Seth Nelson is bringing it back! It's the Minnesota State Championship, May 3rd through 5th and Seth inspires us with his dedication. From healthy vending machines to landing sponsors, Seth and his team are doing this right! Enjoy FoosTalk Live episode 203.
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[00:02:24] We're going to be talking a lot about Foosball tonight and by the way when we talk about Foosball
[00:02:29] it's always good to have somebody else who wants to talk about Foosball.
[00:02:33] Of course that would be my good buddy Randy Raposo based out of Alabama.
[00:02:39] And how about yourself?
[00:02:40] What's some week of in like for you?
[00:02:42] Well just you know grind it, live in doing stuff, doing country stuff, Alabama stuff.
[00:02:51] Well actually next weekend I'm going to be going to my first not next week in the weekend
[00:02:59] after I'm going to be going to my first NASCAR race.
[00:03:02] NASCAR really?
[00:03:03] I'm excited about that.
[00:03:04] I'm looking forward to seeing some weird stuff.
[00:03:06] Yeah, so they say that it's not the race but it's the crowd that's there watching the
[00:03:11] races really just so.
[00:03:13] Yeah, so I'm going to be a Taladega.
[00:03:15] Actually the company I work for during the day my day job we work the race and were there
[00:03:23] propane supplier.
[00:03:24] So I'll be there Friday and Sunday and everybody tells me they're like during the day it's
[00:03:29] chill man, we're out of their 5.
[00:03:31] It's crazy after 5.
[00:03:33] Some like good I'll be gone before it gets crazy but they all say the same thing.
[00:03:37] They're like it's it is a site.
[00:03:41] Do you do bunny chance have infield passes?
[00:03:45] I have no dude, I have full access.
[00:03:48] I will be driving I will be driving a NASCAR before the weekends like I'm going to be
[00:03:57] well feral in Taladega.
[00:03:58] Yeah, if you're not first your last name Jimmy Bobby was that his name in the movie?
[00:04:04] Ricky Bobby Ricky Bobby.
[00:04:05] Yeah, she's something like that.
[00:04:07] Shaking, shaking big.
[00:04:08] Let's go.
[00:04:09] That's my plan.
[00:04:10] That's my plan.
[00:04:11] We'll see.
[00:04:12] Well, we're going to we're going to be actually to hear about your experiences.
[00:04:15] There's no doubt about that.
[00:04:16] I'll try to take some pictures for you.
[00:04:19] Nice.
[00:04:20] Okay.
[00:04:21] Well, hey, we should probably mention that this weekend is a very, very busy for foosball
[00:04:25] Oklahoma state.
[00:04:27] Ryan Moore, Brandon Munoz what a combination taken open doubles.
[00:04:31] What a surprise.
[00:04:32] Yeah, so Ryan one singles again.
[00:04:35] Uh huh.
[00:04:36] I mean, I think it's pretty safe to say that Ryan is the man and singles right now.
[00:04:42] Brandon and Ryan when doubles shout out to my boy Paul Rankin.
[00:04:46] So transplant from California who's now living in Alabama, who's just a certified stud.
[00:04:52] Certified stat.
[00:04:54] Yeah, playing for playing for King because Paul never practices man.
[00:04:57] He just shows up and takes third and open doubles with another pro player who who hasn't
[00:05:03] I mean the guy he played with this this this guy Franco Dupozo used to be around a lot
[00:05:08] and really, really solid pro player who just shows up wins pro singles.
[00:05:14] I think he's playing for King see pro doubles and takes third and open doubles.
[00:05:17] So shout out to those guys.
[00:05:19] Yeah.
[00:05:20] And then Brandon and Isabelle winning mixed.
[00:05:22] So there you go right now Brandon Brandon's Brandon and Isabelle date they might be
[00:05:27] the team to beat and mix and then Ryan's just yeah, Ryan's killing singles.
[00:05:31] Yeah, yeah.
[00:05:32] It's a lot of I guess you could say the usual suspects in that.
[00:05:37] Yeah.
[00:05:38] I mean, I think that's the best way to do it for sure.
[00:05:39] It's kind of it's frustrating that it's always the same freaking guys man.
[00:05:44] Well, you know, I mean it depends on who shows sometimes but you know I do get you.
[00:05:48] It doesn't matter.
[00:05:49] It doesn't matter.
[00:05:50] It doesn't matter if they're there.
[00:05:52] You know, it's like sometimes you know you get Jacob taking fourth and you get some
[00:05:57] outlifters like a well, Dewey and Shan and at the kickoff which is nice to see.
[00:06:02] I'm rooting for those guys, but it's like man, I just.
[00:06:06] I mean, if my man, if my man Tommy, you're was there.
[00:06:09] You know, things might have been a little different but that's the same.
[00:06:13] Disangling.
[00:06:14] Complacence thing.
[00:06:15] Sorry to me.
[00:06:16] Good.
[00:06:17] Good.
[00:06:18] But certainly, certainly great showing this weekend for Oklahoma State.
[00:06:21] Also, the Canadian Hall of Fame was happening this weekend in Ottawa and I'm not sure
[00:06:26] everybody knows about this, but it's called the events sports girl Hall of Fame warm up
[00:06:31] in LA and Los Angeles was happening this weekend.
[00:06:34] So that's a, that's a biggie actually when you think about Los Angeles hasn't really
[00:06:39] been on the radar for foosball a lot.
[00:06:41] They actually got a pretty decent scene.
[00:06:43] California is a big state.
[00:06:45] People forget how big it is, but from Sacramento all the way up to San Francisco, it's like
[00:06:49] I, I think it's like eight hours or 10 hours.
[00:06:52] It's a pretty good drive.
[00:06:53] But the Bay Area in San Francisco, great scene, a lot of studs.
[00:06:57] LA has some really good players in Sacramento, also ton of great players.
[00:07:02] So a lot of good foosball in California.
[00:07:04] Yeah, yeah.
[00:07:05] I mean, got people like Trevor Park and those guys.
[00:07:06] I mean, there's a lot on the West Coast.
[00:07:10] But yeah, that would have been cool to be flying the wall there, for sure.
[00:07:15] By the way, and I know this is kind of a source subject but I gotta say, the ITSF and
[00:07:21] Inside Foos made a huge splash today with their broadcast on Twitch TV.
[00:07:27] If you happen to be listening or watching, it was it was an hour long.
[00:07:32] They talked to Farid, Luna's and they also talked to Steve Murray all about the ITSF
[00:07:39] World Series of tornado coming up Memorial Day weekend in Dallas, Texas.
[00:07:44] Jim Stevens was there.
[00:07:45] Mark Torres was there guys.
[00:07:47] Great job.
[00:07:48] Good stuff.
[00:07:49] Yeah, we got a little bit more information about what's happening there when it comes to
[00:07:53] the big ITSF event.
[00:07:55] The first of its kind really in America.
[00:07:58] So nonetheless, I still want to go.
[00:08:01] I don't think I'm going to make it Tom.
[00:08:06] The wife and I we okay now.
[00:08:08] I think we're going to head east.
[00:08:09] I think we're going to head east for our vacation and actually so this week and coming
[00:08:14] up, I'm going to be in the Northeast visiting family.
[00:08:16] Yes.
[00:08:17] And then yeah, on the 17th when I get back, I got to see the shoulder doctor.
[00:08:23] My wife's shoulder.
[00:08:24] Oh, okay.
[00:08:25] So I think I think I got a tear in here.
[00:08:27] I'm going to have to have surgery but you know, 20 plus years of hockey man full contact.
[00:08:33] That'll do it.
[00:08:34] That'll do it.
[00:08:35] It's catching up with me now.
[00:08:36] Also, you know, life is just it's slowly passing me by.
[00:08:40] Yeah.
[00:08:41] Well, I'm looking forward to I'm looking forward to anesthesia.
[00:08:44] So good.
[00:08:46] It's nothing wrong with that right?
[00:08:48] You know, whatever you get you off.
[00:08:49] That's fine.
[00:08:50] That's cool.
[00:08:51] That's a good time.
[00:08:52] And of course it's all worth it for the sacrifice and I do have to mention one more
[00:08:57] thing next weekend.
[00:08:59] Yeah.
[00:09:00] It's a grudge match extraordinaire which is happening at Don Carlos in Fall River, Massachusetts.
[00:09:06] It's a B.Y.P.
[00:09:07] D.Y.P. combination tournament with everybody can come on in and enjoy the food and have
[00:09:11] a great time at Don Carlos.
[00:09:12] Right.
[00:09:13] Big event is our own Randy Raposo as he takes on Ricky or should we say, Richie?
[00:09:20] Well, this is the thing though Tom.
[00:09:23] This is the thing.
[00:09:24] So so I caught COVID.
[00:09:26] I caught COVID and I'm sick.
[00:09:29] I see.
[00:09:30] I see.
[00:09:31] Yeah.
[00:09:32] There's a chance this bum might bail which I which I knew was going to happen.
[00:09:36] Oh, come on.
[00:09:37] I knew it.
[00:09:38] Well, he's telling me you know, I've been having fever dreams about Foolsball.
[00:09:43] You know, I'm like, listen buddy.
[00:09:45] I said you got a week.
[00:09:47] I said, I'm not going to take a lot of it.
[00:09:51] I think you got a week.
[00:09:52] Don't don't do that.
[00:09:53] Don't back out because Richie Custon can't do this to us.
[00:09:56] You can't do this to us Richie.
[00:09:57] You just can't do that.
[00:09:58] Let's talk back it up, bro.
[00:10:00] So no.
[00:10:01] So but yeah, listen, if you're if you're if you're in the area next next weekend, come
[00:10:06] to Don Carlos on Saturday.
[00:10:07] Forever.
[00:10:08] He's going to be a good time.
[00:10:09] Well, remember, a D Y P D Y P B Y P.
[00:10:14] And anybody that wants to play on playing three out of five for a hundred.
[00:10:18] Okay.
[00:10:19] Well, you'll see at least one of us from five one eight Chuck Chuck do Lee is probably
[00:10:23] going to be there.
[00:10:24] So, yeah, yeah.
[00:10:25] Good old Chuck.
[00:10:26] Good old Chuck.
[00:10:27] Looking forward to it.
[00:10:28] So now to the nitty gritty, of course with I mean so many great tournaments coming up.
[00:10:33] The least of which is happening on the weekend of May 3rd through the fifth.
[00:10:38] It's the $10,000 Minnesota State Championships at De Blainebrook Brook Hall events center
[00:10:43] Blaine Minnesota.
[00:10:45] And of course we are so and so happy and so privileged to have the promoter of this this
[00:10:53] great tournament coming up in Minnesota.
[00:10:55] His name is Seth Nelson.
[00:10:56] Hello, Seth.
[00:10:57] Hey, guys.
[00:10:58] Hey guys.
[00:10:59] Thanks for having me on.
[00:11:01] Oh, you're welcome, man.
[00:11:02] It's always great to hear about another big tournament coming up now just a quick background
[00:11:09] on Minnesota State.
[00:11:11] How long has it been since there's been a tournament?
[00:11:13] Oh, and I guess it's been like 16, 17 years.
[00:11:18] Yeah, it's early 2000s.
[00:11:21] Yeah.
[00:11:22] No doubt.
[00:11:23] Wow, it's a long time.
[00:11:24] Why such a gap?
[00:11:26] Well, you know, I just think that the promoter that we had beforehand, he retired.
[00:11:32] Okay.
[00:11:33] And nobody ever really just seemed to pick it up after that.
[00:11:35] We still had club foosball.
[00:11:37] We still had people that were playing obviously, but we were all still traveling to other
[00:11:42] states, playing in all these other tournaments.
[00:11:44] So when I started playing again, I was like, and we should really put a put our heads together
[00:11:49] and bring something back here, guys.
[00:11:52] And so yeah, we were able to do that through our campaign.
[00:11:55] So we raised some money last year through some sponsors and we've been adding since.
[00:11:59] Very cool.
[00:12:00] Wow.
[00:12:01] Awesome.
[00:12:02] Yeah, this is exciting.
[00:12:04] Now when it comes to Minnesota state, back when it was still active, what was like the
[00:12:10] average turn out?
[00:12:11] Was it good sized usually?
[00:12:13] Well, I hadn't played in a ton of them.
[00:12:15] I only played in like, it was like the late 90s when I was just a kid out of college I
[00:12:19] played.
[00:12:20] But I would say they probably had 150 to 200 people.
[00:12:23] Oh, good.
[00:12:24] And then.
[00:12:25] Yeah.
[00:12:26] I think it was Nationals, oh, 506.
[00:12:30] That was in Minneapolis.
[00:12:32] That was the first Nationals Billy ever, Billy tripled at that.
[00:12:35] Now you won singles doubles and mixed.
[00:12:37] Oh, that was the first time he won a major title like Minnesota has a really rich, fuzball,
[00:12:44] history, great players.
[00:12:46] Absolutely.
[00:12:47] Come on, Minnesota.
[00:12:48] Yeah.
[00:12:49] When I first started, they were having Minnesota state was running and then they were
[00:12:53] running a major through their Nationals.
[00:12:55] Yeah, the US open I think it was.
[00:12:57] The US open.
[00:12:58] Yeah, they were running up.
[00:12:59] I mean, that part of the country was, I mean, there were so many great players coming
[00:13:04] out of there at that time.
[00:13:05] And then like you said, whoever was running it just kind of stopped and everything just
[00:13:09] kind of came to a halt.
[00:13:10] That's what happens when people, yeah, absolutely.
[00:13:13] But when you're inside with the weather here sometimes you're inside seven months out
[00:13:19] of the year.
[00:13:20] Yeah, but pretty good at fuzball.
[00:13:21] Yeah.
[00:13:22] I mean, and you guys like, you know, you got kids like Jacob now right?
[00:13:28] Jacob's a Minnesota.
[00:13:29] He's a Minnesota kid, right?
[00:13:30] Oh, yeah.
[00:13:31] Yeah.
[00:13:32] Yeah.
[00:13:33] Yeah.
[00:13:34] I get to play with him in his family quite a bit.
[00:13:36] So you guys are producing one of the absolute best players in the country right now.
[00:13:40] So in order to be producing that type of player, you have to have high quality players in
[00:13:45] Minnesota.
[00:13:46] So, you know, that's, I mean, that's exciting to.
[00:13:50] So if you could just talk about, because you said you've been campaigning raising money
[00:13:55] for a year.
[00:13:57] How much is actually, because I don't think like listeners or even a lot of fuzball players
[00:14:01] really know how much goes into creating a state event.
[00:14:04] Could you kind of walk us through like the beginning stages, the talking what it took
[00:14:09] and then building and going to now actually having it come to fruition?
[00:14:14] Yeah.
[00:14:15] Well, it's a lot working with your local clubs.
[00:14:17] I mean, we've got fuzball players in the iron range Duluth all the way to Mancato, St.
[00:14:24] Cloud.
[00:14:25] We've got people that are in Fargo area, which is kind of a sister to us with all the
[00:14:30] decodas and the players in South Dakota as well.
[00:14:34] But yeah, raising money was, as always, the hardest part, right?
[00:14:38] Yeah.
[00:14:39] I mean, who's going to want to give money to some guy that hasn't played fuzball in 20
[00:14:43] years?
[00:14:44] Yeah.
[00:14:45] I mean, it's not my case, right?
[00:14:47] So I had to earn trust and I had to earn respect of a lot of the local people here to do so.
[00:14:53] But yeah, I mean, it takes an army almost.
[00:14:59] But it only takes really one person to get the thought started.
[00:15:02] So, you know, I was in a good position to do that.
[00:15:05] And so I decided that was something I was going to do to help everybody here.
[00:15:10] And people aren't going to come to Minnesota to play South Nelson fuzball.
[00:15:14] They're going to come here to play Jacob Belkos.
[00:15:15] And they're going to come here to play the pro players.
[00:15:17] And Eric and I and my most family.
[00:15:20] Absolutely.
[00:15:21] Shout out to Eric.
[00:15:22] I know, I know Eric's listening.
[00:15:23] Shout out to Eric Belkos.
[00:15:24] It's a buddy.
[00:15:25] Yeah, yeah, E.B.
[00:15:26] Yeah, we call him E.V.
[00:15:27] Yeah.
[00:15:28] But yeah, so by finding some small sponsors to start, that gave us a little bit of a pocket
[00:15:34] book, right?
[00:15:35] So we were able to find a location that was willing to work with us and not, you know,
[00:15:40] go just.
[00:15:41] I've run like, well, you should get the room for free.
[00:15:43] Well, you know, we don't have legs to stand on.
[00:15:46] So I don't, I can't go into a hotel and be like, well, we want this for free.
[00:15:49] We're going to have this many people.
[00:15:50] Yeah.
[00:15:51] Right.
[00:15:52] But we were able to find a place that was, it's a bowling alley.
[00:15:54] Okay.
[00:15:55] Like Illinois State, if you've ever been there, you have a bowling alley and they have
[00:15:58] like an event room.
[00:16:00] This is kind of similar to that where we can, the hotels are just a mile up the road
[00:16:05] not very far.
[00:16:08] So that was great to have Blainebrook work with us on a really fair price.
[00:16:11] Very cool.
[00:16:12] And then just getting sponsors to, to, especially whether it's an event that they're
[00:16:17] going to have some of the things we did to get creative was, you know, if you put $500
[00:16:23] up, you get your sponsorship fee, which includes gets your business logo on the table.
[00:16:28] You get it on the t-shirts and then you also, yeah, so we have to kind of package it,
[00:16:34] right?
[00:16:35] It's a player friendly week, right?
[00:16:38] I mean the people that play, other ones that pay.
[00:16:41] So we don't have big sponsors and foosball as you guys know.
[00:16:45] But I just finding those, those few sponsors to start us off and we have inkwell tattoos.
[00:16:50] You know, he's a guy in Hibbing that cool that we've known and he plays and he owns a tattoo
[00:16:56] power or any, he wants to give us money.
[00:16:58] So Andy was a big part of that.
[00:17:00] And then my wife's company in Minneapolis here they do a lot of printing and they're
[00:17:05] doing some things where they can be a fulfillment center for some of the merchandise and things
[00:17:09] we're looking for designing a logo, you know, finding somebody that loves foosball.
[00:17:14] I love your logo by the way.
[00:17:16] I love you that love and do a logo.
[00:17:17] Love your logo.
[00:17:18] It's really cool.
[00:17:19] It looks, it has a, yeah, it has kind of like a Native American sort of vibe to it.
[00:17:25] Is that is that intentional?
[00:17:26] Yeah, that was the idea was a, was a totem pole.
[00:17:28] Yeah.
[00:17:29] We experimented with a lot of different designs but kind of like this one, it plays
[00:17:33] well on t-shirts and things like that we want to do.
[00:17:36] The original thought was a very technical totem pole, right?
[00:17:40] Very artistic intricate pieces of foosball that we can put in the totem pole.
[00:17:45] In the end, it didn't really show well on merchandise and things.
[00:17:49] So we made some changes and I'm actually glad we did.
[00:17:52] I think it looks great.
[00:17:53] Simple is always better.
[00:17:54] Oh sure.
[00:17:55] Simple.
[00:17:56] Simple is nice.
[00:17:57] Something we can associate it's clean.
[00:17:59] It shows up on the flyer beautifully.
[00:18:02] And yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed about it was that logo.
[00:18:07] Kudos.
[00:18:08] Appreciate it guys.
[00:18:09] Yeah, yeah.
[00:18:10] That was done by a really good friend of mine, Eric Berkies out of Tampa Bay.
[00:18:13] He's a logo guy.
[00:18:14] He does a lot of work.
[00:18:15] Yeah, okay.
[00:18:16] Shout out to the logo guy.
[00:18:18] This is, this is the way it makes it, you make it happen that way.
[00:18:22] Incidentally, you know, you talk about sponsorships.
[00:18:26] It seems you and the folks from Wisconsin state really have this thing down.
[00:18:31] You really got an idea is to okay, we're going to sponsor each table.
[00:18:34] We're going to put logos out there.
[00:18:36] Is that a tough sell?
[00:18:38] No, not really.
[00:18:41] You know, people that have a connection to Fuzball, I was surprised how many people found
[00:18:45] me and wanted to help support what we're doing.
[00:18:49] Even in our final stages here, a month out, right?
[00:18:51] We still need some money.
[00:18:53] We put forward for tables to put forward for merchandise.
[00:18:56] So we've had some other people step up and we've honored them with a free package play
[00:19:00] that you can have any type of an event that you do if you can put money up.
[00:19:06] So we've gotten really creative with that throughout throughout the whole year.
[00:19:10] No, and Wisconsin has been growing exponentially.
[00:19:15] Yeah.
[00:19:16] What Michael's all been doing to Michigan has been growing every year and I feel like
[00:19:20] you guys are all right there in that part of the country and Fuzball is just continuing
[00:19:26] to grow.
[00:19:27] And I think that the model you're building could, if some people would be willing to jump
[00:19:34] on board and maybe do a little work, could grow nationally with the tour because we've
[00:19:38] been talking for years.
[00:19:39] I mean, it's been the main, I guess, kind of sore spot for Fuzball is why don't we have
[00:19:44] sponsors, right?
[00:19:45] Because everybody wants to go get Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Bud Light.
[00:19:51] You know, like, why don't we just get, you know, like grassroots sponsors who are willing
[00:19:55] to, you know, fund Fuzball at the grass level and make it happen and help grow and then
[00:20:02] go from there.
[00:20:03] So I think what you guys are doing are great.
[00:20:04] I've heard nothing but good stuff.
[00:20:07] Like Minnesota is going to be well supported from what I hear.
[00:20:11] Yes.
[00:20:12] I certainly hope so.
[00:20:13] And we did a really good response.
[00:20:14] We had early registration start last week and I saw that there's already like, I think
[00:20:18] 44 people.
[00:20:19] Oh nice.
[00:20:20] I just heard it in the first few days.
[00:20:21] So yeah, that's great.
[00:20:23] And it's like why reinvent the wheel?
[00:20:24] Right?
[00:20:25] Wisconsin has done a really good job and so is Michigan year after year after year.
[00:20:29] I just kind of took what they did and put it into a model that will work here and self-decoded
[00:20:35] does the same thing.
[00:20:37] And they were able to help us in getting them.
[00:20:40] We hired them to him ever at Karma Burfield, really good people.
[00:20:44] Yeah.
[00:20:45] Karma has helped out in Wisconsin as well.
[00:20:47] She was super happy that we're bringing something here back to Minnesota and she was all on
[00:20:52] board and Brett Newian, Michael Stahl.
[00:20:55] I took a lot of advice from a lot of them and I've modeled a lot of things they did.
[00:20:59] So could we?
[00:21:00] That's just smart.
[00:21:02] Like you said, why invent the wheel?
[00:21:03] Yeah.
[00:21:04] Why do you more work?
[00:21:05] Right?
[00:21:06] And Drift or Radio is chiming in on the chat here.
[00:21:10] Drift or Radio says just need a sponsorship blueprint and then just make it simple.
[00:21:14] Right?
[00:21:15] Make it simple.
[00:21:16] Give them a couple cookie cutter options.
[00:21:18] This is what we need.
[00:21:19] This is what we're looking for here so you can help.
[00:21:21] This is great.
[00:21:22] And I think you're right.
[00:21:24] Nike, I don't know, monster drinks, things like this.
[00:21:28] I mean, sure, that would be nice but it's still, this is not where it's grown.
[00:21:34] Oh, grass roots is where it's like foos gadgets.
[00:21:37] Big spots are there in Michigan.
[00:21:38] I mean, that's like foosball related, right?
[00:21:41] That's more of stuff like that we need.
[00:21:44] And I was telling Tom, too before we started that, you know, I own a vending machine business
[00:21:50] and I thought, well, how can I integrate this into foosball?
[00:21:54] And you know, we all sit in this room for three days, right?
[00:21:56] Or four days playing foosball.
[00:21:58] And there are food options but, and there's not usually a snack machine there.
[00:22:03] So I have an opportunity where I negotiated to have the snack machine in the room because
[00:22:08] I am a sponsor and I am putting up.
[00:22:10] Come on, dude.
[00:22:11] Like I really want to snickers right now.
[00:22:13] Like I want to snickers and I can't get one.
[00:22:16] Wait, wait, wait, wait.
[00:22:17] No, but a second.
[00:22:18] Tell him what kind of vending though that you have though.
[00:22:21] I mean, you're not quite as snitchy or something.
[00:22:24] It's not.
[00:22:25] Yeah, my business is healthier for you, Minneapolis.
[00:22:29] So I do cater to some locations with students primarily.
[00:22:34] You know, they have special diet needs.
[00:22:36] They can't have nuts.
[00:22:37] I have a nut free machine.
[00:22:38] Yeah, got gluten free options and a lot of them.
[00:22:41] And no, I do still put junk food in there guys.
[00:22:44] Do not get me wrong.
[00:22:45] We're going to have nut goodies because the return of the nut goodie was a big tournament
[00:22:48] in the 80s and Minneapolis.
[00:22:50] Yeah.
[00:22:51] Nice.
[00:22:52] So I'm like, hey man, let's load up the nut goodies and put some little flyers out to
[00:22:55] remember the old days, right?
[00:22:56] Especially for the guys that that that thrived in that stuff back in the 80s.
[00:23:00] Yeah, for sure.
[00:23:01] Yeah, yeah, cool.
[00:23:02] No, it's it's so you know, the vibe of a tournament.
[00:23:07] Now think about this.
[00:23:08] You know, I don't know how many tournaments you've gone to in your in your
[00:23:11] careers as a foosball player.
[00:23:13] But what was the biggest, the biggest moment that you discovered?
[00:23:17] Let's say a tournament and said, hey, this was so much fun.
[00:23:20] I mean, does that come to mind immediately?
[00:23:23] What, what, where was that?
[00:23:25] Yeah, it was kind of when I, yeah, it was when I got to play with Jacob Belko
[00:23:28] spec when he was 13.
[00:23:29] He had his first tournament.
[00:23:30] 13th Wisconsin 2021.
[00:23:32] Yeah.
[00:23:34] I, you know, I had always been a good foosball player, but I never had played in a lot of tournaments
[00:23:39] and Jacob was looking to want to play in tournaments.
[00:23:42] So yeah, him and his dad asked, hey, you know, would you want to play with my kid?
[00:23:47] And then at his first tournament in Wisconsin, hell yeah, man.
[00:23:52] And that was his breakout.
[00:23:53] So nice.
[00:23:54] Good to see a player like that.
[00:23:55] And yeah, a lot of fun.
[00:23:57] So that tournament and just seeing where, where Brett had taken that tournament from the last
[00:24:03] time I had been to a tournament in Wisconsin was, was like 99, I think.
[00:24:08] So it was a long, long time.
[00:24:11] But yeah, definitely Wisconsin 2021 was, was, was the jet fuel.
[00:24:16] Yeah.
[00:24:17] The jet fuel.
[00:24:18] I like that.
[00:24:19] The jet fuel.
[00:24:20] That's power of this machine we call foosball.
[00:24:22] Yeah.
[00:24:23] So, so I know Tom's going to ask you the question, but I'm just curious.
[00:24:26] Like, so when, when did you start?
[00:24:28] How long did you play and then how long is your, like, how long was your break before
[00:24:31] you got back into it?
[00:24:32] Yeah.
[00:24:33] It was 20 years.
[00:24:34] I'm 47 now.
[00:24:35] You took one year break.
[00:24:36] Wow.
[00:24:37] Yeah, I played in college.
[00:24:39] That's where I learned, you know, my, my grandma had a Deutsch Meister when I was really young
[00:24:44] and I just, that was like, oh, that's what a foosball table is.
[00:24:46] Cool.
[00:24:47] Was that the first table you ever saw?
[00:24:49] Yeah.
[00:24:50] Okay.
[00:24:51] There you go.
[00:24:52] Yeah.
[00:24:53] No, no, I asked to start some place, right?
[00:24:55] Yeah, it started.
[00:24:56] Yeah, they all spring loaded rods there.
[00:24:58] They were fun.
[00:24:59] The docks much.
[00:25:00] Yeah.
[00:25:01] I mean, I think that's the first time I've ever seen a football table in college where it
[00:25:02] really took off and I remember like there was a group of us that went to Wisconsin and
[00:25:05] we're like, hey, we're pretty good at foosball.
[00:25:08] You know, we've been playing in college and then get there, you know, the typical right
[00:25:12] two-foot college kids.
[00:25:13] Got it.
[00:25:14] Oh, that's how you play foosball.
[00:25:17] Oh, yeah.
[00:25:18] Okay.
[00:25:19] I'll learn how to do that.
[00:25:20] Yeah.
[00:25:21] I love the expression on people's faces, you know, when they walk past and they see someone
[00:25:25] playing like, I don't know.
[00:25:27] I always use the example of Sammy Dejon because at times, you know, in the past when he was
[00:25:31] first playing, he was standing on a box, you know?
[00:25:34] His hands are just big enough to fit around the rods and see somebody walk past and see
[00:25:39] this kid just wailing on the adults and they're kind of like, oh, oh, I used to play this
[00:25:46] game.
[00:25:47] No thanks.
[00:25:48] I'll see you again, you know.
[00:25:49] I'm using on this side of it now though.
[00:25:51] Like you're not on the other side of it.
[00:25:53] You're the one that, oh people are like, oh, that's nice.
[00:25:55] Yeah.
[00:25:56] I used to be really good at this.
[00:25:58] Like, I think I was like the best at it.
[00:26:00] Yeah.
[00:26:01] Like in college.
[00:26:02] I was like, I was like the best in the world.
[00:26:04] Uh-huh.
[00:26:05] Yeah.
[00:26:06] Right.
[00:26:07] I heard that before.
[00:26:08] Oh, so fun.
[00:26:09] No idea.
[00:26:10] No idea.
[00:26:11] I love it.
[00:26:12] I just think and love it.
[00:26:13] So when you started playing, you know, back back in the 90s, like there were, I mean,
[00:26:18] there were a lot of big name players in Minnesota's like who are guys you chased who
[00:26:23] were influential players that you kind of followed around and learned from.
[00:26:26] Well, it really wasn't really any professional players that I knew at the time because I was
[00:26:30] so young as a college kid.
[00:26:33] But you know, the names that we know like furry and whiz well those were the names that
[00:26:36] were in Minnesota foosball.
[00:26:39] And still still a great story with a sad ending, but still, I mean, it's just unbelievable
[00:26:46] how these kids on the orange could just take the world like that.
[00:26:50] Right.
[00:26:51] It was really a cool story.
[00:26:52] Yeah.
[00:26:53] I've furry and whiz well.
[00:26:54] I mean, you think about the crash that took place with tournament soccer in 1981, I believe
[00:27:00] it was and how things came to a sudden screeching halt.
[00:27:05] And a lot of that was revolving around that part of the country.
[00:27:08] You think about it?
[00:27:10] Wow.
[00:27:11] Traumatic to say the least.
[00:27:13] Yeah.
[00:27:14] Really?
[00:27:15] Now have you made friends with people from that era at all?
[00:27:18] Well, yeah.
[00:27:19] I mean, there's a lot of guys that are pros today that are still hanging around.
[00:27:23] You know, you got Doug Rangel and Mike Brazil, guys like that.
[00:27:26] Oh yeah.
[00:27:27] Really?
[00:27:28] They don't local pros that have taken a liking to not only what I'm doing, but what we're
[00:27:32] building here as far as on our weekly draws that we do and getting those guys more involved.
[00:27:38] Yeah.
[00:27:39] I mean, you know, Eric Velco's now I've become really good friends with Eric too.
[00:27:44] Yes.
[00:27:45] You know, the ball of people that I've played football with that guy never gets tired
[00:27:49] of playing football.
[00:27:50] So we did.
[00:27:51] We have to point out like, okay, it's time for bad guys.
[00:27:55] Yeah.
[00:27:56] It's good to have people like that for sure.
[00:27:59] Yeah.
[00:28:00] Now, Dave, they've got Mason's Minnesota guy, right?
[00:28:03] Yeah, go Mason.
[00:28:04] He doesn't come out much to play, but I know he's been involved with, I talked to him
[00:28:08] because I would love to have him be involved with our tournament and help with the pro
[00:28:12] clinic things like that.
[00:28:14] So we're going to hope to get to give him there as well.
[00:28:17] And then I think Steve Moes was Steve Moes a Minnesota guy.
[00:28:22] Think he was, yeah, but I don't know Steve.
[00:28:24] You know, Steve, yeah, he kind of fell off the face of the earth and like the mid 2000s.
[00:28:28] I don't know what happened to that guy, but he used to be good.
[00:28:31] He had a great five.
[00:28:34] But yeah, I mean, I think I think Johnny Horton lived in Minnesota for a while.
[00:28:38] That sounds right.
[00:28:39] Yeah.
[00:28:40] Yeah.
[00:28:41] Minnesota, you guys, you guys had some real studs up there.
[00:28:45] And you know, I always wanted like that nationals that Billy tripled that I wanted to go so
[00:28:50] bad and I couldn't make it.
[00:28:52] That just that whole region, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, like I want to
[00:28:59] hit, they're all on my bucket list.
[00:29:00] I want to hit them all but love to have you guys, man.
[00:29:03] Love it.
[00:29:04] Love it.
[00:29:05] Just work and life and just everything.
[00:29:07] You know, it's if only we could find a major sponsor and you know, and oh man, I could
[00:29:14] make money playing Fuzball.
[00:29:16] No, no, no.
[00:29:19] The love of the game is what drives players.
[00:29:21] That's what people don't understand like where were Fuzball players subsidizing Fuzball
[00:29:25] for other players?
[00:29:26] So it's like a tournament like this when you can get when you can get grassroots sponsors.
[00:29:31] It's worth it just I mean, like I said, Michigan, I had buddies from Massachusetts that drove
[00:29:36] to Michigan State and they told me it was one of the best tournaments that I've ever
[00:29:40] been to.
[00:29:41] I've had I've had other people tell me they've gone to Wisconsin and they're like, dude,
[00:29:45] I love it.
[00:29:46] You got to go and you know, again, if that's what you're modeling your tournament after,
[00:29:51] it can only be, you know, it's only going to be a good tournament.
[00:29:54] That's all I can imagine so.
[00:29:55] Absolutely.
[00:29:56] And if I can, I was going to tell you guys, you know, Shell's brewery is a brewery in
[00:30:01] New Orleans, Minnesota and we had an event there this weekend.
[00:30:05] Thanks to Josh Sarpy, a guy like him who works so hard in promoting as well.
[00:30:10] Okay.
[00:30:11] So we have an opportunity, get an opportunity to have a small tournament.
[00:30:15] We had eight tables this weekend at Shell's brewery.
[00:30:18] Awesome venue man.
[00:30:19] I mean, really cool old school German brewery in New Orleans, Minnesota.
[00:30:24] It's closer to Mancato, so it's more south west of Minneapolis, but a large amount of
[00:30:29] people from our clubs came down there.
[00:30:31] I think we had 44 players last night in the draw.
[00:30:34] 44.
[00:30:35] That was really good showing for the brewery.
[00:30:39] And so we're looking at Shell's now, Shell's put up money for our tournament too originally.
[00:30:44] And so looking down the road and some of the things that we can do with Shell's, I'm hoping
[00:30:49] for good things guys because if we can get a good brewery to do a sponsor like that,
[00:30:54] what's stopping another brewery from doing it?
[00:30:56] And why not have a battle of the breweries?
[00:30:58] There you go.
[00:30:59] A team brewery.
[00:31:00] Oh, these are, you know, these aren't breweries and things like that.
[00:31:03] They sponsor bowling teams, dart leagues, things like that.
[00:31:06] We're not far off of that.
[00:31:08] So yeah, you should be welcome to do that.
[00:31:12] Yeah.
[00:31:13] So you keep talking about clubs.
[00:31:17] Can you kind of give us some insight on like your clubs and what, how many clubs you guys
[00:31:22] have?
[00:31:23] Yeah, good question.
[00:31:24] Yeah.
[00:31:25] We've got, well, we'll start up in Northern Minnesota.
[00:31:27] So we've got the Iron Range player, players up there, Iron Range Fools ball.
[00:31:32] So that's everything from Hibbing to Virginia, the northern most part of Minnesota.
[00:31:38] And they're a great club.
[00:31:39] They travel well as far as they have to travel.
[00:31:42] I mean, they're going to have to travel the farthest than anyone.
[00:31:46] Duluth has another good club.
[00:31:48] They do tournaments every year.
[00:31:50] The Iron Range though, they're having their Iron Cup so up there.
[00:31:53] The Iron Cup.
[00:31:54] Cool.
[00:31:55] Yeah, that's, that's, you know, that is the Iron Range.
[00:31:58] That's what they're in order for.
[00:31:59] So the, the Iron Cup is their Fools ball tournament that they do in April.
[00:32:02] So that would be a warm up to our tournament this year.
[00:32:05] It would be the weekend before during the, um, the Iron Cup.
[00:32:08] I'm curious.
[00:32:09] Are they going to be wearing Viking helmets?
[00:32:11] And you know what?
[00:32:12] Don't rule it out.
[00:32:13] Yeah.
[00:32:14] You can get pretty wild up there.
[00:32:16] Oh, you got snow on the ground sometimes up there at the late April.
[00:32:19] So yeah.
[00:32:21] It's an L. I should mention that, uh, here in upstate New York, one of our past
[00:32:25] times is watching snow melt to say it better than watching paint dry, right?
[00:32:31] I don't know.
[00:32:32] It's like, um, yeah, what do I have?
[00:32:36] And then we play football.
[00:32:38] Then we play Fools ball.
[00:32:39] Yeah.
[00:32:39] So, but yeah.
[00:32:41] So then we have the Twin ports, uh, Fools ball club out of Duluth and Superior.
[00:32:46] So they have a big, uh, a big part of our tournament as well.
[00:32:49] And then Minneapolis is really mostly Minnesota Fools ball.
[00:32:52] We've got a Fools ball site, um, uh, Minnesota Fools ball on Facebook
[00:32:57] and so to Foolsball.com.
[00:32:58] Mm hmm.
[00:32:59] So that's kind of our hub.
[00:33:00] That's where most of the players are.
[00:33:02] And then even St. Cloud, you go out west to here.
[00:33:05] We've got Central Fools ball club, central Minnesota Fools ball club.
[00:33:10] Then Mancato.
[00:33:11] So Mancato is just a bit south of Minneapolis about an hour and a half and
[00:33:17] they've got their clubs.
[00:33:18] So that was kind of the part that we had to organize, right?
[00:33:21] Let's bring these clubs together rather than, you know, it's good to have
[00:33:25] all our little independent tournaments in these cities.
[00:33:27] But this is an opportunity for us to bring all these clubs together and showcase
[00:33:32] our talents and invite the best in the world to come play with us.
[00:33:35] Wow.
[00:33:36] This is this.
[00:33:36] I don't know about you.
[00:33:38] I, this sounds like the makings of the model that we've been waiting for when
[00:33:42] it comes to league foosball leagues, leagues in different towns.
[00:33:46] And of course, you know, once you've built your team, you got your, you got
[00:33:49] your logo.
[00:33:50] You got your T shirt on.
[00:33:51] You go and you go ahead to head with the other league, you know, teams,
[00:33:55] other clubs, yeah, the other clubs and man, then Venice like, okay, now we've
[00:34:00] done this within the state.
[00:34:01] Now let's go against other states.
[00:34:03] Other states, yeah.
[00:34:05] To say it.
[00:34:06] I always thought of a really cool event.
[00:34:08] And down the road, this is something I would like to do like on a world cup
[00:34:11] here.
[00:34:12] And maybe you guys have seen, I think there's been tournaments like this.
[00:34:16] But you have a team event within the event within the tournament.
[00:34:19] So it's not another event.
[00:34:21] But if you have a team that has a beginner woman, uh, uh, you got your
[00:34:28] rookie, you got your expert in your amateur and your pro, right?
[00:34:30] You got a team of like six people wherever those people finish in their
[00:34:34] independent rankings and their divisions,
[00:34:36] they have a cumulative score and we have a team event around that.
[00:34:39] So you don't have to add another event, right?
[00:34:41] Just play your events and then it's a, it's like a team action.
[00:34:44] So basically, basically which state wins the tournament based on where they
[00:34:49] finish in their individual events?
[00:34:52] Yeah.
[00:34:52] Love that.
[00:34:53] And it's all cumulative over each rank.
[00:34:55] It's something I like it.
[00:34:56] Something I want to look into more.
[00:34:58] We're not doing it obviously this year with bare bones, but
[00:35:01] I do have some different events at our tournament that I'd love to talk about.
[00:35:05] I like to really get more people involved.
[00:35:07] You know, the senior event was one of the events because we have a really big
[00:35:12] environment of old people that play foosball, right?
[00:35:15] And so what I'm doing with that.
[00:35:16] So we have to have an event for them, right?
[00:35:20] That's drink your jar.
[00:35:21] I told you.
[00:35:23] Just cut it out.
[00:35:27] Got it right here.
[00:35:29] There you go.
[00:35:30] Yeah.
[00:35:33] Quit playing 47.
[00:35:34] You look like a 27.
[00:35:36] Not gonna.
[00:35:36] Thanks man.
[00:35:37] I appreciate it.
[00:35:38] I'm just sure my beard was greater than my man.
[00:35:42] That's why I'm actually 27.
[00:35:44] Yes.
[00:35:44] I've just lived the rough life.
[00:35:47] But no, look that that that state thing is a really good idea.
[00:35:51] Man, I like it.
[00:35:53] Yeah.
[00:35:54] That's pretty good.
[00:35:55] I really like that.
[00:35:57] It'd be cool.
[00:35:58] If all you had your own state tournament where you could implicate that and see how it goes.
[00:36:02] Oh, right.
[00:36:03] Right.
[00:36:04] What may be
[00:36:06] maybe.
[00:36:07] Yeah.
[00:36:08] No, it's a I still remember the New York state cup back in the day when we're still doing the state's
[00:36:13] the state championship and man that was a blast because everybody got into it.
[00:36:17] There was yelling and screaming and you know basically just just may have when the the the
[00:36:22] cup competition was going on.
[00:36:24] Yeah.
[00:36:25] Between the different cities and stuff.
[00:36:27] You know, it's just just a blast.
[00:36:29] Yeah, I stole the cup.
[00:36:30] Adam Emmons and I stole the cup.
[00:36:32] You're the one.
[00:36:33] You stole.
[00:36:33] Yeah, you wouldn't.
[00:36:34] Yeah, you wouldn't let us play because we had stand pull out the honor team and he was from
[00:36:38] Hampshire, Vermont or whatever.
[00:36:39] So it was I remember was Ron Olson complaint big Ron Olson complaint.
[00:36:44] I don't run.
[00:36:44] Yep.
[00:36:45] Yeah.
[00:36:45] It was Bruce Welton Adam Emmons myself and then we had stand pull out skiner team and he
[00:36:49] complained so they wouldn't let us play because Ron complained freaking Ron.
[00:36:53] Wow.
[00:36:53] Adam and Adam and I got mad and we snatched the cup off the desk and ran to our room and hit it in
[00:36:58] our room.
[00:37:00] I remember New York state 2015.
[00:37:02] 2015.
[00:37:04] Yeah.
[00:37:04] That's a good tournament.
[00:37:05] Yeah.
[00:37:08] This is this is, well, this is the stuff we have to put up with when it comes to these dudes
[00:37:13] from Massachusetts.
[00:37:15] When you want to know, you know, I mean, listen, it is what it is.
[00:37:19] Why that's why to keep a lawyer on retainer?
[00:37:21] Okay.
[00:37:21] Yep.
[00:37:22] By the way, when we steal your stuff in Minnesota, it's like, oh, so sorry.
[00:37:26] We're going to have back.
[00:37:26] Oh, it's called Minnesota.
[00:37:30] Nice.
[00:37:31] That's what that is.
[00:37:32] Right.
[00:37:32] So I took that nice concept, Tom.
[00:37:35] So we're having two events around the Minnesota nice concept.
[00:37:39] So Minnesota nice dyp will be one of the events.
[00:37:42] Wait, that's a real thing.
[00:37:43] It's a real thing.
[00:37:44] Yeah.
[00:37:44] So you have to be nice.
[00:37:45] You have to compliment people's shots.
[00:37:46] There's no being an asshole.
[00:37:48] So nice.
[00:37:52] Okay.
[00:37:54] Come on.
[00:37:55] That's dyp.
[00:37:56] Yeah.
[00:37:56] Minnesota nice dyp.
[00:37:58] And then we are going to experiment with a program.
[00:38:01] Minnesota nice program.
[00:38:03] So we'll have team event there because I think that's another connection that we need to make.
[00:38:08] Is the connection between beginners and masters because you gotta look at it this way too.
[00:38:13] When a beginner goes to a tournament, they want to draw a master.
[00:38:16] All the master goes to a tournament.
[00:38:18] They don't want to draw a beginner.
[00:38:19] So we have to we have to mend that together and have an a program event where they're forced to team up.
[00:38:26] We'll be, um, we'll be a really fun event.
[00:38:29] Yeah.
[00:38:30] I'm a fan of I'm a fan of programs true programs.
[00:38:32] Yeah.
[00:38:33] I'm a fan of programs.
[00:38:34] I am.
[00:38:34] Yeah.
[00:38:35] We got added money too.
[00:38:36] We have another sponsor new fab welding out of Minneapolis.
[00:38:39] That's stepped up on our players works there.
[00:38:42] So we got $500 added there to the program.
[00:38:45] The program.
[00:38:46] Oh, come on man.
[00:38:47] That's that's incentive.
[00:38:48] Let's go masters and pros get your partner now.
[00:38:50] Hey, don't forget to be don't forget to be nice.
[00:38:53] Yeah.
[00:38:53] That's right.
[00:38:54] You better.
[00:38:54] That's a chunk of change.
[00:38:56] Um, no, I noticed in your flyer says $10,000 tournament.
[00:38:59] But there's also I know notice also elsewhere.
[00:39:02] It said $10,500 because of that.
[00:39:04] Yeah, I just changed that when we had that added money to that event.
[00:39:07] So okay.
[00:39:08] Okay.
[00:39:08] Number could go up yet this next month.
[00:39:10] I know Wisconsin did a really good job continuing that last month of their push to the tournament.
[00:39:17] They added more sponsors to more events.
[00:39:18] They had a women's sponsored event with added money.
[00:39:21] Cool.
[00:39:22] So that's something that we would love to do.
[00:39:23] It's a great opportunity for a woman's business.
[00:39:25] Mm hmm.
[00:39:26] Why not give money to the to the woman's field?
[00:39:28] That would be another additive that we could do.
[00:39:31] Um, yeah.
[00:39:32] Any events I have another realtor I talked with today.
[00:39:35] That's a player that wants to throw added money into one of the events.
[00:39:39] So I'm going to try to get that round up here.
[00:39:42] Yeah.
[00:39:43] Yeah.
[00:39:43] No, my this stop working is because you said real tomorrow.
[00:39:47] I don't have nothing.
[00:39:48] Yeah.
[00:39:49] Yeah.
[00:39:51] You're next.
[00:39:52] I know.
[00:39:53] Cut of sin.
[00:39:54] I don't know.
[00:39:55] We'll just take two percent of your, uh, your, your gross.
[00:39:58] That's all 2% I barely get to present on what are you doing?
[00:40:03] Come on.
[00:40:05] Uh, so I got to ask you this.
[00:40:07] Seth, I mean, you've got, you know, a lot of, a lot of possibilities going on.
[00:40:11] What do you, how do you feel about this idea of championship format?
[00:40:15] Is that something you, you would make use of or you're going to wait on that?
[00:40:19] No, I will tell me more championship format.
[00:40:22] What do I, what am I missing?
[00:40:23] Yep.
[00:40:23] So what it is when you're competing, let's say in the open events, um, if you lose in your,
[00:40:29] let's say of a first round, uh, you end up in the loser's bracket.
[00:40:33] Now it is double elimination.
[00:40:35] However, the best you can possibly do from loser's bracket is third place.
[00:40:39] So in other words, yeah, the finals are, are, are, it's just between the two teams that haven't lost.
[00:40:44] Okay.
[00:40:46] And it's, it's something they tested at the TKO and Kentucky this year.
[00:40:51] Uh, and there was a, yeah, they did.
[00:40:52] That's right.
[00:40:52] Yeah.
[00:40:53] But I'm wondering, and the winners bracket, winners bracket matches are timed.
[00:40:56] Mm hmm.
[00:40:57] So so everything's, they, they give a time frame between between the winners bracket matches.
[00:41:02] So everybody who stays in the winners knows when they're going to play.
[00:41:05] And then the loser's bracket, if you get put in the losers, you just, you play through to
[00:41:10] winner the losers and then winner, the losers finish his third.
[00:41:13] And then the two teams up play for King's seat, whoever wins wins a tournament, whoever finishes,
[00:41:18] where it doesn't win gets second.
[00:41:20] Okay.
[00:41:20] Yeah.
[00:41:22] I like it.
[00:41:23] And some, some were kind of, um, you know, um, ambivalent or not really didn't care one way
[00:41:28] the other, but there were some that were vehemently against it and then others that were really into it.
[00:41:33] Yeah.
[00:41:34] Hey, I'm up for trying new stuff.
[00:41:35] I, yeah, really.
[00:41:36] I mean, that's, I think what makes Fuzball fun.
[00:41:38] One of the things that we wanted to do was a no conflict monster draw, right?
[00:41:44] A lot of people play these monster formats, Swiss formats.
[00:41:47] Why aren't we integrating this into a state tournament?
[00:41:49] So we decided that we're going to try this at Minnesota.
[00:41:54] Okay.
[00:41:54] Last, um, DYP on Sunday will be no conflict, but it'll be monster.
[00:41:59] So that'll be run separate.
[00:42:00] Very cool.
[00:42:01] We use kicker tool.
[00:42:02] We'll do something different.
[00:42:03] So we ran it at shells last night, just a sample.
[00:42:08] We had, I think we had close to 40 people in that event.
[00:42:13] Um, and we just paid out like, we didn't even do the teamings.
[00:42:17] Like we didn't even go to the part where you play so many rounds and then you get a permanent partner.
[00:42:22] You just ran it wherever had the highest BH percentage, which I'm not sure what it is, but it's the calculator
[00:42:28] that they use based on your goals against and goals for right with loss percentage and all that.
[00:42:32] So, um, that's an interesting concept.
[00:42:35] So that'll be a trial that we'll do for our last, our last draw.
[00:42:39] So that should be fun.
[00:42:40] I think we got to try to try to integrate that stuff into a state tournament.
[00:42:44] We, we swear by the monster format here, you know, in the local DYP, we do it every week now.
[00:42:49] And it's just, we don't want to go back.
[00:42:51] Nobody wants to go back to the, you know, the double elimination anymore because we get to play and everybody gets to play.
[00:42:57] And you get to, it's a social, social event too.
[00:42:59] You know, you're not forced with the same person all the time and we have to talk with each other.
[00:43:04] Right?
[00:43:04] I mean, we always are competitive with each other, but it's good to communicate and have that cross partner, you know, type relationship.
[00:43:12] No doubt.
[00:43:12] Absolutely.
[00:43:13] Absolutely.
[00:43:13] So, uh, Drift the radio over here on Twitch is, is asking if, if sponsors are hearing this and wanting to get in touch with you,
[00:43:22] what's the best means or best way for them to get a hold of you about Minnesota state?
[00:43:28] Yeah, they can call me direct.
[00:43:29] I can leave a phone number in the email address.
[00:43:31] I know it's on the flyer too.
[00:43:33] I think my phone numbers are right on there.
[00:43:34] So you can be called, give me a text or the Facebook page on the social news ball.
[00:43:39] Uh, you're not going to find anything there.
[00:43:41] I mean, that is like our post site.
[00:43:44] It's on the flyer.
[00:43:44] The flyer itself, yeah.
[00:43:46] So they can find the flyer at Minnesota, Fuzball their Facebook page.
[00:43:49] Yes.
[00:43:50] And then your numbers on there.
[00:43:51] So if they want to get a hold of you, all they got to do is find the flyer for the 2024 Minnesota state,
[00:43:56] Fuzball, and we can post it here if you guys need to or whatever we need to do.
[00:44:00] Yeah, perfect.
[00:44:01] Can give you that perfect.
[00:44:03] I'm curious about some people have reached out to me and wanting to do that.
[00:44:06] So I've, yeah, yeah.
[00:44:08] I think Drifter Radio's want to get hold of you to, uh, to sponsor you.
[00:44:13] I think he said in Twitch, he wants to give you like a million dollars.
[00:44:16] Let's go.
[00:44:17] I'll take it.
[00:44:18] That'd be great.
[00:44:18] Rock and roll.
[00:44:19] Let's go.
[00:44:20] No, no, there's support to our start right there.
[00:44:23] Just, yeah, he just said, yep.
[00:44:24] In the chat, he said, yep, done deal.
[00:44:27] I'm gonna get in my phone.
[00:44:28] You heard it here.
[00:44:31] Yeah.
[00:44:33] By the way, Drifter Radio is with us just about every week and we do appreciate Drifter Radio
[00:44:37] and everybody else who tunes on on twitchTV.com.
[00:44:40] It's a, you know, it's, it's, it's a, well, it makes us feel good.
[00:44:43] Let's put it that way.
[00:44:44] Yes.
[00:44:45] Yeah.
[00:44:45] But wow.
[00:44:46] Um, I'm, I'm really curious, you know, when it comes to this, this, this idea of pushing forward,
[00:44:52] um, I know expectations are one thing, but what will you consider a successful weekend
[00:44:58] when it comes to your tournament?
[00:44:59] What, what is that going to look like for you?
[00:45:03] I think it would be a successful weekend if we can just make a little bit of money
[00:45:07] to give us that start to do it again next year.
[00:45:10] I'd hate to have us lose money and then next year we got to start from scratch
[00:45:14] all over again, do a campaign.
[00:45:16] Yeah.
[00:45:17] You know, get new sponsors or get some of the same old, but that's really the deal.
[00:45:22] If we can break even, I would be just fine with that.
[00:45:25] I mean, but I'm hoping the expectation is that if we can pull 180 players,
[00:45:31] uh, or more, we'll, according to my calculations, we'll make money.
[00:45:37] Nice calculations.
[00:45:39] I like that.
[00:45:39] Somebody actually thinking ahead about this.
[00:45:42] You know, wait, what is numbers?
[00:45:44] Don't lie.
[00:45:45] What are calculations?
[00:45:46] What is it?
[00:45:47] What is it?
[00:45:47] Calculate what is it?
[00:45:48] So how far are you like Canada?
[00:45:51] How long does it take Canadians to get to your place?
[00:45:54] It's not far.
[00:45:54] I mean, when it pays about an eight hour drive, I think it's, yeah, it's not doable.
[00:46:01] But the same to, I think Kentucky from here to Kentucky is around, around the same.
[00:46:06] Nice.
[00:46:08] Yeah, we would love to have a lot of Canadian players come.
[00:46:11] I don't know if there's a lot in central.
[00:46:14] I always hear about, you know, the Toronto and the West Coast.
[00:46:17] Toronto, Toronto seems big.
[00:46:18] Oh, yeah.
[00:46:19] That is great.
[00:46:20] And I know that they've represented when I was in Michigan that year, there were,
[00:46:24] there was quite a few Canadian people there.
[00:46:27] Yeah, we had been, they've been coming out more a lot more now that COVID restrictions have kind of softened up.
[00:46:32] They're, uh, they're, they're coming out, man.
[00:46:35] They're playing football.
[00:46:36] So, uh, I would, uh, I would assume again, I don't like to assume, but I think it's safe to say that you're probably,
[00:46:43] you're going to see a few of your tournaments.
[00:46:45] So I love it.
[00:46:46] That's great.
[00:46:47] Yeah.
[00:46:48] We talked to the Mario, uh, from Ottawa last week about the, the, the, the, the Hall of Fame,
[00:46:55] Hall of Fame event that's happening this weekend.
[00:46:57] And yeah, they're, they're, they're really coalescing around, uh,
[00:47:01] Fuzball as well.
[00:47:03] Although I just met noticed, uh, uh,
[00:47:05] Iner Fuzer says unfortunately, Winnipeg is the only major Canadian city without Fuzball,
[00:47:10] which is sound sounds kind of shocking, but yeah.
[00:47:14] Yeah.
[00:47:14] You know,
[00:47:14] so get it started.
[00:47:16] Yeah, make it happen.
[00:47:17] Yep.
[00:47:17] It's moved to Winnipeg.
[00:47:21] I'm about to do that.
[00:47:22] They don't have Fuzball and their hockey teams not that good either.
[00:47:25] So sorry.
[00:47:27] That's right.
[00:47:28] Your leaf fan, right?
[00:47:29] Yeah.
[00:47:30] It's the truth.
[00:47:31] Yeah.
[00:47:31] Sorry.
[00:47:31] A release fan.
[00:47:32] When it, when it paid many toba, right?
[00:47:34] That's, that's, uh, that's the province.
[00:47:37] Monitoba.
[00:47:37] Yeah.
[00:47:38] Uh, well, you know, actually though the Maple Leafs and the Vikings have a lot in common.
[00:47:43] They both have not won anything along.
[00:47:46] Yeah.
[00:47:46] Yeah.
[00:47:47] I think ours was 67 was the last time they want to stand like, so yeah, I mean,
[00:47:52] they're going to look at great offensive team.
[00:47:54] They're goalie.
[00:47:55] The goalies won like last.
[00:47:56] They've won.
[00:47:57] I saw sent today he's won like this last 17 to 21, but is, is,
[00:48:01] his goals against is like 3.5 is safe percentages like 850.
[00:48:06] He's only winning because they're putting up goals.
[00:48:08] They're going to go to the playoffs and they're going to probably lose in the first round.
[00:48:11] So it doesn't matter.
[00:48:13] It's just so it's still fun to watch.
[00:48:15] Been so awhile then they didn't have their, their year this year either.
[00:48:19] They just with injuries and all that didn't work out.
[00:48:22] But you know, if I can, I want to mention something because I know you play hockey too,
[00:48:27] Randy and I played hockey.
[00:48:29] And I tuned in a couple of weeks ago to ESPN 2 and I watched the table hockey championships.
[00:48:35] Table hockey.
[00:48:36] I saw that.
[00:48:37] Yeah.
[00:48:37] Yeah.
[00:48:38] Yeah.
[00:48:39] What is that?
[00:48:40] With a big bubble on the top of like bubble hockey.
[00:48:42] Like bubble hockey.
[00:48:44] Exactly.
[00:48:44] I mean, they have a connection to hockey and they exploit that.
[00:48:49] And I think that's one of the things that we need to do better here in the states is the
[00:48:54] connection with soccer.
[00:48:56] So I did a couple of things guys and I'm hoping I get,
[00:48:58] I get some feedback back on it.
[00:49:01] But I wrote a letter to the Minnesota United, the professional team here in Minnesota.
[00:49:07] Like, hey, this is, he and Michael Stahl actually came up with this idea.
[00:49:11] Let's, let's put a letter together where you and I can kind of tag team on it because he wants to get USA.
[00:49:16] Fuzball clubs, you know, involved with more of the youth.
[00:49:20] And it starts at the soccer level really.
[00:49:23] I mean, these are where kids are going.
[00:49:24] So if we can get in the letter, I essentially introduced what Fuzball clubs USA is.
[00:49:31] We're partnering with tournament directors like myself.
[00:49:34] Not only to invite you to our tournament,
[00:49:37] but in hopes that we can maybe do a youth night at a professional soccer game where we have,
[00:49:42] yeah, we can have professional players and amateurs come out and teach kids.
[00:49:47] The same thing with there's a huge soccer.
[00:49:50] The junior world cup is here in Minnesota.
[00:49:53] It's in blank.
[00:49:54] It's literally a mile from where our tournament is going to.
[00:49:57] Whoa.
[00:49:58] And it's a huge complex.
[00:49:59] They have eight hockey ranks that got a hundred soccer fields in there.
[00:50:04] But I did the same thing 100 soccer fields, 100 soccer fields.
[00:50:08] That's a big play.
[00:50:08] I mean, just eight ranks like that's that's a big plate.
[00:50:11] Come from all over the world.
[00:50:13] It's the world junior cup and blame Minnesota.
[00:50:15] So why wouldn't you do that?
[00:50:16] All over the world come.
[00:50:18] So my thought was, hey, why can't we get a exhibit booth at like the World Cup Junior?
[00:50:24] This is a way we can get kids to see soccer on the table.
[00:50:28] And these are the things I think that we need to really kind of dig our dig the seeds deep and start those roots there.
[00:50:35] That's beautiful from their people will talk kids will go back to school.
[00:50:39] We'll talk about, and that's I think how foosball clubs are born is just seeing it at that level.
[00:50:44] Yeah.
[00:50:45] Man, that's thinking out of the box man.
[00:50:47] It is.
[00:50:47] Really good.
[00:50:48] That's really, really good stuff.
[00:50:50] Atlanta has a their MLS team is really good.
[00:50:53] They want a championship a few years ago.
[00:50:55] Yeah.
[00:50:56] You know, there's the MLS.
[00:50:57] I think people forget that we actually have professional soccer in this country, but
[00:51:01] that we got met we got messy in the league now.
[00:51:03] I mean, that's yeah.
[00:51:04] Yeah.
[00:51:05] Yeah.
[00:51:05] I mean, that's a great idea.
[00:51:07] That's a great like if if what you guys
[00:51:10] If we could get it to the MLS like to the the league,
[00:51:14] the head execs directly and have it go out to all the teams.
[00:51:19] I mean, there's their pro players in every state like we could be doing something like that at every one of these games.
[00:51:24] They should be there's when I was at every day.
[00:51:27] Yeah, exactly.
[00:51:29] Randy and that's what I told Michael Stahl to I'm like take the slutter that we wrote and just cookie cutter it.
[00:51:34] And this should go out to all these directors that you know,
[00:51:37] yep, yep, throughout the states.
[00:51:39] I think if we get there and we start start seeing that at the brand level,
[00:51:44] I think MLS will know.
[00:51:45] Oh yeah.
[00:51:46] Yeah.
[00:51:47] Yeah.
[00:51:47] Yeah.
[00:51:48] Because it doesn't it doesn't take much to wrap a table in a MLS team logo.
[00:51:52] And then I'll stick it.
[00:51:53] Yeah.
[00:51:54] Yeah.
[00:51:55] Stick it stick it.
[00:51:56] You know, stick it in one of the vestibules there and you know where people are just walking around
[00:52:01] and have a player playing foosball against anybody that wants to walk by.
[00:52:05] The kids are going to lose their minds.
[00:52:06] I mean, I think it would be to have a table with your favorite team.
[00:52:11] Oh, yeah.
[00:52:11] The tornado guys have had the name of the the players.
[00:52:15] The jurors.
[00:52:15] Yeah.
[00:52:16] Yeah.
[00:52:16] A custom table around that team for that season.
[00:52:19] So we're Valley Valley.
[00:52:21] Yeah, Valley Dynamo's losing money.
[00:52:22] They could be making money making these custom tables, right?
[00:52:25] Rapping the table, doing the players custom colors.
[00:52:27] Well, and putting the women's world cup had their own warrior foosball table.
[00:52:33] Do you remember that?
[00:52:34] There was just a couple of years ago and they had each individual player represented
[00:52:38] on the foosball table with their numbers and everything as
[00:52:42] as you know, I mean, why not?
[00:52:44] Why wouldn't you make that that correlation that connection?
[00:52:47] That's just awesome.
[00:52:49] You know, we shouldn't even be talking about this for people to hear.
[00:52:51] This should be an idea that we should be putting together because somebody
[00:52:54] else is going to steal this idea.
[00:52:56] Right, right.
[00:52:56] Like so.
[00:52:59] But no, you're absolutely right.
[00:53:01] I mean, that's just thinking out of the box and having
[00:53:04] having a guy like Mike stall, having access to a guy like Mike stall
[00:53:08] who is in charge of, you know, the foosball clubs USA program.
[00:53:12] Like, I mean, that could just, you know, that gives us a foot in the door.
[00:53:16] So clearly we got
[00:53:19] we got to figure out how to make this happen.
[00:53:21] Instead of just talking about talking about it, of course.
[00:53:24] But I mean, we we action speak louder than words, right?
[00:53:26] Like we got to put some likes under this thing.
[00:53:28] It's a foosball club USA.
[00:53:30] Right.
[00:53:30] One thing I had.
[00:53:31] Oh sorry.
[00:53:32] Tom.
[00:53:32] No, no, it was just going to say foosball clubs USA they have their model
[00:53:36] when they go to schools.
[00:53:37] Now why wouldn't they?
[00:53:38] I mean, in this area, just in the Northeast, there are these big complexes
[00:53:42] with indoor soccer fields for for for local
[00:53:46] scholastic competition.
[00:53:48] Why wouldn't you hold a foosball tournament in a place like that?
[00:53:52] There's plenty of space, but, but also use that same formula that
[00:53:56] foosball clubs USA has been using now since John O'Brien began,
[00:54:00] you know, quite a long time ago and institute that within the
[00:54:03] scholastic or the inner scholastic soccer tournaments as well.
[00:54:07] Yeah.
[00:54:08] Yeah.
[00:54:09] And that was one thing I thought I could bring value to
[00:54:13] you know, foosball clubs USA.
[00:54:14] They're looking for people that can help with stuff.
[00:54:16] And it's like, well, I've got this tournament ahead of me and I just want to do
[00:54:19] that right?
[00:54:20] But I am a writer.
[00:54:21] And so I thought, well, maybe I can write some things that you might like
[00:54:25] and that you can use across lots of things that you can promote for.
[00:54:30] So yeah.
[00:54:31] Well, that's what we call making use of our natural resources.
[00:54:36] Exactly.
[00:54:37] Yeah.
[00:54:38] Like I'm like I'm an eater and I'm
[00:54:43] something like I'm going to eat it.
[00:54:44] So yeah, no, but this like man, Seth, we got to we got to put some legs
[00:54:50] under this thing, man.
[00:54:51] And I'm, you know, so myself and a couple guys from from back home were actually
[00:54:58] working on something behind the scenes.
[00:55:01] Not exactly to that extent, but it's like I feel like there are so many.
[00:55:07] There are so many things happening in foosball behind the scenes to really try to make
[00:55:10] us for improve and grow.
[00:55:12] And they're just, you know, a lot of so many good people hardworking smart people.
[00:55:17] Like man, I just there's so much potential in foosball right now.
[00:55:21] And I'm really excited about what's going on.
[00:55:24] So we have to we have to talk about this off air and see if we can put some
[00:55:31] legs to this thing, man.
[00:55:32] So look, I just want to say thank you for coming on.
[00:55:37] Yeah.
[00:55:38] I'm excited for your tournament.
[00:55:40] I really hope it, I mean, I know it's going to be successful, but I hope it just
[00:55:44] runs smoothly and you know, and if you want to plug anything through anything
[00:55:49] out there, please feel free.
[00:55:51] Yeah, go for it.
[00:55:53] Well, I couldn't done all this stuff without a lot of help.
[00:55:56] And it's the players here that really stepped up and put money.
[00:56:00] When we ran the campaign and we asked for corporate donations, we asked for
[00:56:03] individual donations.
[00:56:05] It was all through the players, whether it's their business or
[00:56:08] their business that they know of somebody that's willing to do this.
[00:56:11] Nice.
[00:56:12] I mean, the list goes on.
[00:56:13] But to name the few Josh Sarpy is going to be the right hand man here.
[00:56:19] He's stuff he did with shells and bringing the tables in and promoting that.
[00:56:23] He's a big part of what our tournament and what we're doing here too.
[00:56:26] And he's now part of the marketing team at foosball clubs USA.
[00:56:29] So it couldn't be happier for Josh.
[00:56:31] Nice.
[00:56:31] Yeah.
[00:56:32] Well, yeah, it's like like anything else that that's successful.
[00:56:36] It's about the combination of the chemistry of all the people that get involved
[00:56:39] and do something.
[00:56:40] Yeah.
[00:56:42] Do something.
[00:56:43] Yes, sir.
[00:56:44] Do something exactly.
[00:56:46] Well, again, if anybody wants to get a hold of Seth,
[00:56:51] you find the Minnesota state, the 2024 Minnesota state flyer.
[00:56:54] His information is on there.
[00:56:55] Get a hold of him.
[00:56:57] The Minnesota foosball Facebook page.
[00:57:01] And you know, again, we're just we're a few weeks away from the tournament.
[00:57:04] Hopefully it's going to be a big test and I'll be I'll be watching the brackets man.
[00:57:09] Yeah, hey, can't wait.
[00:57:10] Yeah, hopefully you go win everything.
[00:57:13] So yeah, I did okay.
[00:57:15] I'm an amateur player.
[00:57:16] So I've been up a climb on my way back in there.
[00:57:19] Excellent.
[00:57:20] I'm not getting younger.
[00:57:21] So I, you know, I've changed a lot of things in my game too.
[00:57:23] So I can't wait.
[00:57:24] And next thing it just goes from up to the buddy.
[00:57:26] Yeah, yeah.
[00:57:27] And next thing you know, you'll be getting a call from Eric Balkos.
[00:57:30] Hey, man, can you, can you what?
[00:57:31] Can you play with a kid again?
[00:57:33] That'd be great.
[00:57:36] Get blind, right?
[00:57:39] It's it is it's one of those things.
[00:57:41] But Seth, I got to say to use the term that you are inspirational is probably an understatement.
[00:57:49] Oh, thank you so much.
[00:57:50] I appreciate that man.
[00:57:51] Absolutely.
[00:57:52] We're looking forward to having you back soon when it comes to this.
[00:57:56] We want to hear we've got to certainly get a debrief as to how things went and how you felt about the tournament.
[00:58:02] But man, best of luck with that.
[00:58:04] Thank you so much guys.
[00:58:06] I'm fine.
[00:58:07] Get my blood right there.
[00:58:08] Minnesota State.
[00:58:09] There you go.
[00:58:10] See?
[00:58:11] There's four fifth guys.
[00:58:12] Nice.
[00:58:13] Awesome.
[00:58:14] Well, incidentally just just to remind our listeners that that we were we're going to be back again next week.
[00:58:21] Although Randy is going to be busy.
[00:58:24] He's going to be busy in the in the Great Northeast at Fall River, Massachusetts at Don Carlos.
[00:58:30] Hopefully in the Grudge match that's been we've been promoting what for weeks now against Richie Costa.
[00:58:36] So we'll see.
[00:58:38] Awesome.
[00:58:39] Good luck man.
[00:58:39] Go get him.
[00:58:40] I won't need luck against that guy.
[00:58:42] I just need to show up.
[00:58:43] That's all I need.
[00:58:44] Thank you though.
[00:58:45] I appreciate it.
[00:58:45] Thank you.
[00:58:46] Yeah.
[00:58:47] Now, we're looking forward to a report when you get back from that as well.
[00:58:50] But it'll be fast.
[00:58:52] It'll be fast.
[00:58:53] Yeah.
[00:58:54] I'll show you the hundred bucks he gives me.
[00:58:55] So well, I have to say that Fuz talk live episode number 203 with Seth Nelson has been huge.
[00:59:02] Man, this has been awesome such a great time.
[00:59:04] And again, thanks to our Patreon supporters and everybody who tuned on Twitch TV.com tonight.
[00:59:10] We're looking forward to be back next week with episode number 204.
[00:59:15] You just never know what that's going to be about anyway.
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