Episode 81 - The Numbers Guy (with Payton Corcoran)

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