Follow The Money | July 31, 2026 | Hour 1

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**Mike Somich** (1:03)
You always follow the money.

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This is Follow The Money with Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard on VSiN.

**Mitch Moss** (1:11)
Here we go. Welcome in. It is Follow The Money on VSiN, the sports betting network. Mitch Moss along with Mike Somich today in studio. Today in the entire weekend, we have a three hour banger lined up for you today. We'll have plenty on Major League Baseball Monday's trading deadline in that sport looming.
The rumors will not stop around Tigers starting pitcher Tarek Schubel. Plenty on the NFL today. Great guests will hit most wins in August with Chris Bellm, friend of the show who dives into the numbers big time coming up in 30 minutes. Charger preview today, Chris Bennett from here at Circa and Lou Finacara with his Best Bet in the NFL coming up at 630 Eastern Time. How are you, Mike?

**Mike Somich** (1:51)
I'm doing good. It feels real, doesn't it? It feels like football is officially coming slash here. Every chance we get now, we get to talk about the NFL. We've got all these different players. We're already reporting to camp.
I am loving this time of year because the excitement just starts to build. We got, I'm here to sign up for Survivor. Right.

**Mitch Moss** (2:07)
You're doing that this weekend?

**Mike Somich** (2:08)
I'm doing it this weekend. So it's all happening, man. I'm excited.

**Mitch Moss** (2:10)
Yeah. I mean, August is tomorrow, obviously. The World Cup consumed our entire summer up until, and it was fantastic, right? But now that that's in the rear view, and I saw Brad Powers tweet this out last night, professional better college football. He'll come on the show during the season. He's like so close, you could almost taste it. And he put that mouth guard like in the high school when you had to heat the mouth guard for you.
And that has like 1.4, like 1,400 retweets or something like that. People are just like, let's go, baby. It's here.

**Mike Somich** (2:38)
I got to say the World Cup was like the best possible appetizer for sports. Because we got this month and a half of the summer where we generally don't have these big time events. It gets filled up. I will say is put me behind.
I'm like college football prep.

**Mitch Moss** (2:52)
I'm right there with you.

**Mike Somich** (2:52)
Can't wait for the guide to come out Monday so I can consume it. So excited to have that college football guide out as well. But I mean, look, we got ESPN over here. It's all football. Can't wait to get this season going. Yeah.

**Mitch Moss** (3:03)
What's next summer going to be like compared to this year with no World Cup and then with this lockout looming for Major League Baseball that could take. And that to me is, if I'm close this year, the Brewers would be an example. The Rays would be an example.
Don't you kind of look at next year and the lockout and say, damn it, we are going to make 2026 our season. We're going all in right now because we might not have one game to play next season.

**Mike Somich** (3:27)
See, I will actually go a step further. Yes, 100% those teams go for it. What about the Pirates? What about teams that have, I'll say edge cases that they could make the World Series if the pitching lines up correctly. And you know, you're going to have a floor in the upcoming seasons from a salary cap perspective. Yeah. You've got to spend some money. Why not go out and spend that money this season? Just prep yourself for what's going to come for the collective bargaining.