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Speaker: Welcome to the Italian football podcast. Let's start with you, Mark. It's your debut on the pod. So let's start there. I mean, just 18 months ago in into just over 18 months, I should say, into the project with Campo Basso. I mean, how has the journey been so far? Oh, Nima, I got to tell you, of all the things that I've done professionally, this by far
Speaker: is one of the most exciting, most meaningful projects I've ever been a part of, honestly. When Matt called me, I remember where I was. I was in a cab. It was hot. It was August. I was in New York.
Speaker: it was part of a ownership group for another team that I was really, really, you know, and they had made the playoffs the year before. Um, I was like more interested in that. And then said it'd be, and Matt told me the story of Campbell Basso, how they were in Chi. And then they got
Speaker: it relegated all the way down to the fifth tier. They feared extinction. We have no coach, we have no players, we have no sporting director. I said, well, how much time do we have? He goes, just eight, 10 days, something like that. I go, this sounds like a really crazy idea. He goes, it's pretty crazy, right? I go, yeah, I'll do it. I'm in. I'm in. And we really haven't looked back since. It's been very Italian.
Speaker: Very Italian, a lot of really great highs, a lot of things to navigate, but in the best possible way. I'm honored to be part of, to be on this boat that is led by our fearless leader, Matt Rosetta.
