@@maldad9073 I'm a huge fan of the game but I don't see why they would post these two guys blathering-on about something they obviously know very little about.
Ohtani purposefully lived in dorms most his life and gave all his money to his mom for the majority of his career. It is SERIOUSLY doubtful he is gambling or involved in crime.
Ohtani's contract is 10 years for $700 ($70M a year) but he's deferring ~97% of his salary ($68M a year) for 10 years so he'll "only" be paid $2M a year for the next 10 years (and only in 2034-2043 will be getting that $68M per year). I don't know, this doesn't sound like somebody with a multi-million dollar gambling problem to me (or maybe he's just gambling away all that lucrative New Balance money??).
@@oli.y I think it has something to do with MLB salary caps/luxury tax. If he agrees to a deferment, they can get more high value players without hitting salary cap and paying the luxury tax (to punish teams that try to "buy" a world series). I am not an expert by any means, but I think if they pay Ohtani when he's not playing for them they can avoid counting that 68M/yr towards the cap (thus allowing them to pay him and other players more in the long run since they are saving so much by not hitting cap).
Joe stereotyping Ohtani. The Yakuza isnt what it was anymore. Theyre dying off in Japan. Hes apeaking on a allegation he knows nothing about. Get with it Joe.
The yakuza is still very real and thriving. You don’t hear about it because you probably don’t live there. They stopped being a frontier of crime and instead control companies and corporations. You’d be surprised how much of Japan is still controlled by the yakuza
This actually might be the dumbest take I’ve ever heard from Joe. Absolutely nothing is proven that shohei gambled a single penny and he jumps straight to he has ties to the yakuza ??😂 cmon man
I think he fully knew what his interpreter was doing but scandals are always political, the person whose gonna have to take the fall for optics is not going to be the one signed to a 700 million dollar deal.
Yeah I don’t think they actually think he’s in the mob. Just exploring the idea lol. The interpreter is viewed as the fall guy by the MLB fans, so it’s in most people’s opinions that Ohtani is a degenerate gambler like most Americans and needed a fall guy 😁
His interpreter is a con man. He lied about working for the Red Sox. He got close to a guy that doesnt speak English and was able to talk his way into Ohtani's life and getting him to trust him, even with his money. I can see how Ohtani could've been fooled by him. Look at Fabia and how he got into Diego Sanchez's head. Even Tom Brady's guru Alex Guerrero is shady and i think used Tom. And now they have decided to part ways as business partners on the TB12 brand. Brady is going to rebrand.
I agree, and Ohtani should sue all these media's of telling lies about him, including that espn Iady who did the interview has no credibility as a jounalist should be sued to try and ruin Shohei by printing two misinformation statements given by Ippei whose a known liar without checking the facts. And now the dimwit trolls telling bunch of lies and blaming Shohei of this home run ball. Even saw haters coming on blaming Shohei for gifting a car to a teammate. The trolls will knock him for anything, but only end up looking like haters and fools.
@@Umega101 Agreed. I’m no professional on the issue. I see how each NFL game garners more tv viewership, but the massive amount of games played (MLB vs NFL) far exceeds that. And the massive amount of income from fans (hotdogs,beers,etc) actually at the game means MLB can afford these salaries
What are you talking about? Are you bad at math? NFL is more profitable. And the average team salary is higher in the NFL (about 220m in the NFL and 165m in the MLB).
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He didn’t ohtani wrote the checks. His name was on them. Two 500,000 checks. Ohtani said he was paying the debt for his interpreter who was like 4 mill in the hole. If it’s true or not he can’t be involved with gambling whatsoever. So even paying the debt for gambling is not allowed for. His interpreter was his best friend which sounds like he’s a real friend and is just taking the blame at this point
The news reports say that the bookie knew the interpreter's BFF was Ohtani. The bookie also dropped Shohei's name to help grow his business. And the bookie knew that Shohei's real last name was Otani without the h, because that is the legal name on the bank account of the wire transfers.
The dumb trolls accussing him are actually the ones that bets on games, bunch of loser's 😅 I knew right away Shohei was innocent, there is no way he would be wiring money from his own bank account to a illegal sports bookie.
The potential issue, no one is talking about, is how the illegal bookie knew the money was coming from Ohtani. Meaning he had blackmail on Ohtani. It's unknown the bookie used that leverage but for the bookie to have that power over the best player in a whole major sports league is an insanely big problem.
1. He never owed 4.5 million at one time. He owed smaller amounts $500k at a time which he paid off. on several occasions. 2. How does the bookie know what the guys salary is. If he knew he was connected to Shohei there would be multiple reasons to let Ippei rack up a big debt. 3. He paid off his debts, so why wouldn't he keep letting him rack up more.
If you bet on yourself to win, you own the liability of "taking it easy" today for the big bet tomorrow, or risking injury today at the expense of sitting out or taking it easier tomorrow when the winnings are less or void. This is doubly true when management of teams is involved. There are, unfortunately, no ways to allow those involved with the outcome of games to gamble that do not result in conflict of interest.
Yes, it's also rumored that Pete Rose would gamble on a game on Saturday, not use his closer for the game on Friday, then use his closer for that game on Saturday that he gambled on. Gambling potentially changed how he managed.
Starting Pitchers do have alot of down time in between starts sitting on the bench. But Ohtani is also a DH so hes playing on every game even the days he doesn't pitch. Josh Beckett on the other hand used to akways go golfing on his off days even if he missed a start because of an injury lol.
alas japan got rid of the yakuza and then agreed to mass 3world immigration, and surprise surprise now have loads of problems with crime from the usual suspects
They don't want you gambling, even on yourself, because if you get too far in the hole, SOMEONE could approach you, offering to wipe out your debt, if you maybe don't play as hard as you can next time you take the field.
Brian I just wanted to let u know I am someone who lives for baseball. Been playing it since I was 4 and watch 162 Phillies games a year. It is the best reality show in the world. U get to know the players so well by the end of the season. I drove 13 hours with my father to clear water and didn’t sleep for 36 hours just to watch Phillies spring training with my dad. It’s hard to truly understand what makes baseball great to most ppl. Especially in the adhd go go go world
He can bet on whatever he wants the biggest thing for him as long as it's not baseball he should be fine in the terms of baseball is that's the only thing you cannot bet on.
Professional leagues all have rules that prohibit any dealings with illegal bookies. $4.5M was wired from his account directly to the bookie. This is a federal crime, plus a state crime due to it happening in Cali.
The way the statute was written in the Bank Secrecy Act, "willful blindness" is not a legal defense. Ohtani is legally responsible for his own financial transactions. Plus his accountants, agents, etc, all should have been monitoring his money. Somebody should have red flagged the missing $4.5M.
Many people don't know this. Tod Bohley who is part owner of the Dodgers bought Chelsea FC for 5.2 billion dollars. The dodgers have money. They just can't flex it. A side note. In the past year Chelsea have spent 1 billion dollars on buying players! They also have a Saudi Arabia investor. Just food for thought.
Money doesn’t mean a thing. I know a couple of multi millionaires and they are miserable. They even bought me a 38k rolex and a gold bracelet,and I gave them back because his son was dating my daughter who is a RN. I told them after their son threw a iPhone at my daughter and I choked him out,I placed him in their Mercedes and said never contact me again. We have enough money to live comfortable lives.
For the first time since I have been watching and enjoying your show, on this topic Joe, you don't have any idea of what you are talking about. Ohtani is possibly the greatest baseball player ever... you are just talking misconceptions without any facts.
They don't even have "Read the Headline Only" amount of knowledge about the situation and they think he is guilty and possibly mobbed up because he is from Japan? lol
40,000,000 in sponsorships and deal each year also for a 10+ years, So that’s another 400,000,000 no one talks about Fun fact, his deal makes him more money than most mlb player’s actual salaries
This feels like a conversation between two bros who have no idea what they're talking about
Podcast
Joe knows nothing about team sports
I mean, he did say they were just talking shit lol everyone does that, it's fun
Thats every conversation
JOe has been in Texas too long.
Joe randomly just assuming Ohtani has a relationship with the yakuza 😂
It's called speculating, big difference.
You dumb if that’s what you got from this
Nah this guy is too much into conspiracies
Lmfao bro that’s how it works
@@maldad9073How would you like people "speculating" about your guilt in a matter...when you know you are innocent....until proven guilty.
The amount of misinformation I have heard on Ohtani is crazy. Not from Joe etc but also random family members with no interest in sports
I dont want to say it but it does feel like there some racist undertones there
This is the least informed comversation I’ve ever witnessed
This conversation became dumber and dumber as it went on.
This convo is better than the ones on espn r having thats 4 sure lol
Kinda like your life ?? Good now shut up
This is how bad rumors are started
Do you follow MLB? They started the second this story got out
Is it rumor or is he speculating? If you can’t discern the difference, then maybe people like YOU are the reason these rumors get started.
This is the equivalent of Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin breaking down why Jon Jones hasn’t returned to UFC yet
What a waste of 7 minutes.
🙄🙄
Don't feel bad, baseball usually appeals to smart people, so it's OK to not be a fan of the topic.
@@maldad9073 I'm a huge fan of the game but I don't see why they would post these two guys blathering-on about something they obviously know very little about.
of all joes crazy conspiracy theories, this one has to be the most outlandish
Ohtani purposefully lived in dorms most his life and gave all his money to his mom for the majority of his career. It is SERIOUSLY doubtful he is gambling or involved in crime.
Ohtani's contract is 10 years for $700 ($70M a year) but he's deferring ~97% of his salary ($68M a year) for 10 years so he'll "only" be paid $2M a year for the next 10 years (and only in 2034-2043 will be getting that $68M per year). I don't know, this doesn't sound like somebody with a multi-million dollar gambling problem to me (or maybe he's just gambling away all that lucrative New Balance money??).
He also just deferred any punishment due to the gambling scandal
Why would someone defer that, could you explain?
@@oli.yI don't understand either. Maybe tax reasons. I would want my money as soon as possible.
If there was no defer, you wouldn't have received $700 million
@@oli.y I think it has something to do with MLB salary caps/luxury tax. If he agrees to a deferment, they can get more high value players without hitting salary cap and paying the luxury tax (to punish teams that try to "buy" a world series). I am not an expert by any means, but I think if they pay Ohtani when he's not playing for them they can avoid counting that 68M/yr towards the cap (thus allowing them to pay him and other players more in the long run since they are saving so much by not hitting cap).
Ohtani is a unicorn.
He's a once in a generation talent.
To be fair, we haven't seen anything like him since Babe Ruth, so he's beyond generational talent and into a once in a lifetime level.
@@maldad9073 Yup! Plus he reads MANGA. BASED!
Imma unicorn 🦄
and a gambler too
He is, plus baseball is huge in Japan. Dodgers know they're going to make a TON of money from Japanese sponsors.
Joe is so off on this one 😂
Joe stereotyping Ohtani. The Yakuza isnt what it was anymore. Theyre dying off in Japan.
Hes apeaking on a allegation he knows nothing about. Get with it Joe.
The yakuza is still very real and thriving. You don’t hear about it because you probably don’t live there. They stopped being a frontier of crime and instead control companies and corporations. You’d be surprised how much of Japan is still controlled by the yakuza
This actually might be the dumbest take I’ve ever heard from Joe. Absolutely nothing is proven that shohei gambled a single penny and he jumps straight to he has ties to the yakuza ??😂 cmon man
Sad that you aren't intelligent enough to understand what speculation is.
He wired the money to the bookie idiot lol
It was all hypothetical. It’s just dudes talking
You have to know the guy before you pass judgment
No, you just need to know the simple fact no banks would have released the money without Ohtani’s approval to know Ippei is the fall guy
Wtf would he want to be the fall guy and face up to 30 years in prison? Common sense my guy!
lol how did they put organized crime on this guy when their allegations of his interpreter doing shady things
Speculation?
I think he fully knew what his interpreter was doing but scandals are always political, the person whose gonna have to take the fall for optics is not going to be the one signed to a 700 million dollar deal.
Joes been watching Tokyo Vice😂
They are so wrong about this lol
Yeah I don’t think they actually think he’s in the mob. Just exploring the idea lol. The interpreter is viewed as the fall guy by the MLB fans, so it’s in most people’s opinions that Ohtani is a degenerate gambler like most Americans and needed a fall guy 😁
My boy is on another planet where you don’t need eyes to see 😂😂😂😂
I would expect to hear this convo in a drunk tank.
Joe’s smoking some really good stuff today
His interpreter is a con man. He lied about working for the Red Sox. He got close to a guy that doesnt speak English and was able to talk his way into Ohtani's life and getting him to trust him, even with his money. I can see how Ohtani could've been fooled by him. Look at Fabia and how he got into Diego Sanchez's head. Even Tom Brady's guru Alex Guerrero is shady and i think used Tom. And now they have decided to part ways as business partners on the TB12 brand. Brady is going to rebrand.
Christ Jaime could find the dumbest fucking things but an actual federal case he can't find lol
Didn't Ippei admit what he did? I have mad respect for Shohei, what a humble guy, generational talent.
I agree, and Ohtani should sue all these media's of telling lies about him, including that espn Iady who did the interview has no credibility as a jounalist should be sued to try and ruin Shohei by printing two misinformation statements given by Ippei whose a known liar without checking the facts. And now the dimwit trolls telling bunch of lies and blaming Shohei of this home run ball. Even saw haters coming on blaming Shohei for gifting a car to a teammate. The trolls will knock him for anything, but only end up looking like haters and fools.
This is the dumbest conversation. No one on this show has any idea what they are talking about on this topic. LMFAO
1:25 joe's like "right..:" like if he ain't worth that 😂
6:47 Joe describes a JRE Fight Companion to a T lol
Baseball makes so much $, especially compared to football, because they pack 50,000 fans in 160+ games. Not 18 games.
Yes, but... wildly different 'TV/streaming' and advert deals. Very wildly different...
@@Umega101 Agreed. I’m no professional on the issue. I see how each NFL game garners more tv viewership, but the massive amount of games played (MLB vs NFL) far exceeds that. And the massive amount of income from fans (hotdogs,beers,etc) actually at the game means MLB can afford these salaries
And baseball is just excruciatingly boring. I was bored playing it as a kid let alone watching it.
@@nickbarcheck1019 No argument here! But…it still brings in $
What are you talking about? Are you bad at math? NFL is more profitable. And the average team salary is higher in the NFL (about 220m in the NFL and 165m in the MLB).
This is like me and my friends talking about rock climbing, a sport none of us have ever done, ever plan on doing, and ever plan on watching.
This is literally the shit you hear at your local bar lmao
Joe doesn't even know Ohtani's name and thinks he's connected to the Yakuza.
Ever since the pitch clock, baseball has been way better.
Yakuza 🤣🤣
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Retirement took a toll on my finances, but with my involvement in the digital market, $27,000 weekly returns has been life changing. AWESOME GOD❤️
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?
I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
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She's a licensed broker in the states 🇺🇸
Why would his interpreter have access to his full bank account.... I think Ohtani knew what was goin on.
he told shohei he was translating it from usa to japanese currency 🤣
Its organized crime
Common practice for interpreters
@@michaelwilliamIIIDollars to Yen🥋
He didn’t ohtani wrote the checks. His name was on them. Two 500,000 checks. Ohtani said he was paying the debt for his interpreter who was like 4 mill in the hole. If it’s true or not he can’t be involved with gambling whatsoever. So even paying the debt for gambling is not allowed for. His interpreter was his best friend which sounds like he’s a real friend and is just taking the blame at this point
How does a random guy get a 4.5 million dollar line of credit from an illegal bookie????
From the guy he’s working for. That’s how.
The news reports say that the bookie knew the interpreter's BFF was Ohtani. The bookie also dropped Shohei's name to help grow his business. And the bookie knew that Shohei's real last name was Otani without the h, because that is the legal name on the bank account of the wire transfers.
Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Bro fr Charlie hustle
No doubt including Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Clemens etc.
100% what they did to him was wrong he said something or did something to piss somebody off deeply..
He doesn't bring in those Japanese dollars
Pete Rose also slept with a 14 year old girl when he was in his 30s
even if true, no way mlb is letting their golden boy go down.
The dumb trolls accussing him are actually the ones that bets on games, bunch of loser's 😅 I knew right away Shohei was innocent, there is no way he would be wiring money from his own bank account to a illegal sports bookie.
The potential issue, no one is talking about, is how the illegal bookie knew the money was coming from Ohtani. Meaning he had blackmail on Ohtani. It's unknown the bookie used that leverage but for the bookie to have that power over the best player in a whole major sports league is an insanely big problem.
Joe "yuh-kuza action" Rogan
Them talking about earthquakes while im in NYC experiencing a earthquake
Fr Bro ?
East coasters are such sissies. How long did it last? 5 seconds? Wimp.
When Frank Sinatra tells the mafia to off somebody, it would've been in the most harmonious way of saying it. "Fly him to the moooon...."
Rogan talkin baseball hell yeah brother
No he isn't. He should stick to MMA
only joe can bring the yakuza into the conversation
Would a bookmaker allow someone who makes $300k/yr. a $4.5MM credit line?
1. He never owed 4.5 million at one time. He owed smaller amounts $500k at a time which he paid off. on several occasions.
2. How does the bookie know what the guys salary is. If he knew he was connected to Shohei there would be multiple reasons to let Ippei rack up a big debt.
3. He paid off his debts, so why wouldn't he keep letting him rack up more.
I don't think they realize how well connected the Yakuza are, they definitely operate in the US
If you bet on yourself to win, you own the liability of "taking it easy" today for the big bet tomorrow, or risking injury today at the expense of sitting out or taking it easier tomorrow when the winnings are less or void. This is doubly true when management of teams is involved. There are, unfortunately, no ways to allow those involved with the outcome of games to gamble that do not result in conflict of interest.
Yes, it's also rumored that Pete Rose would gamble on a game on Saturday, not use his closer for the game on Friday, then use his closer for that game on Saturday that he gambled on. Gambling potentially changed how he managed.
People talking about a situation they have no clue about
Yasiel Puig had Cuban gangsters after his ass
Rogan once again talking about something he knows something about.
There are 162 games in baseball - that has a ton to do with the $.
Pitchers don’t even play half of those games a year.
Ohtani does both 💀
Baseball is way better than NFL and NBA
Love listening to two guys that know nothing about baseball.
Starting Pitchers do have alot of down time in between starts sitting on the bench. But Ohtani is also a DH so hes playing on every game even the days he doesn't pitch. Josh Beckett on the other hand used to akways go golfing on his off days even if he missed a start because of an injury lol.
Homeboy telling Joe “if I had half a billion”
. Joe “yeah I got that”. 😂😂😂
U ka ka kah the Joe Rogan experience...
This is not a fight this is an exhibition match…
Rogan been only reading headlines as of late...like past 4 years
I love Joe but Accusing Shohei of organized crime…
Jesus
It's like Sandro Tonali and his gambling problems and the Mafia in Italy. Same same.
Pete Rose needed an interpreter
"the Japanese dude" Christ 🙄
alas japan got rid of the yakuza and then agreed to mass 3world immigration, and surprise surprise now have loads of problems with crime from the usual suspects
Love when they bring Jamie in as the 3rd voice
It’s very interesting to listen to different perspectives from the 🇺🇸.
Peace and Love from Japan 🇯🇵
Shohei Ohtani does not gamble. Don’t even talk about him when you have zero knowledge about him.
😂😂😂😂 right right
You're a little to confident saying that when all evidence leads to him having knowledge of the debts and the payments.
He gambles buddy
😂🎉😂😂😂😂😂
@@jsalas5400real quiet now with the federal investigation proving hes innocent huh
but what if 1 takes dive and other lays bet and both in on it?
They don't want you gambling, even on yourself, because if you get too far in the hole, SOMEONE could approach you, offering to wipe out your debt, if you maybe don't play as hard as you can next time you take the field.
Brian I just wanted to let u know I am someone who lives for baseball. Been playing it since I was 4 and watch 162 Phillies games a year. It is the best reality show in the world. U get to know the players so well by the end of the season. I drove 13 hours with my father to clear water and didn’t sleep for 36 hours just to watch Phillies spring training with my dad. It’s hard to truly understand what makes baseball great to most ppl. Especially in the adhd go go go world
lmfao these guys have no clue who ohtani is
2:37 "Companies"
That guy makes Patrick Mahomes look like a joke with the way he handled his deal
Can’t compare 17 games to 150 a year lol
He can bet on whatever he wants the biggest thing for him as long as it's not baseball he should be fine in the terms of baseball is that's the only thing you cannot bet on.
Professional leagues all have rules that prohibit any dealings with illegal bookies. $4.5M was wired from his account directly to the bookie. This is a federal crime, plus a state crime due to it happening in Cali.
It says it's up to the commissioner's discretion so we'll see what happens.
The guy is the best player in baseball you think he has the time to gamble. I believe he didn't know ippe was taking money out of his account
As a Dodgers fan i hope Ohtani is not implicated, but there's no way he's completely innocent.
Why not? Not innocent of what? You guys just make random accusations without any concrete evidence. I doubt Americans’ intellectual faculty
The way the statute was written in the Bank Secrecy Act, "willful blindness" is not a legal defense. Ohtani is legally responsible for his own financial transactions. Plus his accountants, agents, etc, all should have been monitoring his money. Somebody should have red flagged the missing $4.5M.
Ohtani a yakuza😂😂😂😂😂
All athletes hiring an interpreter and only saying "Me no engrish" 😅😂 Smart low key
Many people don't know this. Tod Bohley who is part owner of the Dodgers bought Chelsea FC for 5.2 billion dollars. The dodgers have money. They just can't flex it. A side note. In the past year Chelsea have spent 1 billion dollars on buying players! They also have a Saudi Arabia investor. Just food for thought.
It’s funny how people think football is taking over as America’s sport. Baseball is America’s pastime and will always be America’s sport
Contact? Really Jamie
They can't gamble because they could throw the game and control the outcome! This dude....
Joe is talking out his ass better than Ace Ventura
The Yakuza controls Japan
1:56 😂 yeah no way he was involved with the mob in VEGAS
100% he gambles the only reason he’s not in trouble is because he’s not American And the MLB needs the viewers.
these guys have no idea about shoheis personally and character 😂 just talkin outta their ass… dude said yakuza 💀💀💀
They probably know him just as much as you do tbh, which is not at all 😂
Joe thinks every Japanese guy is a badass Yakuza assassin
@@ProtomanButCallMeBlues I mean he's dumbs as rocks cmon
@@OG_BigLargeCoke you think joe followed angels baseball for the last 5 years? u think hes seen a single interview?? ur kidding right
Sometimes (a lot of times) Joe is completely clueless 😂
This is the most disconnected take yet.
2:32 😂😂 hit the nail on the head
Money doesn’t mean a thing. I know a couple of multi millionaires and they are miserable. They even bought me a 38k rolex and a gold bracelet,and I gave them back because his son was dating my daughter who is a RN. I told them after their son threw a iPhone at my daughter and I choked him out,I placed him in their Mercedes and said never contact me again. We have enough money to live comfortable lives.
Just got in here but I can guarantee this conversation will be uninformed
How the hell does this guy not know anyone that likes baseball??? Trippin
They don’t typically use Japanese assassins. They’ll hire out a lot when it comes to special contracts like that.
For the first time since I have been watching and enjoying your show, on this topic Joe, you don't have any idea of what you are talking about. Ohtani is possibly the greatest baseball player ever... you are just talking misconceptions without any facts.
How does Joe connect the yakuza to a player who may or may not have a gambling problem 😂.
They don't even have "Read the Headline Only" amount of knowledge about the situation and they think he is guilty and possibly mobbed up because he is from Japan? lol
$700m plus all the endorsements is more than half a billion. This guys doesn't know math.
It’s crazy how Ohtani was like “ I’m gonna defer my punishment until 2048”
$700,000,000 to play baseball?! *HOW AND WHY* ?
EXACTLY NO PLAYER DESERVES 700 MIL. NO MATTER WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THE FIELD.
EXACTLY!! NO PLAYER DESERVES 700 MIL. NO MATTER WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THE FIELD
40,000,000 in sponsorships and deal each year also for a 10+ years,
So that’s another 400,000,000 no one talks about
Fun fact, his deal makes him more money than most mlb player’s actual salaries
If you were allowed gamble on yourself to win, you could just agree with the other fighter to give them a cut if they let you win.