Episode 81 - The Numbers Guy (with Payton Corcoran)

31/01/2023 54 min
Episode 81 - The Numbers Guy (with Payton Corcoran)

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A close friend of the show and former co-worker, Payton Corcoran, knows a thing or two about football and numbers. A former offensive lineman and current accounting major at Hope University, Payton believes his talent for everything finance and workhorse mentality will deliver him the life he wants. We cover... -       Good mics = good results -       Kelly Stafford and saying the things Matt can’t-       Better cameras = respect for how fast NFL players are -       There are levels to the game of football in college (unlike some other sports)-       Falling out of love with the game of football  -       Hope and their multi-million-dollar football locker room-       The main difference between high school and college sports -       Meeting his girlfriend in college -       Is extending your playing career worth it? -       Passions must be PASSIONS -       The two halves to picking the right college for you -       Schools expect five years-       Got into accounting because of talent… stays in accounting because of the money -       Keeping books clean and what corrupt companies do-       Fraud is only fraud if you admit to it -       The Enron scandal -       Is crypto worth it? -       The US has never defaulted on their loans -       Everyone used to have a guy… now we have the internet -       People in China are poor poor -       Supply chains and why things are more expensive -       Communist countries don’t care -       People who have it broke their backs to get it in the accounting/finance world -       Parents are ruining sports -       There’s nothing that would posses us to be refs