Jim McIngvale

I have been asked by some folks why I believe that Paxton would win.

I, I'm not Mattress Mack.

I don't have the insight into horse racing that he does.

I was at the Kentucky Derby with him my first and only time to go.

And I found it interesting that Hillel, he doesn't get the credit that he needs or that he deserves, uh, because apparently this particular Mishnah is misattributed to the wazoo.

Dan told me that that Mattress Mack, the guy who sells mattresses in Houston, who makes all those Super Bowl deals and was very famous during Hur- Hurricane Harvey, so he apparently has a radio commercial where he says something to the effect of, he quotes this Mishnah-

Yeah

... and he's like, "Source, unknown."

And I have offered, I have put the word out to some folks to get to him that I will represent him in his NIL deal.

Because I can see, first of all, who remembers Mattress Mac? And Carrie Strug.

Remember Carrie Strug lands it on that sprained ankle and wins gold for America? My law school classmate, Paul Strug, is her cousin.

And we all had questions.

that every week you get somebody new, a celebrity, riding in the slab down the ramp.

Mattress Mac, the mayor, Jim Nance, if you can get him on an off week, that kind of thing.

not a bad idea.

I don't

Maybe it's not.

um and that was a pretty cool thing for a first week but i also think it would be pretty cool if that was the culture if they're trying to be built by houston right maybe that's the right way to go

you'd have an all slab team you could have you could have mattress mac renew all these guys that come in and ride in the in the car the passenger so I have Carl Lewis.

I mean, you could, you do all kinds of things.

And yeah, I guess I got fed up at some point.

I can't remember actually talking to mattress Mac himself or not.

I can't remember if he was there.

He's usually always there.

Look, that was like 30 years ago, man.

I'm sure they need to become a lot more inclusive and whatnot.

But yeah, shout out to Mattress Mac, man.

I actually supposed to do like a little short interview with Mattress Mac too.

Now, I could be wrong, 'cause I just kinda glanced at it and I was, like, not surprised.

I mean, essentially, what these people are doing is becoming Mattress Mack, who is the famous bettor that always bets on the Astros and all things Texas, the Houston mattress guy, and he hedges his business by betting, 'cause he has the giveaway, right? He says, "If the Astros win the World Series, I'm gonna give away the, every piece of furniture that you bought during this month or whatever." So he always, that's how he's always hedged his bets and kind of had insurance.

But I could be totally wrong.

It could be the op- But I thought it was to protect against the $3 million bonus that Lane would get if they won the national championship.

Who knows? [laughs]

... for Mattress Mack in Houston.

Right.

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