The Never Lacking Podcast

The road to combat sports and the life of a fighter is most often a rough one. For fighters it’s all they know, and while it’s a livelihood, there’s a price to pay. We’re fans who see it as entertainment, but for those who live it, it takes a certain type of individual to agree to step inside the ring or octagon. So why do they do it…??A LEVERAGE GAME MEDIA PODCASTKeep up with Fight Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightclub/?hl=en

Finally athletes can monetize on their personal brand and accomplishments. The NIL ruling means revenue can come to athletes before they officially hit the professional level. For years what was off limits and seen as corrupt now is viewed as a tremendous opportunity. First of all, what took so long...but now athletes must be educated and know their true worth.A LEVERAGE GAME PODCASTKeep up with Fight Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightclub/?hl=en

After the games stopped with the pandemic, bringing competition back was awkward to say the least. The risk involved for the athletes and the fans, as it seems we’ll have to live with precautions and mandates for a while, have us questioning if we’re doing it right. What is a fair request and what should we consider when watching and attending events?A LEVERAGE GAME PODCASTKeep up with Fight Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightclub/?hl=en

It’s as fundamental in sports as speed, agility and an athletic stance...trash talk. For some, it’s how they get hyped. By increasing the intensity, they can perform at a higher level. Still, there’s an understanding that some things are off limits and should remain unspoken. Or are they? Now with the launching pad of social media and viral moments, a beef can escalate far beyond the field of play.A LEVERAGE GAME PODCASTKeep up with Fight Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightclub/?hl=en

From team sports to individual sports, the owners, commissioners and management have unchecked levels of power over the athletes that define the sport. So is it fair? Of course they run the show, write the checks and bring it all together, but where is the line between bold leadership and excessive demands drawn? A LEVERAGE GAME PODCASTKeep up with Fight Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightclub/?hl=en

No matter your entry point, to pursue your dreams you have a path to follow. From the work ethic to realizing your talents, finding success in your given sport doesn’t happen without sacrifice, guidance and non-stop drive.Mike and Roy examine how the discovery leads to commitment and why the athletes we follow their every move, are destined to become the best in their fields of play.A LEVERAGE GAME PODCAST

Pro sports can’t exist without fans, but when they go far it’s a big problem. Of course athletes love and appreciate their fans, but there’s a line. Then there’s when opposing fans cross that line too. What’s fair? What’s in bounds? And what is absolutely, unquestionably out of bounds?Mike and Roy open things up to reveal where the line is and what happens when it gets crossed. We love our athletes for their talents and abilities. But what has created this dynamic to where we feel we can treat them without respect or regard? A LEVERAGE GAME PODCAST

Speaking to the perspective of both the hooper and the fighter. Mike and Roy boil things down to what we should understand as fans, how we focus on the wrong things and the misconceptions that get under an athletes' skin. From the outside we make assumptions, and the stereotypes cause the most friction...so let’s clear the air.A LEVERAGE GAME PODCAST

Making it sports means making big money. Right?? Just because you're cashing checks doesn't mean all is good. Mike and Roy examine how seven figures means a different world of responsibilities and expectations. It begins with what you think you'll get, then when it’s a reality, but also keeping on top of what you have.A LEVERAGE GAME PODCAST

From what we see in the octagon, on the court or field of play, we follow our athletes for how they success and fail. Mike and Roy take us on the other side of the camera lens and inside the mind of the athletes and what it feels like to be under the microscope. In the UFC fighters have to train for opponents, but how do they really think and feel? That's constantly on guard when the media is pressing you for answers. A wrong response is blood in the water.We wanted to expose the game within the game of how strategy starts and ends through public perception. It's one thing to be perceived as the hero and the villain, but that's part of the show. We love our heroes to say what they really feel and keep it a buck. And it's a love hate relationship at times. So now it's time to find out just how hot it is under the spotlight.A LEVERAGE GAME MEDIA PODCAST

There's so much that happens beyond the field of play. For all we think we know about the world of sports, we don't know what the athletes know about the world. Curious minds combine as Roy Hibbert and Mike Johnson exit the hardwood and the octagon respectively to share observations on the outside world. Journeying from the rigors of competition to the impact of social justice, they unearth how the big picture affects the sports world. The Never Lacking Podcast cuts no corners and holds nothing back once and for all. What's never lacking are the ideas, topics, experiences and events in our world of sports and the world around us that we’re going to explore. Never lacking on finding out what makes athletes stop and think. What makes them stop and ask questions. And what makes them who they are.