The Avid

It took the NFL 25 years to get replay review right — and they're still not there. Challenge success rates sat at 40% last season. This week on The Avid: a quick rant on the replay disaster.  Plus — an honest conversation about what's next. Seven episodes of fan frustrations. Now we're taking this next week to build something bigger. When we come back, the show hits different.  Stay...

$1,777. That's what it costs a family of four to attend ONE Detroit Lions game in 2025. Up 201% in a decade. And here's the punchline — the stadium technology industry, in their own publications, openly admits that "stadiums can't compete on picture quality or convenience" with watching at home. They KNOW the couch is better. They're charging you $1,777 anyway. This w...

Nine days before this episode dropped, the Washington Wizards won the NBA Draft Lottery. Same Wizards that benched their stars all season. Same Wizards the league fined $500,000 for tanking. The league fined them for losing on purpose. Then rewarded them for losing on purpose. Three days apart. This week on The Avid, we rant about the Tanking Scam. How one-third of the NBA wasn't trying this...

Ten platforms. Twelve logins. $935 to watch one football season — and the FCC is now investigating because even the federal government can't believe what they're getting away with. This week on The Avid, we rant about the broadcast. The 10 streaming apps. The announcers who won't shut up. The cameras pointed at the wrong things. The commercials that eat the game. The broadcast isn&a...

They make six figures. They decide the outcome of games. And when they're wrong — consistently, repeatedly, on the biggest calls — nothing happens. This week on The Avid, we rant about referee accountability. Why bad calls keep happening, why there are zero consequences, and why every other high-stakes profession in the world has standards that sports officiating simply doesn't. Raw. Unf...

$175 for a polyester shirt made overseas for $3. Licensed to one manufacturer. Zero competition. And when your favorite player gets traded? They'd like another $175, please. This week on The Avid, we break down the jersey racket — how the leagues turned your loyalty into a revenue stream, who's actually getting the money, and why the price goes up every single year. Raw. Unfiltered. 10 m...

$412. Two seats. Upper deck. Before food, parking, or a single overpriced beer. That's the reality of attending a live professional sports game in 2024 — and it's not an accident. It's by design. This week on The Avid, we rant about ticket prices. How they got this high, who's responsible, what happens to a sport when real fans get priced out, and why nobody in sports media wil...