What does the Cotton Bowl mean for your company?

The Cotton Bowl means a lot to us.

It's got a great 62-year-old tradition.

We've been in Texas.

for 115 years.

It's just a great alignment.

They care about the same things we do.

We probably have

What does the Cotton Bowl mean for your company?

The Cotton Bowl means a lot to us.

It's got a great 62-year-old tradition.

We've been in Texas.

for 115 years.

It's just a great alignment.

They care about the same things we do.

We've got a great California

Talk to me about it.

Yeah, Bob, that's correct.

As you may recall from our previous conversation, my brother James Morgan was in the Army, and in 2011 he was unfortunately battling cancer and would succumb to cancer.

But on the day of September 11th, I had worked in the fire department on the night of the 10th, came home, showered, all that sort of stuff, planning to go see my brother on the 11th.

And then, of course, the events of September 11 happened.

So I, at the time, still went through with my plans.

But before I left, I went to call the Pennsylvania State Police in Dunmore and asked them, you know, I said who I was, that I wasn't just some sort of quack, that I was a Scranton firefighter.

Did he say he had heard any news reports or anything? Did he know what the shaking was? He just got that feeling.

Well, he's a bass player.

They're the worst for that.

That's the beloved Jim Duncan on bass.

Ben Ellard is our keys player.

Piano and some beautiful organ sounds.

Taylor Miles has been our drummer recently.

Taylor also plays with Jade Elephant.

Do you want to set it up, Tom?

Tell me about that.

So the genesis.

I haven't really-- I don't think I've told many people this before, but, um, so I decided I was going to be a life coach, which is a super common transitional state for a lot of people.

And I have views.

Uh, I'll, uh, I'll, I'll save them.

Um, and it worked out for me the same way it works out for a lot of people, which is not very well.

And there was a, a coaching company that asked me to come on board and then was like, "Well, you-- can you in-- can you introduce us to your best connections on Wall Street, uh, so that we can work with them?" And they're like, you know, our, our head of the coaching company, an ex-Bridgewater guy, is coming through New York.

Anything you can share there? And then tell us about the Leading Edge and what else is ahead for you.

Is that right?

That's a real problem on the ground in Mexico, you know? It's, um, uh, this is a properly football-loving country, and the real World Cup fever hasn't entirely taken hold.

And, and the big factor here is, is that basically the, what, they're kind of riding on the coattails of, of the US.

This is seen as a, a very much a, a US World Cup in Mexico.

They've got three venues here in Mexico h- hosting the tournament, but, uh, but the biggest games are all, all in the US, and the majority as well, as well as, as well as, uh, as well as a few in Canada.

So it's interesting how, you know, Mexico, especially in the current context of difficulties with, with Donald Trump, it's, uh, they, they, they haven't embraced this like they, like, like, like they previously did certainly in 1986.

We expect-The opening match will be pretty, pretty bouncing, 'cause we've got the Mexicans here taking on South Africa.

Just tell us a little bit about that and how that overshadows things there.

And was there any one particular event that led you into this field, a personal experience or something?

Well, I will say long around 83, 84, let's see, no, probably around 91, 92.

92.

We had back then, you had what's now become Google groups, but it was back then it was known as Usenet.

And there were all these groups on Usenet.

It was a hierarchical multi-threaded chat.

It was the precursor to the internet.

All of the above.

And after ex-Arsenal player Thomas Partey was charged with rape and sexual assault, charges which he denies, we spoke to The Telegraph's Tom Morgan about whether Arsenal now face some difficult questions over their decision not to suspend Partey while under serious investigation.

The curious thing about all of this is, obviously, in- in this post-Levitan era, it's become very, very difficult and fraught with risk for the media to name suspects prior to charge, but at the same time, obviously Thomas Partey's name has done the rounds and there's been, there's been these remarkable situations of him being jeered at games, his name being chanted.

We've had the Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence group literally protesting at- at most home games since Christmas.

Argued quite vehemently that there was a safeguarding issue here and the- and the example it sets of continuing to have someone in employment who has faced repeated arrests for- for rape.

It sends out a- a terrible message to women.

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