The Pat McAfee Show Live | Tuesday March 24th 2026

Travis Kelce secured a new three-year deal with the Chiefs, involving 'salary cap gymnastics' to manage the cap hit. His continued play is attributed to a desire for another championship run and motivation from his famous partner.

It's a three-year deal with two years of salary cap gymnastics on the back end of that. Salary cap gymnastics means we're going to give you this money now and then we're going to utilize the amount of years the contract is to spread out the cap hit. (08:04) Is she motivating him to continue to go? He said yes, that is 100% the case. (07:51)

Netflix is entering live sports broadcasting with the Giants-Yankees opening night game, featuring celebrity guests like Barry Bonds, Jameis Winston, and The Usos. This approach is met with both anticipation for innovation and skepticism from traditional baseball fans.

So, tomorrow night is Giants Yankees, correct? It'll be on Netflix... Everybody's pumped about this, it seems like. Let's see how it goes first, maybe... We got CC in the booth. We got We love CC. Exactly. Barry Bonds is going to be there... Jameus Winston, who is also going to be... I don't want any of that [__] tomorrow night, though. Okay. Not for a Yankees game. I I don't need I don't need in the 30 I feel like I was kind of a little bit tiny part of of the entire... I don't need when SPITTING IN THE FACE WE HIT HIM cuz you know what's going to happen Jay walks out there whole place yeah exactly it's going to be it's going to be the third inning either the Giants or the Yankees is going to maybe have guys on like second or third pitches coming in let's cut to the crowd and Jay Uso's walking down doing this [__].

Coach Calipari successfully rebuilt the Arkansas men's basketball program, taking them to back-to-back Sweet 16s after starting with a roster that had 'no players.' He emphasizes building up players and adapting game plans.

You joined us. You got nobody on the roster. You said we have actually no players from that point until now. You said you wanted to help 30 families, I think, is what you're think. How do you feel about the program that you've obviously got up and running in a big way? And how do you feel about being Arkansas uh basketball hero kind of at this stage so quickly in it all? (1:25:33) I've got really good players and all I've got to do is convince them that they deserve it. (1:28:36)

JC Tretter, a former NFL player with a Cornell background in industrial labor relations, was elected as the NFLPA's Executive Director. His mission is to lead a player-led union, using data to address player concerns (health, safety, finances) and foster solidarity against the NFL's negotiating power.

The NFLPA has elected a former player to be the executive super duper guy... I went to school for industrial labor relations, which is the study of unions and and labor organizing. So, it's something I've been passionate in college. (1:56:39 - 1:59:14) I think one of my things I've seen over the course of my five years involved, uh, is I don't think we always land exactly where the players are because we don't know exactly where the players are. So, what we've started doing is surveying all of our players. (2:07:07)

Coach Calipari highlights issues in college basketball with 27-28 year olds playing, annual player transfers, and NIL collectives. He proposes guardrails: an age limit (25), one penalty-free transfer, and collectives only engaging with players on campus for a year.

We're letting 27 and 28 year olds playing college basketball. If you want to be a pro, go pro. There should be an age limit. 25. Um, we're letting kids transfer every year, every day. that well they can transfer four to five times. Can't have that... these collectives... They can only be involved with current players who have been on campus a year.