The Replay Disaster. And What's Next. | The Avid Ep. 7

The Replay Disaster. And What's Next. | The Avid Ep. 7

It took the NFL 25 years to get replay review right — and they're still not there. Challenge success rates sat at 40% last season. This week on The Avid: a quick rant on the replay disaster.  Plus — an honest conversation about what's next. Seven episodes of fan frustrations. Now we're taking this next week to build something bigger. When we come back, the show hits different.  Stay Avid. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2610911/support] Subscribe and never miss a rant - https://www.youtube.com

The Stadium Squeeze | The Avid Ep. 6

$1,777. That's what it costs a family of four to attend ONE Detroit Lions game in 2025. Up 201% in a decade. And here's the punchline — the stadium technology industry, in their own publications, openly admits that "stadiums can't compete on picture quality or convenience" with watching at home. They KNOW the couch is better. They're charging you $1,777 anyway. This week on The Avid: the Stadium Squeeze. Raw. Unfiltered. 10 minutes. Stay Avid. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2610911/support] Subscribe and never miss a rant - https://www.youtube.com

Tanked. Fined. Rewarded. The NBA Just Proved Tanking Works. | The Avid Ep. 5

Nine days before this episode dropped, the Washington Wizards won the NBA Draft Lottery. Same Wizards that benched their stars all season. Same Wizards the league fined $500,000 for tanking. The league fined them for losing on purpose. Then rewarded them for losing on purpose. Three days apart. This week on The Avid, we rant about the Tanking Scam. How one-third of the NBA wasn't trying this season. Why the fines are a price tag, not a deterrent. The 800-to-1 math the owners ran. And why the new "fix" won't fix anything. Raw. Unfiltered. 10 minutes. Stay Avid. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2610911/support] Subscribe and never miss a rant - https://www.youtube.com

The Broadcast Is Broken | The Avid Ep. 4

Ten platforms. Twelve logins. $935 to watch one football season — and the FCC is now investigating because even the federal government can't believe what they're getting away with. This week on The Avid, we rant about the broadcast. The 10 streaming apps. The announcers who won't shut up. The cameras pointed at the wrong things. The commercials that eat the game. The broadcast isn't broken by accident. It's broken on purpose. And you're the customer. Raw. Unfiltered. 10 minutes. Next week: The Tanking Scam. How your favorite team loses on purpose — and gets rewarded for it. Stay Avid. Subscribe and never miss a rant - https://www.youtube.com

Refs Make Six Figures to Be Wrong. And Nothing Ever Happens to Them. | The Avid Ep. 3

They make six figures. They decide the outcome of games. And when they're wrong — consistently, repeatedly, on the biggest calls — nothing happens. This week on The Avid, we rant about referee accountability. Why bad calls keep happening, why there are zero consequences, and why every other high-stakes profession in the world has standards that sports officiating simply doesn't. Raw. Unfiltered. 10 minutes. New episode every Tuesday. What's the worst call you've ever seen? Leave a review. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2610911/support] Subscribe and never miss a rant - https://www.youtube.com