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Brian Friend

Jun 16, 2026

12:28
How much do you think of that's going to be paid to judges to review videos and go deep? So like Ariel's score of 50 could be accurate.
12:36
Well, now we're getting actually into the realm of something that I've suggested years and years ago, which is charging a premium for athletes that want to be considered pros during the online portion of the season, which would be allocated to...
12:49
Because if you take in just the original $20, whatever they usually allocate that $20 to, great, do that.
12:54
But if you want to be in the pro field, meaning that you want to be eligible to advance in the season for however long you're able to make it, you pay 50 or a hundred bucks upfront on the open.
13:04
And if that's your registration for however far you make it in the season covers it.
13:09
And now let's say I've had always liked that.
13:10
Yeah.

42 MINS LATER

55:27
Well,
32:33
Oh, that'd be cool.
32:34
But even if he didn't, 55K, game-changing for him.
32:37
Just the stress that it takes away, not having to do those qualifiers, not having to pay for travel, not having to pay for hotels.
32:42
That's where ...
32:43
That's why I think that more athletes who are trying to win the Games, trying to make the Games, could really benefit if they're good enough to get a pro card, because it just takes stress away on training cycles.
32:56
And if you have less stress in your life in general, then you can apply more stress in the gym, which is where you're gonna find the margins that are needed.
33:03
This is from OPEX.

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72:37
Right.

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