the concept that we re doing is not new to the world. people have used port for conflict resolution. one notable sport diplomacy issue was in 1972 between china and the u.s., the ping-pong diplomacy. so the concept is not new. we re new going to north korea. we re new as u.s. players going to north korea to play an exhibition game against their national team. but conceptually we re doing what s been done before. so there are two things i have to ask you about. first, people, as i understand, don t engage in sports diplomacy. governments engage in sports diplomacy and the u.s. government, through their state department spokesperson, has said that the members of this team, especially dennis rodman, don t represent the u.s. government. second, this was not, as dennis rodman has explained, a sports diplomacy trip. this was a gift to the supreme leader of the democratic republic of north korea. did you know that this was a