"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our experts chime in on the bombastic LaVar Ball, as well as scholarships in esports.
- Golden Knights Senior VP & Chief Sales Officer Jim Frevola
– HGTV is his personal black hole.
- ISC Account Dir of Partnership Marketing Carlos Padilla II
– Keeps up with pop culture through conversations with his younger sisters.
- Vegas Sports Information Network (VSiN) Exec Producer Rick Jaffe
– "Shameless" on Showtime is one of his guilty pleasures.
- GMR Marketing VP/Client Services Jeremy Gomez
– Gets everything he needs in life from Twitter and "Jeopardy."
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Should esports "athletes" get scholarships? |
Sum up LaVar Ball in three words |
Interest in Ice Cube's 3-on-3 league on 1-10 scale |
One athlete who made you star-struck in person |
Preferable Internet-based TV option |
Frevola |
Depends on their 40 time |
Good luck, Magic! |
Hold the ice, please |
One of the Molinari brothers (golf) |
DirecTV Now |
Padilla |
Yes. Athletics has to evolve |
Exasperating, yet effective |
6.5 |
Deion Sanders |
Amazon Prime TV |
Jaffe |
Why not? |
Offensive, obnoxious, ominous |
5 |
John Wooden. Incredibly sharp mind |
DirecTV Now |
Gomez |
Absolutely |
Unique, opportunistic, delusional |
Somewhere in between "Anaconda" and "Are We There Yet?" |
I once carried Gary Player's shoes for him. I didn't say no, so I guess that counts |
Sling, Netflix, HBO Now |
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