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Hey, welcome to Last Call, as we discuss some things that we may not have gotten to in the first show.

And one of those is, Jamie, we had some good news and bad news as far as Metro was concerned.

New security system is now in play, but not soon enough, apparently.

Yeah, so all of the new security measures went in place on Monday, which sounds like all of that's going pretty smooth.

Riders are saying, yes, that worked.

You know, swipe their cards, the tickets, and it limits access, you know, to who can go in and out of the gates.

But unfortunately, Sunday night, there was two fatal shootings, big robbery.

So it was just it was horrible.

So it's like, yeah, good news, bad news.

And that happened the night before everything went online.

You know, the shooting was a strange one, though.

I mean, we don't have the details on it, but according to the initial reports, there was a robbery.

And then the victims tried to chase down the gunman with two other people.

I mean, that sounds very strange.

And there's sometimes that even good security can't overcome.

Yeah.

And I'm not like I said, this is not a blame Metro for what happened.

I just like the two things just happened literally within 24 hours of each other.

But I know you talked about this.

Is it is it right?

Why would you go chasing after someone that just robbed?

I think it's I I think it's sort of comparable to what happened in O'Fallon on that exodus.

It's just your your your rage is up.

You're you know, you're angry.

You're seeing red.

How dare they take my bag?

Unless there is Bill sort of alludes there's more to the story and there could easily be.

That's the last thing that any police officer would ever tell you to do.

You call the police, let them enter, you know, investigate and go after or pursue a suspect.

You don't do that.

But Taulby Roach, I always have thought of him as somebody who stands in front of the fire and takes his he takes his shots.

And there's been a great deal to take those shots over for the last however many years.

So I want to just congratulate him on bringing this this the security system.

Because he's you know, he's really in terms of public servants.

He has taken his hits over the years.

But he's he's brought this in.

Yes.

Including on the show.

Yeah.

But he's always he's always been.

He's always accessible.

Yeah.

All right.

Well, Joe, I was up in Seattle and that's where the game was played, Belgium and USA.

And I know it was every place was packed here, but there was up there.

People were largest TV audience for a American soccer game, although the Mexico, I guess Columbia game actually had more people watch it.

But is it all over now?

I mean, the soccer just just soccer craziness.

And I'm not counting our own MLS team, but just are we done with the World Cup now?

Because we were really into it until that very, very disappointing loss on.

Yeah, I was over it about a month ago.

Hey, I was born and raised in St.

Louis.

I was forced to play soccer till I begged to play Junior League football.

Almost literally begged.

I never saw the wisdom of a sport that took me in the wintertime, put me out on the field in short pants and encouraged me to hit the ball with my head.

Never made sense.

And I was in like third grade.

I thought every other sport gives you a helmet.

This one you're actually encouraging me.

But, you know, I. Yes, I think a whole lot of it is going to drop off that the U .S.

And this was this was pure promotional marketing.

OK, coming into this tournament because I am a sports head.

The U.S.

was ranked as the 17th best team in the world.

Did you really think we were going to make the Elite Eight, much less the final four?

Was this going to be hockey?

No, it wasn't hockey.

It was soccer.

We're not good at soccer compared to most of the rest of the world.

Now, I'm glad for all these cities.

I hope all their businesses did great.

The city is doing.

Yeah, I have an idea.

You know, I love those events.

I mean, I equestrian competitions, gymnastics.

You're just not going to see me at them.

That's why I think that soccer is the game of the future is because all the kids play it.

I mean, you know, and it's I never played soccer, but, you know, like watching my son and my grandkids play it.

There's a lot of running around and in baseball, for instance, if you're the right fielder, you can be out there all game without anything coming to you and you get to hit once or twice.

But in soccer, you can run around and kids enjoy it.

And I think that's why the future looks good for soccer.

I was watching a game with Egypt.

OK, I haven't seen that.

I mean, that was like watching a Broadway.

That was like watching a Broadway play.

Right.

They were they were flopping around like fish.

Oh, whoa.

And screaming in pain.

And then he was up and there was a great meme.

I know you're not on social media, but there was a great meme this week about a woman who was in labor at 10 centimeters.

OK.

And how her drama is not quite as dramatic as the soccer players who flop around.

And, you know, it's all almost like wrestling on a pitch.

It's just bizarre.

Now, having having said that, I know that there's a market for it.

I don't think it will.

I just don't think it's ever supposed to happen here in the US of A. I really don't.

And maybe when all the dinosaurs are gone, it will happen.

But kids have been playing soccer for a while.

That's still only every four.

I remember the future.

The soccer was back in the late 60s, early 70s when Pele came here.

Yeah.

That was going to turn it around.

That's fifty five years.

Yeah.

Well, now a lot of the columns do say that, yeah, a lot of kids are playing soccer, but we don't create elite soccer players because all of a sudden becomes pay to play up to twenty to thirty thousand dollars a year.

So you lose a whole segment of your population, even if they are interested in soccer, because, well, we can't afford that.

So, so, so that's happening in kids sports to a. Oh, no, that's happening in basketball, hockey clubs.

Oh, yeah.

And then they travel.

No, it is.

It's literally football is the one that really does, although they play seven on seven and stuff like that all summer.

That costs money.

But football, you play at high school and you did all your games.

All your practices are right there.

So.

All right.

Well, I'm up in North County.

What used to be a Mars is moving, technically eliminating some jobs, not the planet Mars, but the ones that make the candy.

Eminem.

You can't do that.

The kind brand bought Mars.

They're closing the plant there.

But if you wanted to move to Utah, there is a job for you.

And I'm here to tell you, I look, if you are one of those people, I'm not saying abandon St.

Louis, but I am saying move to Utah.

We got to find a way to hang a band.

Yeah.

Wait a minute.

When I moved to Danville, I didn't abandon St.

Louis.

That was where my job was.

So if your job is there and you're young, don't turn it down.

Wendy, they should go.

They should be like covered wagon except with a car and a jet.

As long as they have Wi-Fi, like the covered wagon, like the Oregon Trail where they are.

Right.

Right.

I see what you're saying.

And, you know, it is it is part of being in the media that you at least it used to be where you start in small towns and work your way up.

You you know, you cut your teeth, you make your chops or whatever and you work your way in.

I don't think there's a lot of appetite for that today.

Like moving to Utah.

If there's if you work for if you work on how to shell and is that right?

Is that the that's where the that's where the was located.

Yeah.

If you work on how to shell in Hazelwood, then and you go out to Utah, that is showing some initiative and you are going to be recognized for that.

If you take a chance like that, that's very hard for people.

I don't I don't know how many of them will will do that.

But considering people don't want to come into their own office.

That's right.

That's right.

Most likely to go to Illinois from home.

But what I don't understand, I mean, we are centrally located and Utah isn't.

And they're building a two hundred and seventy some odd million dollar bakery.

I just you guys are beautiful.

I was sure I know.

It's so beautiful.

Yeah.

I mean, there are there are drawbacks, of course, like any state.

I guess you to my good man being stylish.

I'm here to promote Utah.

It is by far the prettiest state I have ever been to.

You have been there several times.

And again, if you are young, that's exactly the kind of place you'd want to go.

Right.

Salt Lake City.

You look out there.

Idaho is a growth area.

Boise, big city.

Salt Lake City is growth and Provo, which is all around there.

I mean, yeah, if you need a job and want a job, it's not like they're sending you, you know, to some.

Right.

You know, Equatorial Guinea or something, you know, where the life expectancy is 40 years old there.

It's a great state.

It's a gorgeous state.

And if you want a job, yeah, go.

But I also do agree that the notion of traveling for a job now is something that's almost alien.

And that's what I that's really what I'm saying is that we need people like us to stand on the shore and say Columbus, find, you know, we would if we were young.

We'd be packed up right now.

I know I seriously I will say this before we get out of here.

Utah has income tax.

Utah has sales tax.

Utah is not one of those no tax states.

So all that, you know, nobody's building and nobody's doing anything in a state that doesn't, you know, know that.

So, Utah, we salute you.

St.

Louis is the go to salute to Utah.

We salute you.

And we salute you for watching us tonight on Last Call.

We'll see you next week.