This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network The NBA is finally back off of its all-star break with a whopper of a nine game slate coming up for tonight But also ten games in the NHL so who better to break down the NBA's returning to big night in the NHL Then Tom Vecchia will get his thoughts on the NBA talks and player props talks national TV games And then talk NHL as well And then I'll finish things up by talking NASCAR at Fontana at the end This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm Joined here as mentioned by Tom Vecchio check him out on Twitter at DFS Underscore Tom Tom the NBA is back. You are back. How are you doing today? I'm doing good You know it's a loaded slate. I got to start off by you know giving a quick shout out to Austin Swain It's a tough follow after yesterday. He's winning FSWA for best football article. So yeah, I was on yesterday I got some some big shoes to fill today Yeah, check out Austin Twitter and a swing three as you mentioned the fantasy sports writers Association's Awards were announced last night and Austin did win for a football article of the year our former boss Colleges accurate and won for best fantasy football publication for his draft guide as well So I'm gonna go ahead and say it's because of the cover Connection, you know, just If you come on covering the spread you'll win you'll win an award. Yeah, what's what's your like? It doesn't be a word. What is the thing you want to win? So apparently we can just be genies here, Tom if I am wish casting for you where where are we going? Are we looking at like a Rangers cup or what are we looking at? I mean if I could if I could see anything when it would definitely it'd be Rangers It'd be Rangers Yankees one and two Rangers just because I've won I wanted to see them win when they had lungquist But the Yankees winning would make so many people mad because so many Yankees that like that would bring me so much joy seeing so many people upset That's me.  I'm less Northwestern Wins the NCAA turn out, which will never happen I'll just be sitting here in my sorrow whatever on a side But like you so I congrats to Austin on the win in that last night grats to JJ as well We'll talk to Tom about the NBA get you set for that and also talk some NHL later on But first a reminder to make sure you are subscribed to covering the spread Maybe listening gets you the good juju as well to covering the spread We'll go with that search for covering the spread wherever you get your podcast hit subscribe And if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review as well These podcasts do go up on the fan dual YouTube page as well We'll have Austin cast on tomorrow talk about some EPL to get his read on that It should be a good time as always Ed Fink back with us next week as well off of his Well-deserved vacation. Let's dive in now to the NBA though Tom and this is the first night out of the all-star break and we talked going in about how things can get a little bit wonky Heading into the all-star break some guys may get decreased minutes Whether that be because the trade let deadline before that or because of the all-star break But now a full week to rest up So are those concerns gone or how do we change things out of the break here from a betting perspective? So most of those concerns are essentially gone for me because they've had this week off Surprisingly, there's still players that are ruled out today that didn't play in the all-star game And you know even with this week off they're still gonna be missing games I think a lot of it can come down to what we see slash hear from the the teams the players the coaches whatever might be You know for example warriors Lakers tonight actually two notes about two different players in that game One would be LeBron James. He there was an interview with him You know after the all-star game saying that these are the most important 23 games of his career and that if he's good to go every night He'll be out there because we've seen him list as questionable for I want to say like 75% of the games this year And most of the time he ends up playing it's not a hundred percent of time But if he if we know that he's going to be playing that we should have full confidence in you know That the line is not gonna move if he's not gonna get ruled out magically So that would be one note and the second one with Clay Thompson You know coming back from injuries over the past few seasons throughout the first half of the year He did not play on back-to-backs and Steve Kerr said that Clay Thompson would be available moving forward on back-to-backs There's still no Steph Curry. There's still no Andrew There's no Andrew Wiggins tonight for the Warriors So there's a lot of shots to go around for the Warriors and Clay Thompson is now to be playing We have to use that moving forward. So little notes like this could be really beneficial So for you, it's more so the my new details versus a broad Perspective on things where you taking what coaches are saying taking what players are saying and make that to like make micro Changes versus, you know boosting all the guys who are in important playoff races, right? Right, and I think that we're seeing the coaches and players say this because they're in these type playoff races Like the Warriors are not in a like a super comfortable position the Lakers on the outside looking in So if you know the coach on you know on one of the lower teams in league the Pistons the Magic the Rockets They say something like I'm not gonna be jumping out of my seat to like go run in and on a player prop and bet on But teams that are in the hunt for players that will be seen consistent minutes I think is really really boring Okay, well, let's take a look at the games for tonight. We got a couple of national TV games here on the slate We've got the Grizzlies and the Sixers and the Warriors and the Lakers you just talked about Clay Thompson talked about LeBron James Both those teams playing later on tonight when you look at those two games specifically Tom anything stand out to you Yeah, I like D Anthony Melton player prop for the 76ers over eight and a half points sitting at minus 104 Seems like a really low number considering some of the outputs that he's had recently when looking back at his game log We're seeing 12 13 14 17 points in some of these recent games. So eight and a half points is always great It is happy to be going against this former team which which we love to see We also should note that the Grizzlies have taken a step back when it comes to their defensive rating They're net rating overall. They're missing Stephen Adams who's a very solid defensive center He's been out for a couple of weeks now. So we look back They were first in defensive rating second in net rating. They're now eighth and and then 23rd So this is a pretty big gap So I think there's upside for Melton because it's a good game environment It's a pace-up spot for the 76ers. We're dealing with a solid over under Eight and a half points is a pretty low number considered. He's at 12 13 14 17 in some of these recent games And then they're missing a key key part on defense the Grizzlies that is So I am not only like Melton. I think there's some clear upside for Joellen beads tonight as well And Melton the revenge game factor. That's always fun over eight and a half is minus 115 Right now over at fans of sportsbook and beads point prop is 32 and a half Would you be looking like hypothetically v1 to buy into mb? Would you look at that or do you looking more at the the PRA bets? What would be your preferred market from beat if you wanted to go there? I think rebounds if it's still at 11 and a half and plus money, which is where I saw before Yeah, it's that even money right now even my I think it was minus 105 before but I think that's the spot because Realistically like and beads gonna be the best player on the court tonight. That's like that's what it comes down to He's gonna be the best player on the court. They're missing again steaming Adams very solid defensive starting center Jared Jackson is gonna be out there Which is no doubt a good matchup or you know a great player great defensive But still and be going up against Xavier Tillman at the five spots specifically is I will take him beat a hundred times out of a hundred Okay, so the rebound number as mentioned is 11 and a half even money from that bead there I do have the Lakers and the Warriors as well anything for you in that one Tom base around what we discussed before Yeah, that would be sticking with Clay Thompson over four and a half made threes It was at minus 102 a little while ago. Like I said, no Steph Curry still there's Wiggins is out tonight for I think I think it's simply due to a personal reason But still not gonna be out there We know Jordan pool plays still plays a big role for the Warriors, but Clay Thompson is that secondary score We see the Lakers bottom 10 the league for the most three points allowed per game to their opponents as a super high Overunder the Warriors and Lakers are number one and number two in the league when it comes to offensive pace This is basically everything that we want. We're dealing with was a 238 over under 239 over under for this game Super high. Yeah, so we're gonna be seeing all the 238 and a half. We're seeing all the points all the shots for Clay Thompson for what is realistically like a top five top three three-point shooter ever Yeah Four and a half is now minus 104 at Fandall Sportsbook. So very similar to what you had before the made of threes for Clay Thompson there Jordan pool is a three and a half plus one 12 on the over there But you're thinking that Thompson kind of takes control here until Steph gets back Yeah Jordan pool still a super consistent option, but Clay Thompson is the go-to option for them when push comes to shove Even with pool out there. Okay, so a couple things Tom is liking here in these two national TV games Dianthony Melton over 18 at points minus 115 Clay Thompson over four and a half threes minus 104 and potentially adding on the Joel Embiid rebound prop as well, but we've got seven other games for tonight Tom So I'm taking taking the reins off taking the restrictions away I'm taking your minutes limit of your minutes limit away as well What are you seeing on the board elsewhere at Fandall for tonight? So Sacramento Kings hosting the Portland Trailblazers? Super high over under This is just one of those games that has the feeling of what I call a classic late night Western Conference game Or you you tune it on you turn it on tune in and all of a sudden it's like it's 130 to 125 There's massive points. There's no defense So going to specifically Dometus subbonus over 40 and a half PRA it was sitting at minus 111 the Trailblazers are dead last in league allowing 26 points per game to opposing centers They're on the 10th most assists per game to opposing centers. We know that the Trailblazers are without Yusuf Nurkic They're starting center, which means true. You banks will be in there Just a game environment thing a usage thing for subbonus a clear mismatch even when you your use of Nurkic was there And now he's out subbonus and deer and fox the point guard. He's in great spot But subbonus specifically tonight is in the spot to eat and if you've been playing NBA DFS you've been betting on the NBA We know how consistent subbonus has been with these huge triple doubles where he's putting up 15 15 and 15 like realistically That's not too much of a surprise to see from him Yeah, 40 and a half is minus 113 a Fandall sportsbook That's a PRA bet for Demontus subbonus if you want to buy into that one. What else is seeing here in the NBA, Tom? So I actually like the under on Cleveland and Denver To very solid defensive teams to 23 is the lowest on the board today This is and you know, we have Jamal Murray questionable for the Nuggets Aaron Gordon has already ruled out for the Nuggets I don't see these teams coming out and flying up and down the court especially after a week off like how much Rhythm and consistency are we gonna have combined the fact that they're two awesome defensive teams Like this is what we've seen from them. I will say the yokich numbers tonight are Really really tough. Yeah, because yokich is awesome, but Going up against Jared Allen and Evan Mobley is a very tough match up They're two of the best defensive big men in the league Hence why we see Cleveland as one of the best defensive rating teams in the league So I don't love yokich PRA tonight. I think either rebounds or Triple-double would be the spot that I would go and we've talked about this before where Yokich getting a triple-double but still finishing under his PRA bed is something that we often see and This is triple-double tonight. I think it's still at plus 165 Yeah, so he could have a triple-double just because of the usage again No Aaron Gordon Jamal Murray is questionable all these sorts of things But he still finishes under the PRA bet. Yeah, so I think it's on the that main tab It's the triple-double that would be under on the main tab It's a plus one sixty five one sixty Fifty right now. Okay, so it that's if it got below 140 I probably wouldn't touch it. Yeah, but plus 150 I still think is good again We see these games where he has a triple-double, but he's not hitting the PRA He's not getting up to these massive numbers I think that's realistic with this defensive matchup tonight a tough defensive match of tonight of the bet We've discussed so far across all the games is the yokich one the lowest priority one for you Is that the one you're most wary of right right taking fading yokich is always tough to do we also have the The we're a lack of information when it comes to Jamal Murray, right? So, you know if he plays I think that would ultimately send the game over or have a better chance if they have that second true secondary score for the nuggets out there and Then do I want to be going to yokich triple-double or yokich unders when it doesn't correlate with the game total like all these sorts of Things so it's definitely the one that I'm prioritizing the least I think Melton Thompson's the bonus are all much better than that Referring to the PRA bet for yokich his PRA is 46 and a half under his even money right now on yokich for that one Okay, that wraps up the NBA But we got a lot of games on the NHL side as well So let's shift over and talk about the NHL for tonight. It is a 10 game slate for tonight Tom Let's start things off by talking about the more traditional markets money lines, etc. When you look at these 10 games for tonight in the NHL, where are you seeing value there? Starting off going to the Boston Bruins the best team in the league They are playing at the Seattle Kraken and the Bruins in reg Bruins in 60 minutes is minus 111 that's an an awesome line for a team that is Literally tying and setting records. They are on a historic pace this year for points and wins all these sorts of things We're getting a team to win at near even money in 60 minutes is absolutely phenomenal and I do think that This is like as as clear of a matchup was we can get Seattle they were super hot at one point earlier They won an eight game road trip. They won every single game They've kind of regressed since then and they're dealing with a few injuries here. They're Boston coming off a full rest Yes, it's in a way game But they had sound like a back-to-back or anything's the first game of their road trip So they should be good to go line up fully healthy Jacob Rusk is back a couple games ago make their top nine even stronger Which I didn't know you could do for the best team in the league, but they're ready to go. Yeah That number as you mentioned for the Bruins to win regulation is minus 111 So you go to fan dual click on the regular market 60 minute money-along with no push and the minus 111 is the mark there for the Bruins anything else you like off from a traditional bet perspective in the NHL I do I like the Rangers minus 102 in reg again another regulation bet a team coming off of two losses kind of say two kind of tough losses, especially the one the other night against the Winnipeg Jets where they had 51 shots on goal and scored only a single goal So a huge performance from kind of hell you buck the other night for the Jets 51 shots is unbelievable and only scoring one is Simply insane. They're just the better team compared to the Detroit Red Wings is a spot for them to rebound They should they should have Igor Shisterkin in that tonight all very very straightforward stuff Good teams who are coming off of losses at really good odds is the spot especially late in the season The NHL that I would like to attack and the example I use is What was it Tuesday night? There were nine games five of the nine games had money lines that were at 315 or higher minus 315 or higher We're seeing this this discrepancy grow because all of these teams are so good And there's like a race to the bottom this year to get this top prospect at the number one overall pick with kind of radar And I there's so it's so tough to find value on a nightly basis that we have to attack good teams When we have good numbers right and the number you mentioned for the Rangers is minus one or two Once again the 60 minute money line with no push there minus one or two for the Rangers to win in those first 60 minutes So betting on the Bruins betting on the Rangers probably something that's been pretty good to betters so far this year as far as the traditional markets go What about player props Tom? We look at those for tonight. We're seeing a value for there So as of now, I'm not seeing any player props posted on the Fandall sportsbook. I would say You know examine things cross industry where you can find value the spots that I will just objectively like tonight No, I was just depending on odds correct to things. Yeah, but Elias Patterson on the Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis He is you know been by far their best player that the Canucks traded way bow or that So he's clearly number one now high shot volume first forward line first power of play all these sorts of things Blues are terrible on defense as and the conucks are also terrible on defense as the seven over under Would indicate not just six or six and a half a seven over under is certainly very high So this game does have a high scoring Expectation and we're gonna be taking a top-line player who does have a high shot volume who could pour in multiple points every single night So I assume his line is gonna be It's either gonna be two and a half his shot volume a shot profits me two and a half But it'll be juiced or it'll be three and a half and probably plus 110 somewhere around there I would prefer it to be plus one three and a half and plus 110 rather than minus one sixty at two and a half Right, let's say they do do the two and a half at minus one sixty hypothetically Would you still take that? Or would you just stick with the Moneyline and regulation bets you got elsewhere I would probably look to Patterson for over one and a half points at that point where Again, it goes along the lines of a game that has a high scoring expectation with the role that he plays He could pick up three assists and have one shot on well, you know only one shot a goal Obviously anything can happen, but that's like that's also a realistic outcome based on this match against the blues. Yeah, so Minus one thirty or so is generally the line that I cut things off as if it's two and a half shot prop Sure, depending on the player depending on the matchup, but I don't like going past that Yeah So as you're listening here go to Fandall sportsbook check out the canucks versus blues tab and see what the markets are on alive Patterson Tom's checking out the shot prop if it's two and a half minus one thirty or so in there If you can get plus one ten or so on three and a half sounds like that's where Tom would bite there But uh, if you can't get that you want to look at the one and a half points prop What's the point of where you back off on over one and a half points for Patterson for tonight? Uh, I don't think I think would almost certainly be at even money every time So there's no I mean, okay, if it was if it was plus one hundred, I wouldn't love it But if it was anything Plus, you know one twenty one twenty five anything higher. I would be all over that because That's what that's what it should be. He's you know, just over a point per game or right around there So getting him at plus one and a half Over plus one or one and a half at plus money at plus one twenty one forty would be awesome Okay, well, that's what's Tom seeing right now across both the nba and the nhl So Tom, I gotta say thanks to you for swinging by for today breaking down your thoughts on both of those Enjoy the nba coming out of the all-star break enjoy the nhl load and slay for tonight as well And we'll have you back on here again soon. Thanks for having me. All right. Check out tom on twitter at dfs underscore tom You can find his work over at numberfire.com as well the daily iso is back with the nba coming off the all-star break Find that by searching for the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts Before we close up for today We're going to go through some nascar ad fontana to break down what my numbers are showing value on over there But first a reminder the midway point of the nba season is here And now is the perfect time to download fandal america's number one sportsbook because new customers get a no-sweat first bed up to $1,000 that's bonus beds back if your first bed doesn't win Just download the fandal sportsbook app It is safe secure and super easy to use that you can bet on everything from the money line to point scores and three Strain plus fandal even lets you combine your bets for a chance at a bigger payout with a same game parley So don't miss the chance to get your no-sweat first bed up to $1,000 in bonus beds Make every moment more fandal and official sports betting partner of the nba Must be 21 plus in president select states first online a real money wager only $10 deposit required refund issued is not withdrawal bonus beds to expire in 14 days Restrictions apply see full terms at fandal.com slash sportsbook gambling problem call 1-800 gambler Or is it fandal.com slash rg in arizona 1 800 next step or tax and accept a 5 3 3 4 2 In connecticut 1 8 8 8 7 8 9 7 7 7 7 or was the ccpg.org slash chat in indiana 1-809 with it in kansas and out wyoming 1-805 222 4700 and in kansas ks gambling health.com louisiana is 1877 770 stop in maryland md gambling health.org in new york 1 877 8 open wire text open y in west virginia go to 1 800 gambler dot net Let's dig in here now to nascar at fontana and from an overall perspective I'm gonna be a little bit lighter in the betting card for this week than what I was last week for the day 200 500 There are a couple reasons for that the first one is Rain is expected this weekend So we want to practice or qualifying data to track where practice data can Tell us quite a bit not single lap runs, but multi lap runs given how much tired degradation there is here They can give us a lot of hints on who will be good second This is the first race where speed truly matters We've seen the new ford knows and the new toyota knows I think fords could outperform expectations this week But I don't know that for sure and I've got some levers I can pull in my model to account for extra variance on them But I still think that I might be too low on them despite those levers being in place If we got practice data, I could get a read on that and decide okay Yeah, fords are the same as they were last year not as good at the high speed track stuff like that or yeah They definitely made gains. I'm not going to know that with no practice and no qualifying most likely So we likely won't get that so I'm going to scale back this week a little bit keep things a little more light I want to get a read on the forward speed primarily first and go from there so Just a few spots where I'm seeing value and willing to bet One of them is a bet that has shortened, but it's still a value for me based on my numbers And that's eric jones to win a 28 to 1 at fan duel. You can still get 30 to 1 elsewhere I believe one of the books less 30 I would still take 28 to 1 if that's the best number you could possibly get My numbers love jones this week. He had a fourth place average running position in this race last year So good track history in that regard. He had Very good speed and michigan and pokano The other high speed tracks and I don't they're not similar tracks in fontana. They're both big But like they're not similar But I I want spots where speed matters a lot because a dozen fontana does those tracks Jones didn't get great finishes at those But he was very very fast in practice had some issues in qualifying in those, but He was really fast jones one darlington. That's another track that like fontana features tons of tire fall off So when you combine all that together, I have jones at 5.5 percent to win up from 3.4 percent implied at 28 to 1 Which means I'm pretty far off in the market Which is never a comfortable thing the market tends to be right more often than not so I have wiggle room there to be too low on forward and still being on jones So shop around for the best price on jones see what you can get um, I'm also showing value on his podium odds at 8 to 1 if you want extra wiggle room, but You know, I think that he is a good value for this week If you're not as high on jones skeptical of legacy motor club, whatever it may be I am showing value on william byron 5 to 1 to podium His outright odds shortened the point where he's no longer valued there, but his podium odds didn't shorten as much So 5 to 1 for byron to podium. I think it's a good bet I just don't want to add more chevy exposure in case ford and Toyota do improve so I want to be a bit wary there. That's why i'm going with just jones So going to going with jones and byron both those guys are chevys could get downgraded here So I'll stick with jones, but byron is an option too if you want to go that route instead The uncertainty around manufacturers actually plays into another bet that I like for this week and that's on a manufacturer to win Ford is plus 220 I can't get there even acknowledging that I may be too low on them But I can't get to Toyota 2 to 1 I've got Toyota's win odds right now at 37 percent their implied odds are 33.3 percent So a decent little gap there at faddle's outright odds for the Toyota drivers are six of them I am either above the implied odds in my simulations or Right in line with four of the six drivers and nobody is massively overvalued like we have a couple guys at chevy that I'm a lot lower on that's not the case for any of the Toyotas I can lump them together and benefit if any of them win two to one's not a bad number there Now I've been talking about the Ford's getting new noses But Toyota did too Denny Hamlin said they got behind the eight ball last year with some weight changes to They were trying to make the cars cooler for drivers and they made some changes and He said that put Toyota pretty far behind They got changes Ford got changes chevy did too But the expectation is that the biggest benefactors will be chevy or Ford and Toyota And look at Toyota's last year even with those You know changes they had massive speed in both Michigan and Pocono They crossed the finish line first in Pocono before Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified That I think they're the best cars in Michigan bubble Wallace Maybe should have won that race Hamlin was very fast in that race too. So big speed there They struggled in Fontana last year because of overheating issues an issue They fixed very quickly and I think that books may underestimate them as a result of that too So I am very okay Taking advantage of those issues and betting Toyota to win this race. So Toyota to me To win at two to one is the second best bet behind Eric Jones to win at 28 to one I also do like some head to heads for Toyota's over Chevy's Those are Christopher Bell over Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin over Chase Elliott both of which are minus 118 I like them a lot more when bell was minus 108 and Hamlin was minus 112 So I'd rather take the manufacturer bet now with the current odds and go With Toyota at two to one to win this race There are no top 10 odds right now at Fandall But I do like Daniel Suarez plus 170 you can get that at that reverse the implied odds at plus 170 or 37% Whereas I have Suarez at 44% He's up there because he was at least in contention at Similar tracks last year not contention to win necessarily but contention for a top 10 He did finish inside the top 10 in four of those seven races and he had he led 30 plus laps in two of the races Where he did not finish inside the top 10 Suarez Does I do see some value in him to win in my model? But again, he's a Chevy so I don't want to overestimate him there So and I think that my model may overestimate its upside At plus 170 finished top 10 though the upside not as big of an issue So I do like Suarez plus 170 finished top 10 if you can get that I like Jones at 28 to 1 or longer if you can get that and then Toyota to win two to one Those my three favorite bets in the cup series for fontana On the Xinnity side, I'm showing value on one team specifically and I say one team because it's literally every driver On that one specific team and that's colleague racing for those who may not know colleague racing for this race is Austin Dillon In the Xinnity series, it's Austin Dillon, Daniel Hemrick and Chandler Smith I'm showing value at fandoms odds But you can get them all at longer odds at William Hill books If you have access to like Caesar or something like that You can get pretty good numbers and all these guys. I have Dillon's win odds at 8.3 percent I have Daniel Hemrick at 6.4 percent and Chandler Smith at 4.2 percent All of those guys are above their fandom applied odds and again, you can get them longer elsewhere I'm guessing this is happening because Colleague had a weird lull last year in the late spring early summer. They were short on some sort of parts I remember that they were talking to AJ Allmendinger when he was with this team and saying like, you know We don't know speed. You know why we'll get better later on I don't know what happened, but they did get better if it was the part thing if it was something else but In the first half of the season colleague racing's aggregate average running position on the fast track So mile and a half or longer non super speedways was 14.1 In the second half it was 10.0 really good number Now it could be variance because even though it's a three car team and it was a decent sample You know, there's always variants the wrecks and stuff like that They had a couple wrecks I think uh landing castel wrecked in fontana and then they had a wreck somewhere else too but It could also be explained by you know the The parts issue that I was talking about before that could be why they're undervalued in this market based on my numbers Dillon a fandals 15 to 1 hemorrhage is 20 Chandler smith is 50 to 1 But at other places you can dillon up to 17 to 1 hemorrhage at 28 and smith at 75 so Even if fandals the best you've got I would take it personally If you can get access to longer numbers as always take those instead So it's situation where I'm pretty far off in the market on all three of these guys and I could be wrong But I also think there is a reason to think the books may be too low on collig specifically So to me that says I can feel okay betting on the collage guys, uh, so far I've taken Outrides on dillon hemorrhage and smith I've taken group bets on hemorrhage and smith and then top five bets on hemorrhage and smith as well I've not done a non outright on dillon yet, but uh, that's what I'm looking there dillon might drop out of this race given that the Extendivity series race to be after the cup race on sunday that could be a thing So I prefer probably hemorrhage and smith as far as safety goes you get uh refund if he were to drop out with there being no qualifying so um That would help for sure But I think for me hemorrhage and smith uh chandler smith specifically the the best values and Austin dillon a good value if we get confirmation that he will race uh for sure on sunday as well That is all that we have here for today On covering the spread uh, we'll be back once again tomorrow talking some epl with austin cask getting his read on Uh big match on sunday, but also the full saturday slate as well We'll talk with austin about that to get his read on this uh weekends events in the epl To get that as it is posted make sure you are subscribed to covering the spread wherever you get your podcast Check us out uh on your podcast platform or choice But also over on the fandal youtube page if you want to watch them there big Thank you to our previous guest tom vecchio checking out on twitter at dfs underscore tom find his work in number fire and his nba dfs thoughts over on the daily iso podcast feed I am on twitter at jim sanis j i m s a n n e s you can also follow the fan dual podcast network Add fan dual podcast want to thank you all for tuning in for today. 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The Pondicherry University administration has debarred 11 students from entering the campus and to take admissions for a period of 5 years. The students are also served with a fine of rupees 10,000 each. What did these students do? Why are they met with such severe punishments? The students are punished for participating in a protest nearly two years ago as part of the fee must fall movement. The student community is shocked by this drastic move, especially when the case regarding the fee hike is still pending with the Madras High Court. In 2018, the Pondicherry University made exorbitant hikes to tuition fee across the courses and the student community opposed this move. Several rounds of memorandum submissions, agitations, hunger strikes and other forms of protest were held by the students demanding the administration to recall the fee hike. Although a committee was formed by the administration to discuss the matter with the student council members, the administration was not ready to budge from their stand. On February 6, 2020, a call to occupy administration building was given by the council when hundreds of students gathered and get out the vice chancellor. The occupy movement went on for the next 33 days until the university approached the Madras High Court. Paruchay Yadav, president of the Pondicherry University students council, explains why the administration has taken the drastic step of punishing 11 students two years after the protest. We were told to recall the strike. So unfortunately, we had to recall the strike and right after five days of that, the pandemic started and the educational institutions throughout the country started closing down. So during this time also, we decided that we will be filing a petition against the university for this fee hike, which has happened. So we did that and the case is still pending in the Madras High Court. But why I am sharing this thing with you is that when the case is still pending in the Madras High Court, no verdict, no direction from the court as of yet, that who was wrong, who was right or nothing of that sort has happened. Despite that, the university sends one, this Choco's notice to 11 students who were part of the strike, this fee must fall protest. And this Choco's notice was given to the students after one and a half years of this protest, which itself tells that how the university has planned this move and how they have did it. So after one and a half years when we received the Choco's notice, we responded to it and there was no further response from the university. Then on the 17th December, the same 11 students who were given the Choco's notice, they were sent a notice, as well as a letter by post that they have been debarred from the university for the five years and a fine of 10,000 rupees has been imposed on them and they wouldn't be getting their degree certificates or any other ocean money etc. unless they pay this fine. So this is what has happened so far. The university's intention is clear, that they want to send a message among the students community who are studying right now and the camp, let me tell you that the campus hasn't opened yet. Only the science stream students have been called to the university as of now. Some 700, 800 students are in the campus, which is important to mention because this is the university of 5,500-6,000 students. So students are yet to come and the students who have taken part in the strike, the main motive behind that is that by the time the university would send them this Choco's notice, they would be passed out. So that's why I mentioned that they have done it in a very planned manner and through this message that the university has given the Choco's notice, they want to, their intent is to threaten the students who are studying in the campus right now. So these kind of tactics and these kind of authoritative circulars without any consideration or any sort of perspective of the students community, the university authorities are bringing that their only intent is to kill any sort of political activity or any sort of political consciousness that takes place in university spaces. That's the only intent. We gave a call to all the progressive political parties to extend their support against this regressive, this authoritative move, which they did and along with the progressive mainstream political parties inside the campus, the faculties haven't been vocal about it and haven't extended their support as of yet, as of now. So apart from this, the non-teaching employee union in Pondicherry University, they have extended their full support with the students, which they did during the Feast Must Fall protest as well. So till now, this is the support we have received and apart from that, other big institutions like JNU and CU TIS, they have extended their solidarity and Madhav University have extended their solidarity. So this is the way that we are looking at it and we are trying to build the similar solidarity which would resist this project implementation by the BJP government because we know that they are powerful and if we have to resist them, we also need to come together, the people with the same mindset to save the face of public education in our country. So this is our idea and this is how we are looking at it. The struggle against privatization and commercialization of education is an ongoing one and democratically elected student unions and the student movement has been a barrier for those in power to smoothly impose their neoliberal policies. Parucha Yadav says that is why institutions are imposing restrictions on students to ensure that they do not mobilize against the authorities and their policy. During the pandemic, we have seen that how it held in imposing these kind of restrictions or how it has held in a very rapid way for the BJP government to impose their project of commercialization and also restricting the movement in the campuses. So installing the CCTV cameras and the curfew timings we have seen in the past how the CCTV cameras were installed in JNU as well and now we are seeing it in Pondicherry University. So these universities are central universities which get enough immediate reaction but apart from these universities, there are several other universities which do not get the certain media traction which they must and these kind of restrictions and these kind of tactics have been practiced in universities like Central University Tamil Nadu, we talk about Central University Haryana. These are the still central universities. There are other state universities also where such kind of impositions have taken place in the past. So that is why how we look at this particular move by the administration and along with it the installation of CCTV cameras, the curfew timings and wearing certain kind of dressing and maybe in two, three years they might impose some sort of saffron uniform as well we might never know. So these kind of moves must be resisted. This is our first priority. One of the major factor also which distinguish between, suppose JNU, PU, these universities and other Central universities is the presence of a union. In these universities also, big public universities, the union is the only barrier right now which is stopping their neoliberal policies which they are trying to bring in the campus. While in absence of the union in other smaller Central universities, there is an absence of union and it's easier for the administration to bring in such sort of policies and this is why we believe that if we have to resist that we need to build a larger solidarity which represents the students community across the country.