Are You In Favor of RFK 2.0? I BMitch & Finlay

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JP and BMitch react to a new poll done by the Washington Post regarding public perception towards a new stadium

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00:00much has been said and discussed about the proposal to rebuild RFK stadium and

00:05to get a NFL stadium there.

00:08Um,

00:09the commander's moving in.

00:10I think a number of things make this,

00:14this version of this discussion much different than previous times.

00:20Well,

00:20the absolute top of the list ownership change.

00:23Right.

00:24The new owners are,

00:26by all accounts,

00:27stand up people,

00:27right?

00:28Like,

00:28uh,

00:30they do things the right way and they have deep pockets and a lot of

00:34connections.

00:34This is,

00:35this is a different world to the team's good.

00:40All of a sudden,

00:41I think Jaden Daniels is a factor in this,

00:43right?

00:43It makes a world of difference.

00:44But beyond that,

00:45a huge part of this is that the owners are putting up a boatload of cash.

00:52They're putting up somewhere between two and a half and $3 billion.

00:56Okay.

00:56That to me changes things.

01:00It is not like the phrase,

01:02put your money where your mouth is.

01:03They're doing it.

01:05And so there was a lot of excitement.

01:08The first day,

01:09the announcement at the press club with mayor Bowser and Josh Harris and Roger Goodell.

01:15And then inevitably there are questions,

01:18opposition,

01:19pushback.

01:21What,

01:21what I find fascinating is there has been discussion that folks that don't live in

01:26the city.

01:28Shouldn't weigh in on this,

01:29which I think is kind of silly,

01:30but what the post did,

01:32and I applaud them for doing this is they did a survey of DC residents,

01:36how they feel about using city money to pay for a new commander stadium.

01:42And the results to me are pretty darn significant.

01:4655% of DC residents favor it.

01:5155% of DC residents favor it.

01:54I kind of,

01:55this is,

01:55this is one thing that I have a problem with the way that that question was

01:59stated.

01:59Anyway,

02:0055% you got the majority.

02:03Yes.

02:04But the,

02:06they're not building the stadium.

02:09See,

02:10that's the difference.

02:11That money is being used for infrastructure,

02:13which is going to have to be built,

02:15whether the stadium is there or not.

02:17Am I right?

02:17Yeah.

02:18Maybe not to that level,

02:20but the team comes in with 2.7 bill,

02:23you know,

02:24and that,

02:24that's all there for the league,

02:26put in some,

02:26whatever,

02:27but you're going to have to spend,

02:29500 to 750 million anyway,

02:34whether the stadium is there or not.

02:37But I think that a lot of people who like to sit up here and tell us stuff,

02:42politicians,

02:43they may not even much talk to their constituents.

02:46I find that very interesting.

02:48You say that be just so we're clear.

02:49This is a Washington Post-Shar poll.

02:53This is a legitimately well-run,

02:56well-done poll.

02:57It's a random sampling of 651 adult residents of DC.

03:03And the poll was conducted from April 22nd to May 4th.

03:06So last time I put out poll data,

03:09I had critics say,

03:11oh,

03:12well,

03:12you know who,

03:13where'd that poll come from?

03:14Right?

03:14Like this one is from the post.

03:16This is not from the mayor's office or an opposition office.

03:19This is what should be an unbiased poll.

03:22What I find far more interesting.

03:24And honestly,

03:27this conversation has gone on my entire life.

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