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This is actually the last thing
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even though it's the first thing that you're seeing.
I just wanted to add a note before we got into today's show.
One of the most requested stories
people were sending me today was
about the death of a YouTuber.
It's really sensitive subject.
It didn't feel right to just kind of
just try to slap inside of a Philip DeFranco show.
So for those of you looking for me to talk about that,
I'll link to it down below.
I uploaded a second unmonetized
video on a different channel.
But yeah, if I can say one last thing
before we jump into today's regular show,
you're not alone, you're deserving
of change and second chance of
whatever you don't feel like you're deserving of.
If you feel alone, if you feel broken,
I feel alone, I feel broken, you are not alone.
But yeah, with that said, here's your regularly
scheduled Philip DeFranco show.
What's up you beautiful bastards.
Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show
and let's just jump into it.
The first thing we're gonna talk about today
are college athletes, the NCAA,
and the state of California.
And to talk about what's happening there,
I need to give you a little bit of background.
Back in February, state senator,
Nancy Skinner, and state senator,
Steven Bradford, both Democrats
proposed Bill 206 a.k.a the Fair Pay to Play Act.
A bill that would allow compensation
of a student athlete for the use
of the student's name, image, or likeness
at all colleges and universities in California.
It would also allow athletes to
obtain an agent or representative.
The text also noting that it would be
illegal to revoke a student's scholarship
as a result of earning compensation
or obtaining legal representation.
And if passed, Fair Pay to Play
would go in to effect in 2023.
And the reason this is a massive deal
is that the NCAA currently prohibits
any student athletes from being
compensated or obtaining an agent.
But basically that means that this
bill stands opposed to the NCAA.
As far as the NCAA, they responded back
in May to this California bill
in a statement announcing their new working group
which was created to quote,
And what we saw was just a week later,
the bill passed at California senate 31-5.
And as far as why we're talking about this today,
well last week, the president of the NCAA,
Mark Emmert, reportedly wrote a letter
to Senator Skinner and Senator Bradford.
According to reports, Emmert hinted
that if SB 206 passes as is,
California schools can potentially
be banned from participating in NCAA championships
and reportedly asked the committee
to postpone any decisions until
after the working group has a chance
to review the current rules
which reports say is most likely sometime in October.
And it's reported that in his letter,
Emmert wrote that the bill quote,
And adding,
And Emmert's letter didn't end up
delaying or postponing anything
but it did prompt an amendment
that will allow the bill to monitor
the working group as well as quote,
And as far as what's next for Fair Pay to Play,
part of that is being decided today.
The bill was heard before the House Committee
on arts, entertainment, sports,
tourism, and internet media today.
And it passed in a 5-1 vote which means
that the bill will now advance to the higher
education committee who will
have to approve the bill as well.
As right now, they are scheduled to meet again in July.
End of note here.
The previous votes to this bill has passed in a landslide.
And it's been interesting to see the reactions to this.
I see lot of people in support of this bill,
lot of people against it, you've all seen
people question the intent of a reasoning behind this bill.
Some claiming that it's to give
California schools an advantage.
Although I will say regarding that,
based on the law and kind of the lay of land right now,
this is not set to just be a California issue
but very much a national issue.
I mean as far as the legal side of this,
we've seen people debating whether
the NCAA could even actually ban California schools.
And this is because then I'm oversimplifying here,
the NCAA is a trade association.
And as Forbes explains,
So it's gonna be interesting to see what happens here,
how the NCAA responds, how the other
colleges outside California responds.
But yeah, as far as my opinion with this story,
this isn't gonna be surprising
if you've seen our previous NCAA coverage.
We have a fantastic deep dive on it
that doesn't fully go into the money
but more of the conditions for the players.
The main point, I believe that these
college players should be able
to be compensated for their image.
It's not that these young people
that are just gonna be used up in this system,
they don't make it to the pros,
meanwhile you have the NCAA profiting off
the backs of these young people bringing in...
In 2016-2017, they brought in a billion dollars of revenue.
But hey, this is my opinion and if you agree,
you don't agree, that's completely fine.
I love to hear from you in those comment down below.
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They put out a video called
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Then we have some of the cast
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Binging with Babish gave us
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We had Two Chainz and Mark Cuban
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We had Shutterstock recreating the trail
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And for those like me that are interested
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Today they released the 26 minute
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Then Architectural Digest gave
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Then let's talk about Jussie Smollett back in the news.
Now it's been a while since we last talked about this.
So I'm gonna provide a quick refresher.
As you may or may not recall,
at the end of January,
the empire actor said that he was attacked
by two masked men in Chicago.
He claimed that they yelled racial
and homophobic slurs at him,
poured a chemical substance on him,
yelled this is MAGA country,
and tied a rope around his neck.
Then in February, the Chicago police
said they identify two suspects, the Osundairo brothers.
But after interrogating them,
the brother said that Smollett
had actually paid them to stage the attack.
Smollett was then indicted on felony charges
including disorderly conduct and
filing a false police report.
In turn himself under the authorities
and then all of a sudden on March 26,
prosecutor announced that they were
dropping all charges in the case.
But also, Smollett had to pay $10,000 in bond.
Chicago police were not happy with this decision
saying that justice had not been served.
While it has maintained his innocence
and also, a thing of note,
Smollett is actually being sued by the city of Chicago
and it was confirmed that Smollett
will not be returning to the set of Empire
which is the show that he's mainly known for.
At this point, I know some people
are getting their fingers ready.
They're like, hey we can miss one thing,
what about the whole situation with the state attorney?
Well, that's actually connected to
the update we're talking about today.
A judge has now appointed a special
prosecutor to look into the decision
to drop charges against Smollett.
And specifically, they will be looking at
Cook County state attorney, Kim Fox's choice
to recuse herself from the case
and then appoint one of her aids
to handle it as oppose to another prosecutor.
So that along with other aspects of their investigation.
And the judge wrote a 21 page opinion,
where he said quote,
Also at the same time, chief communications
officer for the Chicago Police tweeted,
And one of the most important notes
when it comes to this special prosecutor
is that this opens the door for
Smollett to be charged again.
Also another massive update to the story,
is following all of this,
yesterday, Chicago Police released
70 hours of footage all connected to Smollett's case.
And with all that footage, one of
the videos that is now released to the public
is body cam footage of officers
going to Smollett's apartment after the alleged attack.
And then had a man who identifies himself
as Smollett's creative director greets
the police, takes them up to the apartment.
He quickly identified Smollett
as someone in the public eye.
And in case you are wondering
the creative director's face as
well as Smollett's have been blurred by CPD.
And the reason for this is because
at that time, Smollett was considered to be a victim.
And so there was a freedom of
information at request to do so.
Another clip from the body cam footage
shows Smollett with the rope still around his neck.
Smollett then says he had bleach
poured on him and when he learns he is being recorded,
he says he doesn't want to be filmed.
And so officers turn off the body cameras at that time.
Videos were also released from events
leading up to and after the alleged attack.
With police saying they have footage
of the two brothers in a cab on the way to the location
as well as the brothers fleeing the scene.
Also according to the Chicago Tribute,
police also released documents about the case.
This including text messages, which
reportedly show that one of the brothers
may have supplied Smollett with drugs on a regular basis
which many reports say could further incriminate Smollett
as these were not the only text between the two.
Previously released text that were sent
before the alleged attack shows
Smollett telling the brothers quote,
But ultimately, that's where we are
with this story right now and it's
gonna be very interesting to see
what comes from this special prosecutor.
So the question I wanna pass off to you is
what is your reaction to this?
Are you happy to see that it's not
done or you think it's ridiculous?
What do you think will happen?
What do you hope will happen?
Let me know what you're thinking
in those comments down below.
And then we'll start by this news
coming out regarding a Border
Patrol facility in Clint, Texas.
And yesterday we saw authorities
confirming that hundreds of children
have been transferred from this facility
after a group of lawyers visited last week
and interviewed about 60 children.
And usually detention facilities are highly restrictive.
They don't allow lawyers and journalists to enter.
But this specific team of lawyers
was allowed to visit as part of the Flores settlement
which is a legal agreement that
mandates that children have to be held
in safe and sanitary condition.
What they found was hundreds of children
living in just appalling and horrifying conditions.
One of the lawyers who works with the organization
named Holly Cooper told the AP,
We also heard from another lawyer
who went to Clint named Warren Binford.
And Warren said that when the lawyers arrived,
they saw approximately 350 children in the facility.
And continuing,
She also went on to describe her interviews
with some of the children saying,
With Binford also saying that the children quote,
Also saying that the guards will ask young
children to watch over infants and toddlers.
She also said there was lice infestation and flu outbreak.
Adding,
And when asked if she thought
that there was anything specifically
illegal at the facility, Binford said,
And also going on to explaining that because of the law,
And Binford when on to say that
what's going on at the facility
is not just illegal under Flores
but also because they are not
supposed to be breaking up families.
Saying last year, the judge explicitly ruled
And adding,
And going on to claim that
Now Binford's account is obviously terrifying.
It is also incredibly important.
It shines a spotlight on a system
that is functionally hidden from public.
But a big thing to remember here,
is Clint is only one example of a facility
where we've seen reports of
unsanitary and unsafe conditions.
We've also recently seen reports
of similar conditions that are
processing center in McAllen, Texas.
According to The Texas Tribute,
that processing center is the largest in America
and at that center, the largest center.
People are forced to live in overcrowded spaces
and the space is so limited
despite how large it is that some people
are even forced to sleep outside.
And the lawyer who visited the McAllen
center told The Texas Tribute,
And these are just some examples
that reflect a much broader problem
which is a fact that across multiple agencies,
the government simply just doesn't have
enough resources or capacity to deal
with the number of migrants in detention centers.
So that's why just this month,
the Department of Health and Human Services,
the Homeland Security Department,
the Defense Department, and the Justice Department
have requested $4.5 billion from Congress
to help for migrants in detention.
I don't even know if the term, overwhelmed,
can capture how underwater this
situation seems to be right now.
In an interview with the AP,
acting Customs and Border Protection
Commissioner, John Sanders, said
that the Border Patrol only has
a capacity to hold 4,000 people.
But reportedly right now, there are
already holding 15,000 people.
We also saw Sanders say,
And again, one of the main reasons
the Border Patrol facilities are so bad
is because they are only supposed to be temporary.
Like Binford said, people are only intended
to be held at these facilities for 72 hours at most
before being transferred to shelters
ran by the Department of Health and Human Services.
But people end up staying at these
Border Patrol centers like the ones
in Clint and McAllen for weeks and weeks at a time
because the DHHS shelters are all full.
Yesterday, Border Patrol
officials telling AP in a statement,
And after we saw the lawyers speaking with (mumbles),
we saw a lot of politicians respond.
On Sunday, President Trump and
Vice President Mike Pence both blame
Democrats for not giving enough
funding to the Department of Homeland Security.
Also when asked about children in detention
on Meet the Press, Trump said,
We also saw Pence make similar arguments
during an interview on Face the Nation
saying that children in U.S. Custody was
but claiming that the Trump administration
couldn't do anything unless Democrats agree to more funding.
But on the other side of this,
you have congressional Democrats saying
they don't wanna give more money
to the Trump administration because
they do not believe that the money
is actually going to go to helping
migrants in detention facilities.
And to the joint statement,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez along with
three other Democratic represantives wrote,
Which regarding one of the notes that AOC hit on there,
last week if you didn't see, Trump tweeted,
Though on Saturday, he ended up tweeting,
I mentioned that because even though
ICE and Border Patrol have separate detention centers,
many experts worry if ICE ramps up deportation,
the situations we're seeing won't just affect
Border Patrol detention centers,
it will also get worse for ICE centers too.
Exponentially worse.
According to the AP, as of June 8,
the total number of adult detainees alone was 53,141.
The agency is only budgeted for 45,000.
So if arrests ramp up, obviously that will create
more detainees, making the situation a lot worse.
And just today, the House is debating
a $4.5 billion bill that will
give emergency aid to the border.
And regarding that, you also have the likes
of Democratic representative, Pramila Jayapal saying,
And that was going to be where I ended
this story but as I was recording,
just to really highlight how ridiculous
and chaotic this situation is right now,
while we were recording, we saw updates right.
It was first reported that most of the children
were removed from Clint though around 30 remain.
But now we have a Customs and Border Protection
official confirming to the L.A. Times
that 127 of the children who have been transferred
have been transferred back to Clint.
And now the L.A. Times have also reported that
two Customs and Border Protection officials
have confirmed that acting Customs
and Border Protection commissioner,
Sanders, has announced his resignation.
And so for now, that is where we are with this.
This is gonna be very interesting
to see what happens and of course, like with every story,
I'd love to hear your thoughts on
this in the comments down below.
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