocation window.
Despite this, the remaining Spanos siblings followed up with a second selloff seven months later, selling 8% to private equity that was also subject to the 10% flip tax.
That's like cashing out of your 401(k) early with no exceptions and swallowing the 10% penalty. No one with a healthy balance sheet does that.
Pair that with their absurdly low cash spending this year, and there is plenty of reason to believe the family is trending toward a sale.
For reference, since 1970, 11 teams have been sold within 10 years of the controlling owner passing, five of which were run by heirs before they chose to sell. Thirteen have made it past the 10-year window without selling.
The Spanos family just doesn't look to be trending in the right direction.
#Chargers have requested approval to sell an 8% stake in the club to private investment firm Arctos, per sources. If sale is approved at May league meetings, Dean Spanos and his family would retain control of the club and own approximately 61% of the club.
I own my bad takes in perpetuity.
This is certainly one of my all time worst takes. Instantly takes the #2 spot. Certainly was lower stakes to bet on a backup TE, but I was CONVINCED Gadsden was going to take off based on his flashes fr last year.
It’s insane how every Charger looks remarkably worst than last year.
Forgot to hit the waiver wire for fantasy football last night, woke up this morning and was surprised to see my must-add target available in every league.
With Njoku and Kolar on the IR and the WR’s for the Chargers playing poorly, Gadsden is no-brainer.
He’s had some big mistakes, but everyone one of the Chargers have so far.
I’m not saying the Chargers are turning this thing around. But Gadsden is going to get spammed with targets in the weeks to come, and has the athleticism and talent as a receiver to explode any given week.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he ends up being a league winner.