👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

The Olympics are LIVE and we had a SNOOP sighting yesterday at the opening ceremony! Check out our Snoop quote of the day! We’ve got Basketball, Soccer, Surfing, and a whole lot more! An entire day of world-class athletes putting on a show! Enjoy the weekend with all of it!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

How many different Medal Events are there in the 2024 Paris Olympics?

• A. 37

• B. 138

• C. 240

• D. 329

• E. 423

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

OUR JUICE🧃

• Last night’s Nighttime Recap on our YT Channel! Just a couple extra minutes of juice for you. Enjoy and subscribe!

• Got the opportunity to interview UConn Point Guard, 2x National Champ, and reigning Big East 6th Man OTY Hassan Diarra! Check it out!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 1947…

Yogi Berra started his MLB-record 148 game errorless streak.

Berra won 10 World Series championships with the Yankees between 1947 and 1962.

Yogi Berra Highlights: LINK

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News… 

• 🏈 Jordan Love signs a 4-year, $220 million extension

  • No surprise here but the Packers have their guy! His coming out party was against Dallas in the Playoffs but that one game showed the GB front office everything they needed!

• 🏈 Tua Tagovailoa signs 4-year, $212 million extension with the Miami Dolphins! Interesting to see the numbers with these deals and how close they are!

• ⚾️ NY Mets pitcher Kodai Senga exited his first start of the year with a left calf strain against the Braves

• 🏀 Russell Westbrook deal finalized! 2-year, $6.8 million deal with the Denver Nuggets! Big boost for the Nugs!

Top Final Scores💯

• ⛳️ Day 2 of the 3M Open!

  • Taylor Pendrith is your leader heading into the weekend (-12)

  • Matthew NeSmith in solo 2nd at (-10)

  • Jacob Bridgeman at (-9)

• ⚾️ Red Sox def. Yankees, 9-7; Mets def. Braves, 8-4; Astros shutout Dodgers, 5-0

What Caught Our Eye👀

• ⚾️ QUEENS IS HAPPENING! 3 HRs in 3 innings!

• 🏅 Celine Dion at the Paris Olympics!

• ⚾️ Still a final goodbye to Rays fans after getting traded! Class out of Arozarena!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

The “Highest-Paid Quarterback” Problem: What the Heck is Going On

A deep dive into what it really means to be the highest paid QB in the NFL, and why something needs to change…

We had two massive deals yesterday in the QB market, the Dolphins extended their guy, Tua Tagovailoa, to a 4-year, $212 million contract, a team record. While the Green Bay Packers signed their QB, Jordan Love, to a 4-year, $220 million contract extension. That contract made Jordan Love the highest paid quarterback in NFL history.

The term “highest-paid player in NFL history” seems like something we hear every few weeks. At least every year. And it kind of pisses me off. Yes, Jordan Love is now the highest paid QB of all time, but his average per year isn’t. His $55 million per year matched the deals Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence and Bengals QB Joe Burrow signed. The guaranteed money and signing bonus may be different, sure. But lets not overuse the term.

Furthermore, every single year there is a new highest paid played in NFL history. There always will be under the current model of the NFL. Every year when the pay roll increases, the numbers change, and so do the contracts. So next year someone else will get to hold the honor of the highest paid contract in NFL history, or at least for a few months.

Where it gets even more irritating is when you look at the list of highest paid QBs in the NFL, something is a little off.

1. Jordan Love

2. Trevor Lawrence

3. Joe Burrow

4. Tua Tagovailoa

5. Jared Goff

6. Justin Herbert

7. Lamar Jackson

8. Jalen Hurts

9. Kyler Murray

10. Deshaun Watson

You have to go to NUMBER 12 to even get a QB who has won a super bowl. Patrick Mahomes makes $45 million a year. So what does this list tell you?

The QB market is so overcompensated. Guys who haven’t proven they can win, let alone get to the playoffs and be successful, are at the top of this list. I love Justin Herbert and Kyler Murray as much as the next guy, and I understand the shortcomings of the team around them, but for them to be top 10 on this list is crazy to me.

The way I see it, you don’t even have to win anymore to make a lot of money as a QB, you just have to trick someone into thinking you can win.

Beyond this, the NFL has a “highest-paid” player problem. They need to figure it out. The second Dak Prescott signs a deal with the Cowboys he’ll be the highest paid player. It doesn’t stop. It’s a never ending cycle.

I’m just some guy talking about this, I have no clue how it could get fixed. But I know this, I’m annoyed and I wanted to say something! That’s what this is for, right?

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

Song of the Day

Glue Guy of the Day

Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

Olympics🏅

• Basketball: Spain vs Australia (5:00 AM ET), Japan vs Germany (7:30 AM ET), Brazil vs France (11:15 AM ET), Canada vs Greece (3:00 PM ET)

• Soccer (M): New Zealand vs United States (1:00 PM ET), France vs Guinea (3:00 PM ET)

• Table Tennis: (9:00 AM ET) Preliminary matches in Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, and Mixed Doubles

• Women’s Surfing: (5:48 PM ET) End Day 1 of the Olympics with Round 1 of Women’s Surfing!

MLB⚾️: 30 teams in the MLB but we’ve got a 16 GAME SLATE! How about them apples!

• Braves @ Mets (4:10 PM ET), Dodgers @ Astros (7:10 PM ET), Yankees @ Red Sox (7:15 PM ET), Rockies @ Giants (10:35 PM ET)

GOLF⛳️:

• Day 3 of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, MN, USA

  • Featured groups include…

    • Pendrith, NeSmith, Putnam (12:35 PM ET)

    • Bridgeman, Ghim, Griffin (12:24 PM ET)

    • Vegas, Smalley, Novak (12:13 PM ET)

    • Kitayama, Burns, Kuchar (12:02 PM ET)