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Speaker 2: What's up, everybody, Thanks for listening to another episode of

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Speaker 2: the season with Peter Schrager. I'm Peter Schrager. June has begun,

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Speaker 2: Minatory camps have begun. Certain players are in camp getting deals.

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Speaker 2: Certain players are not in camp and waiting for those

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Speaker 2: deals that would be like ceedee lamb. We're gonna get

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Speaker 2: to the football in a little bit. Aaron Wan Kaufman

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Speaker 2: is with me. Aaron, what's up? My friend? Not too much?

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Speaker 3: I want to hear. Maybe I'm jumping the gun here,

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Speaker 3: but do you do anything fun this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Peter, Yeah, let's let's get right into it. So this

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Speaker 2: is one of my favorite episodes annually, and we did

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Speaker 2: it last year the Big Slick Weekend in Kansas City.

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Speaker 2: Three years ago, Paul Rudd invited me to be a

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Speaker 2: quote unquote celebrity guest at the Big week and I

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Speaker 2: for a weekend in Kansas City. We're gonna, you know,

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Speaker 2: raise money for a children's hospital, and we're also going

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Speaker 2: to have a softball game on Kaufman Field. You're gonna

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Speaker 2: play on the field where the Royals played before the game,

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Speaker 2: and there's a big event at and I just come

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Speaker 2: have fun and hang, I'm like all right. Since then,

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Speaker 2: in three years, this has become one of the most

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Speaker 2: anticipated events I'm my ear, but also one of the

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Speaker 2: most rewarding. And this year was insane. Where do I

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Speaker 2: want to start? Cut? Should we go through just a

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Speaker 2: tell you there are some really cool moments that I

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Speaker 2: get it, Like, yeah, your travel day to day.

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I fly in on Friday from Lakewardia easy flight.

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Speaker 2: Last year flight wasn't as easy. It was delayed, then

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Speaker 2: it was diverted to Detroit. It was a whole mess.

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Speaker 2: This year cleaning easy. Get into Kansas City and I

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Speaker 2: of the Kansas City Chiefs two type super Bowl champion

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Speaker 2: Sean was going through his schedule of the Hot Ones

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Speaker 2: We just like, you don't know who's gonna walk through

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Speaker 2: So we have this softball game and it's the Impractical

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Speaker 2: For all the money that they've put in and their contributions,

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Speaker 2: The magician Blake against Blake Vogt Like I've never seen

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Speaker 2: a magician's craftsmanship. He's doing card tricks that I blow

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Speaker 2: But thank you to everyone who's involved. And Aaron, that

419
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Speaker 2: was my weekend.

420
00:22:07,748 --> 00:22:11,508
Speaker 3: Sounds pretty good. I saw furiosa, but you know.

421
00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:15,428
Speaker 2: Also great, also great.

422
00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:19,548
Speaker 3: I spent the first six years out of college working

423
00:22:19,868 --> 00:22:22,468
Speaker 3: at a Schulden's hospital, and I know how yep, and

424
00:22:22,588 --> 00:22:26,068
Speaker 3: I know how important that is, especially working with I

425
00:22:26,108 --> 00:22:28,228
Speaker 3: was at Children's cancer Center actually, and.

426
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Speaker 2: Oh my god, a.

427
00:22:30,548 --> 00:22:32,628
Speaker 3: Lot of time I did a bunch of like going

428
00:22:32,668 --> 00:22:36,748
Speaker 3: to patient rooms playing music and like how important that

429
00:22:36,908 --> 00:22:39,748
Speaker 3: is to them, and like also shout out to all

430
00:22:39,748 --> 00:22:43,388
Speaker 3: the child life specialists and then nurses and doctors everyone

431
00:22:43,388 --> 00:22:43,948
Speaker 3: who works.

432
00:22:43,748 --> 00:22:47,348
Speaker 2: With us talk about just a noble work. Yeah, and

433
00:22:47,388 --> 00:22:49,988
Speaker 2: it's so heavy, and like I was talking to one

434
00:22:50,028 --> 00:22:51,908
Speaker 2: of the nurses and I'm like in my head, I'm like,

435
00:22:52,028 --> 00:22:53,828
Speaker 2: she puts her head down at night and goes to

436
00:22:53,868 --> 00:22:56,788
Speaker 2: sleep knowing she made a difference every single day. Like

437
00:22:57,028 --> 00:23:01,068
Speaker 2: that's the ultimate gift, you know. Yeah, Yeah, but.

438
00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:04,468
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, awesome, awesome work that they've done and

439
00:23:04,988 --> 00:23:07,308
Speaker 3: amazing raising so much money for those kids, and.

440
00:23:07,268 --> 00:23:10,788
Speaker 2: It's been a pipeline for this podcast. We've had stone Street,

441
00:23:10,828 --> 00:23:13,988
Speaker 2: We've had Rudd, We've had Sean Evans, We've had plenty

442
00:23:14,028 --> 00:23:17,268
Speaker 2: and maybe we'll get Kelsey in my home this season.

443
00:23:17,268 --> 00:23:19,308
Speaker 3: We're going to need to do a musical episode where

444
00:23:19,348 --> 00:23:20,988
Speaker 3: like we just have a bunch of guests.

445
00:23:21,068 --> 00:23:23,988
Speaker 2: Kevin Mourby, does that name anything to you, Kevin, I've

446
00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:25,708
Speaker 2: heard the name. I don't know any of his music,

447
00:23:25,788 --> 00:23:30,108
Speaker 2: but my god, so he's an awesome dude, great musician.

448
00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:32,188
Speaker 2: And then I started going into a wormhole of his

449
00:23:32,268 --> 00:23:35,308
Speaker 2: music since I've been back, and it's like incredible. So

450
00:23:35,868 --> 00:23:39,228
Speaker 2: that's it picked that up, all right. So going from

451
00:23:39,748 --> 00:23:42,588
Speaker 2: tight end Travis Kelsey to another great tight end and

452
00:23:42,748 --> 00:23:45,068
Speaker 2: a friend of mine. Our guest this week is the

453
00:23:45,068 --> 00:23:55,388
Speaker 2: great Greg Olsen. Let's bring him on our guests this week.

454
00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,588
Speaker 2: Is one of my favorite people, not only in sports

455
00:23:57,668 --> 00:23:59,988
Speaker 2: media but just in general. We have the best time

456
00:24:00,148 --> 00:24:02,148
Speaker 2: when we talk, and we haven't in a while. We

457
00:24:02,188 --> 00:24:04,908
Speaker 2: had him on during the season and since then he

458
00:24:04,948 --> 00:24:07,828
Speaker 2: has one best analyst at the sports ed means we're

459
00:24:07,828 --> 00:24:09,148
Speaker 2: not going to harp on that too much. He's too

460
00:24:09,228 --> 00:24:11,788
Speaker 2: humble for that. But let's bring in Greg Olsen, former

461
00:24:11,828 --> 00:24:15,908
Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers legend, Chicago bear legend and now TV superstar.

462
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Speaker 4: What's up, Greg, somebody?

463
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Speaker 1: How are you?

464
00:24:18,268 --> 00:24:20,588
Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome? I real quick on the Emmy di

465
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Speaker 2: congratulations man.

466
00:24:21,788 --> 00:24:23,308
Speaker 1: Like it's I appreciate it.

467
00:24:23,308 --> 00:24:25,468
Speaker 2: It's one of those deals where you don't you tell

468
00:24:25,508 --> 00:24:27,668
Speaker 2: yourself you don't need validation, and then I'm sure you

469
00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:29,468
Speaker 2: hear your name called and you look at your peers

470
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Speaker 2: and you say, for a second, I can appreciate just

471
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Speaker 2: how cool it is it was.

472
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Speaker 1: I mean, anytime you're nominated, right, Chris collins Worth, Troy

473
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Speaker 1: aik Man, I mean John Smoltz, I mean Bill Raftury.

474
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Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are legends. They've been doing this

475
00:24:42,628 --> 00:24:45,788
Speaker 1: for a long time, and especially obviously in the NFL

476
00:24:45,908 --> 00:24:48,228
Speaker 1: circles with Troy and Chris. I mean they be They

477
00:24:48,228 --> 00:24:50,428
Speaker 1: called my games when I was a rookie, you know,

478
00:24:50,708 --> 00:24:54,428
Speaker 1: twenty years ago. So it's it's pretty cool and listen it.

479
00:24:54,748 --> 00:24:56,988
Speaker 1: I had a guy to a teammate tell me this

480
00:24:57,028 --> 00:24:58,748
Speaker 1: a long time ago. He says, no matter how old

481
00:24:58,828 --> 00:25:01,268
Speaker 1: you get, you're never too cool for a pat, you know,

482
00:25:01,308 --> 00:25:03,348
Speaker 1: for an atta boy, you know, a pat on the back.

483
00:25:03,428 --> 00:25:05,868
Speaker 1: Or everyone likes to be told good job, everyone likes

484
00:25:05,868 --> 00:25:08,348
Speaker 1: to have you know, confirmation that the hard work is

485
00:25:08,388 --> 00:25:10,788
Speaker 1: paying off, whether you're a high school kid or a

486
00:25:10,788 --> 00:25:13,268
Speaker 1: forty year old adult. I think everyone likes it, so listen.

487
00:25:13,748 --> 00:25:15,668
Speaker 1: It was cool, it was fun, It was a great experience.

488
00:25:15,668 --> 00:25:17,348
Speaker 1: I had never been to the Emmys before. I didn't

489
00:25:17,348 --> 00:25:19,788
Speaker 1: go last year and told myself, you know, the next

490
00:25:19,788 --> 00:25:22,068
Speaker 1: time I was nominated, I would go. Me and my

491
00:25:22,108 --> 00:25:24,388
Speaker 1: wife had a great couple of days in the city

492
00:25:24,508 --> 00:25:26,548
Speaker 1: enjoying that, and it was awesome.

493
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Speaker 2: Who is the coolest person you met that you'd never

494
00:25:28,948 --> 00:25:30,948
Speaker 2: met before at the sportsmes?

495
00:25:31,108 --> 00:25:33,348
Speaker 1: Oh, that's a great question, you know I met you know,

496
00:25:33,588 --> 00:25:36,988
Speaker 1: it's it's super cool because you walk into the room, obviously,

497
00:25:37,188 --> 00:25:38,868
Speaker 1: I'm sure you know, like you walk into the room.

498
00:25:39,108 --> 00:25:41,748
Speaker 2: The cocktail hour before cocktail hour was great.

499
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Speaker 1: My big regret is that we didn't get to the

500
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Speaker 1: cocktail hour early enough. We went, we went for dinner

501
00:25:45,788 --> 00:25:47,788
Speaker 1: at the hotel, and it always takes longer to get

502
00:25:47,788 --> 00:25:50,468
Speaker 1: everywhere in New York than you plan, and I wish

503
00:25:50,508 --> 00:25:53,068
Speaker 1: I would have had like another thirty forty minutes of

504
00:25:53,068 --> 00:25:55,748
Speaker 1: the cocktailer because you're just getting going. You have a cocktail,

505
00:25:55,828 --> 00:25:59,148
Speaker 1: you're shaking hands, you're seeing people that you've either you've

506
00:25:59,188 --> 00:26:01,868
Speaker 1: met before but you haven't seen them in a while,

507
00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:05,188
Speaker 1: or just people you've watched on TV. Right, Ernie Johnson, Right,

508
00:26:05,228 --> 00:26:08,948
Speaker 1: I've seen him a thousand times doing NBA games, obviously

509
00:26:08,988 --> 00:26:11,868
Speaker 1: college basketball and everything they do, and that show's awesome,

510
00:26:12,428 --> 00:26:14,948
Speaker 1: and yeah, you have a chance to shake his hand

511
00:26:14,988 --> 00:26:16,748
Speaker 1: and ask him how he was doing and learn. So,

512
00:26:17,148 --> 00:26:19,108
Speaker 1: you know, just people that you see on TV all

513
00:26:19,148 --> 00:26:21,548
Speaker 1: the time you feel like you know them, but you

514
00:26:21,668 --> 00:26:23,548
Speaker 1: never have actually been in the same room as them.

515
00:26:23,588 --> 00:26:26,548
Speaker 1: So it was a lot of really cool interesting people there.

516
00:26:27,468 --> 00:26:29,948
Speaker 1: Some I had met a bunch, and others, you know,

517
00:26:30,028 --> 00:26:31,588
Speaker 1: like Ernie for the first time, so it.

518
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Speaker 4: Was it was super cool.

519
00:26:32,988 --> 00:26:35,108
Speaker 2: I'll never forget. We got nominated for Good Morning Football

520
00:26:35,108 --> 00:26:36,188
Speaker 2: couple of years in a row, so I got to

521
00:26:36,188 --> 00:26:38,308
Speaker 2: go to a few and we're in the cocktailer and

522
00:26:38,308 --> 00:26:40,228
Speaker 2: it's actually the year we ended up winning, and we're

523
00:26:40,228 --> 00:26:41,628
Speaker 2: staying there and I get a tap on the shoulder

524
00:26:41,628 --> 00:26:43,828
Speaker 2: from this really tall guy and at first it's jarring

525
00:26:43,828 --> 00:26:45,868
Speaker 2: because I did not know how tall he was in person.

526
00:26:45,908 --> 00:26:48,108
Speaker 2: And he's like, hey, I know we're competition and we're

527
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Speaker 2: nominated and you guys are nominated, but I am just

528
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:52,028
Speaker 2: such a huge fan of your work. And I looked

529
00:26:52,108 --> 00:26:53,748
Speaker 2: up and it was Scott van Pelt. So for all

530
00:26:53,788 --> 00:26:56,348
Speaker 2: the years that we've been doing this, I'd never seen

531
00:26:56,388 --> 00:26:58,428
Speaker 2: him in person, and I'd never worked with him, and

532
00:26:59,388 --> 00:27:01,628
Speaker 2: I'd never actually been in the room with him. So

533
00:27:01,708 --> 00:27:03,828
Speaker 2: I was I mean, even me who's been in this

534
00:27:03,868 --> 00:27:05,988
Speaker 2: for a while, like to see one of these guys

535
00:27:06,028 --> 00:27:07,748
Speaker 2: in persons like, oh, you're like a real life person,

536
00:27:07,788 --> 00:27:08,628
Speaker 2: You're not just on my TV.

537
00:27:09,268 --> 00:27:11,348
Speaker 4: Yeah, well it's funny along those lines.

538
00:27:11,388 --> 00:27:13,668
Speaker 1: I'm in the bathroom like they're they're whisking all of

539
00:27:13,748 --> 00:27:16,108
Speaker 1: us like out of the cocktail hour and trying to

540
00:27:16,108 --> 00:27:18,108
Speaker 1: get us into the auditorium the you know, the theater

541
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Speaker 1: or whatever.

542
00:27:18,828 --> 00:27:20,748
Speaker 4: And I'm coming out of the bathroom.

543
00:27:20,788 --> 00:27:22,308
Speaker 1: There's like a line of a handful of guys and

544
00:27:22,348 --> 00:27:24,948
Speaker 1: I thankfully wash my hands or everybody's watching you, so

545
00:27:25,028 --> 00:27:27,508
Speaker 1: you wash your hands. And as I'm walking out, I

546
00:27:27,548 --> 00:27:30,868
Speaker 1: see Jay Wright. And I had never met Jay right before,

547
00:27:31,028 --> 00:27:33,828
Speaker 1: but he was there. But now you're like in the bathroom,

548
00:27:33,948 --> 00:27:37,988
Speaker 1: so like the most like, yeah, it is it weird

549
00:27:38,348 --> 00:27:40,628
Speaker 1: for anyone who has ever met someone or like had

550
00:27:40,628 --> 00:27:43,148
Speaker 1: someone say hello to them in the bathroom, like you

551
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,508
Speaker 1: just got done taking a leak. Yeah, and you know

552
00:27:45,548 --> 00:27:49,388
Speaker 1: you're meeting Jay Wright in like an auditorium bathroom as

553
00:27:49,388 --> 00:27:51,148
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys who are taking a leak before

554
00:27:51,188 --> 00:27:51,908
Speaker 1: the show starts.

555
00:27:51,908 --> 00:27:55,988
Speaker 4: So it's it's you know, all that stuff is very unpredictable.

556
00:27:56,228 --> 00:27:59,388
Speaker 2: Did you have any say in what they submitted? Like

557
00:27:59,828 --> 00:28:02,748
Speaker 2: Good Morning Football gets a submission, but I didn't see

558
00:28:02,788 --> 00:28:05,268
Speaker 2: what like the final cut was, Like I am a

559
00:28:05,308 --> 00:28:07,548
Speaker 2: control freak with my own stuff. This is your nay,

560
00:28:07,588 --> 00:28:09,668
Speaker 2: like I was as an individual, I had nothing to

561
00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:11,828
Speaker 2: do with it, but like, do you have final cut

562
00:28:11,868 --> 00:28:13,628
Speaker 2: of like what they submit to the Emmys?

563
00:28:14,028 --> 00:28:15,868
Speaker 1: They did, So it's it's funny you asked that because

564
00:28:15,908 --> 00:28:18,508
Speaker 1: my first year I did not, right. So you know

565
00:28:18,548 --> 00:28:20,268
Speaker 1: when Jacob Olman, who kind of heads up a lot

566
00:28:20,268 --> 00:28:22,748
Speaker 1: of the production teams and whatnot, he called me two

567
00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:25,548
Speaker 1: years ago, you know I was, well, I guess my

568
00:28:25,588 --> 00:28:29,348
Speaker 1: first year was like emerging Star, emerging.

569
00:28:28,868 --> 00:28:30,228
Speaker 4: Whatever it's called. I didn't win.

570
00:28:31,068 --> 00:28:34,988
Speaker 1: Then my year two, same category, emerging break you know,

571
00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:38,788
Speaker 1: whatever did win. This never had seen my reels for

572
00:28:38,828 --> 00:28:41,748
Speaker 1: those I had no idea what they what they submitted

573
00:28:41,828 --> 00:28:44,588
Speaker 1: or anything. But then this year it was a new category.

574
00:28:44,708 --> 00:28:46,628
Speaker 1: You know, this is like no more like emerging, like

575
00:28:46,668 --> 00:28:48,068
Speaker 1: you have to be in with all the big boys.

576
00:28:48,108 --> 00:28:49,468
Speaker 2: Now this is the emerged.

577
00:28:49,868 --> 00:28:52,148
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you've already have the merged.

578
00:28:52,988 --> 00:28:56,708
Speaker 1: And and I did actually see it, So Jacob was

579
00:28:56,708 --> 00:28:58,748
Speaker 1: cool enough. He shared, they have a whole team at Fox.

580
00:28:58,788 --> 00:29:02,068
Speaker 1: They do an unbelievable day the best. They are incredible,

581
00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:04,948
Speaker 1: and I I watched it and I was like, if

582
00:29:04,988 --> 00:29:05,708
Speaker 1: I was watching that, that.

583
00:29:05,708 --> 00:29:09,468
Speaker 4: Guy's pretty, you know, like that guy's good.

584
00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:11,748
Speaker 1: You know, he does a great job putting that together.

585
00:29:11,828 --> 00:29:15,068
Speaker 1: So it was cool, and so I did see it.

586
00:29:15,108 --> 00:29:17,548
Speaker 1: I don't think I gave them any feedback. I don't

587
00:29:17,588 --> 00:29:19,668
Speaker 1: think I said do this that. I don't Sometimes I

588
00:29:19,708 --> 00:29:20,868
Speaker 1: don't remember what I said.

589
00:29:20,868 --> 00:29:22,348
Speaker 4: If you told me what was.

590
00:29:22,348 --> 00:29:24,468
Speaker 1: The best thing you said in the NFC Championship game,

591
00:29:24,468 --> 00:29:26,388
Speaker 1: I'd be like, I don't remember who played, you know

592
00:29:26,428 --> 00:29:27,908
Speaker 1: what I mean, I don't know. I just make it

593
00:29:27,988 --> 00:29:30,828
Speaker 1: up as they go. But they obviously did a good

594
00:29:30,908 --> 00:29:34,068
Speaker 1: job and very fortunate to uh let me hear your

595
00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:34,628
Speaker 1: name called.

596
00:29:35,588 --> 00:29:38,268
Speaker 2: Does the last year's Super Bowl? Did that qualify for

597
00:29:38,308 --> 00:29:39,188
Speaker 2: this year's tape?

598
00:29:40,828 --> 00:29:45,228
Speaker 1: That's a really good question. My assumption is it ends

599
00:29:45,268 --> 00:29:48,588
Speaker 1: this season, So my guests would be the playoffs of

600
00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:49,668
Speaker 1: this past.

601
00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:53,868
Speaker 2: Season, probably the Packers versus I think my Super Bowl.

602
00:29:54,108 --> 00:29:57,468
Speaker 1: Yeah, my Super Bowl I called went into like when

603
00:29:57,508 --> 00:30:00,108
Speaker 1: I was like emerging, like the two years ago.

604
00:30:00,348 --> 00:30:04,348
Speaker 2: Yeah ago, you were awesome in that Niners Lions game.

605
00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:09,268
Speaker 2: But I remember the Packers Niners game, right, you were

606
00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:10,268
Speaker 2: on that call Allso.

607
00:30:10,108 --> 00:30:12,748
Speaker 4: Yeah, we had Packers Niners in the divisional round.

608
00:30:12,668 --> 00:30:15,188
Speaker 2: And Party made all those big clutch plays and you

609
00:30:15,228 --> 00:30:17,668
Speaker 2: were you were fantastic in that final drive. And I'm

610
00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:19,868
Speaker 2: assuming that's probably what Jacob was banking of.

611
00:30:20,588 --> 00:30:20,788
Speaker 1: Yeah.

612
00:30:20,788 --> 00:30:22,148
Speaker 4: I think it was a lot of playoff stuff.

613
00:30:22,188 --> 00:30:25,148
Speaker 1: And you know, those are the moments, right, those are

614
00:30:25,188 --> 00:30:26,348
Speaker 1: the moments everybody wants you.

615
00:30:26,388 --> 00:30:28,188
Speaker 2: Well, you guys didn't have a good game the first

616
00:30:28,228 --> 00:30:30,188
Speaker 2: ten weeks of the season. You guys had blowout each

617
00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:30,668
Speaker 2: every week.

618
00:30:31,028 --> 00:30:34,148
Speaker 1: We have this funny like group like group text thread

619
00:30:34,228 --> 00:30:36,708
Speaker 1: of you know, production guys and Aaron and Tom and

620
00:30:36,828 --> 00:30:39,708
Speaker 1: Kevin and myself and the guys in the truck and

621
00:30:39,788 --> 00:30:41,748
Speaker 1: researchers and is like this big group chain.

622
00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:45,468
Speaker 4: And every week Jarrett, the research guy at Fox who's

623
00:30:45,548 --> 00:30:46,788
Speaker 4: unbelievable what he does.

624
00:30:47,108 --> 00:30:51,188
Speaker 1: Jarrett would send hey, just updating America's game of the

625
00:30:51,188 --> 00:30:55,028
Speaker 1: week average margin of victories twenty two point three points.

626
00:30:55,308 --> 00:30:56,268
Speaker 4: We have not We've.

627
00:30:56,068 --> 00:30:59,108
Speaker 1: Had one game within fourteen points in the fourth quarter.

628
00:30:59,188 --> 00:31:01,948
Speaker 1: We're like, thanks, Jarrett, We're well you know, we're well aware.

629
00:31:02,188 --> 00:31:05,908
Speaker 1: You know. It was just blowout after after blowout, and

630
00:31:05,948 --> 00:31:09,428
Speaker 1: then playoffs came and it caught fire and we just

631
00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,068
Speaker 1: had game after game after game.

632
00:31:11,148 --> 00:31:12,828
Speaker 4: The NFC Championship was awesome.

633
00:31:13,148 --> 00:31:16,308
Speaker 1: So the playoffs made up for what was a very

634
00:31:16,348 --> 00:31:18,908
Speaker 1: weird regular season because we didn't have a ton.

635
00:31:18,748 --> 00:31:21,028
Speaker 4: Of like thrillers. We had won early.

636
00:31:21,428 --> 00:31:24,028
Speaker 1: We had Detroit lost to Seattle in Week two in

637
00:31:24,068 --> 00:31:27,508
Speaker 1: an overtime game that was awesome, and we had a

638
00:31:27,548 --> 00:31:29,388
Speaker 1: couple here and there. We just didn't have a lot

639
00:31:29,428 --> 00:31:31,548
Speaker 1: of drama at the end. So the playoffs definitely made

640
00:31:31,628 --> 00:31:31,948
Speaker 1: up for it.

641
00:31:32,468 --> 00:31:35,428
Speaker 2: McCaffrey got this new deal. I saw you liked his

642
00:31:36,068 --> 00:31:38,428
Speaker 2: video on Instagram. Now I'm a new Instagram user. I

643
00:31:38,468 --> 00:31:40,948
Speaker 2: can see who likes what. You were his teammate. What

644
00:31:41,028 --> 00:31:43,188
Speaker 2: was your best McCaffrey story when he first walked through

645
00:31:43,188 --> 00:31:43,948
Speaker 2: those doors.

646
00:31:44,668 --> 00:31:46,468
Speaker 4: McCaffrey's the best. I'm going to his wedding here in

647
00:31:46,508 --> 00:31:48,148
Speaker 4: a couple of weeks. I texted him last night.

648
00:31:48,308 --> 00:31:50,188
Speaker 1: I texted him last night after I saw the deal

649
00:31:50,228 --> 00:31:52,308
Speaker 1: come through, and I was like, dude, I don't know

650
00:31:52,348 --> 00:31:54,748
Speaker 1: if you know what you're in store for, but your

651
00:31:54,908 --> 00:31:58,788
Speaker 1: bar bille totally just don't even look at it because

652
00:31:58,828 --> 00:32:01,668
Speaker 1: we're about to blow your wedding. This tab we're going

653
00:32:01,708 --> 00:32:03,348
Speaker 1: to run up on you. All the guys are coming

654
00:32:03,348 --> 00:32:05,188
Speaker 1: to town for it is going to be.

655
00:32:05,188 --> 00:32:06,628
Speaker 2: An a f So it's not gonna be one of

656
00:32:06,628 --> 00:32:08,508
Speaker 2: those weddings where they give you out a coupon and

657
00:32:08,548 --> 00:32:09,348
Speaker 2: you get one free drink.

658
00:32:10,548 --> 00:32:10,988
Speaker 4: I don't know.

659
00:32:11,188 --> 00:32:13,388
Speaker 1: I'm just assuming it's not gonna be. I think everything

660
00:32:13,428 --> 00:32:15,428
Speaker 1: him and Olivia are gonna do is pretty high, high,

661
00:32:15,548 --> 00:32:18,668
Speaker 1: high brow. But even if it's not, we're opening up

662
00:32:18,748 --> 00:32:22,628
Speaker 1: the bar like this is non negotiable, and McCaffrey's getting

663
00:32:22,628 --> 00:32:24,948
Speaker 1: the bill. So we got like all of our old teammates,

664
00:32:24,948 --> 00:32:26,668
Speaker 1: a bunch of our buddies. We're all going out there,

665
00:32:26,708 --> 00:32:29,228
Speaker 1: both the Miners guys and Panther guys.

666
00:32:29,268 --> 00:32:30,188
Speaker 4: So we're gonna get together.

667
00:32:30,228 --> 00:32:33,108
Speaker 1: We haven't been together in you know, probably a couple

668
00:32:33,148 --> 00:32:34,868
Speaker 1: of years, you know, since we've all kind of gone

669
00:32:34,908 --> 00:32:35,708
Speaker 1: our separate ways.

670
00:32:35,748 --> 00:32:36,948
Speaker 4: We're in a million you knows.

671
00:32:37,028 --> 00:32:39,748
Speaker 2: The crew, Like I love this so it's it's obviously yes.

672
00:32:40,628 --> 00:32:45,188
Speaker 1: Yeah, Keithley's flying up, Ryan Khalil, Jonathan Stewart, I'm talking

673
00:32:45,188 --> 00:32:49,388
Speaker 1: like Panther guys, Jonathan Sue. Who else is in our group?

674
00:32:49,548 --> 00:32:52,348
Speaker 1: Jj Janssen, who's still playing and you're.

675
00:32:52,188 --> 00:32:53,508
Speaker 2: Like a long snapper?

676
00:32:54,068 --> 00:32:54,708
Speaker 4: Yeah.

677
00:32:54,788 --> 00:32:56,708
Speaker 1: Greg Van Roten we call him g VR, is a

678
00:32:56,748 --> 00:32:58,628
Speaker 1: really good buddy of oys offensive line and played for

679
00:32:58,628 --> 00:33:02,708
Speaker 1: the Raiders last year. Yeah. So and then I think

680
00:33:02,748 --> 00:33:04,948
Speaker 1: like Kittle and used check and and you know, all

681
00:33:04,948 --> 00:33:06,468
Speaker 1: the forty nine er guys. So it's kind of a

682
00:33:07,588 --> 00:33:10,348
Speaker 1: cross between the old Panther guys when Christian was young

683
00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:14,388
Speaker 1: and now just guys throughout the league, and it's we

684
00:33:14,428 --> 00:33:16,468
Speaker 1: are we are much looking. It's it's here in like

685
00:33:16,468 --> 00:33:17,908
Speaker 1: three weeks, so it's the end of the month, so

686
00:33:17,908 --> 00:33:19,388
Speaker 1: we're we're pretty excited about it.

687
00:33:19,428 --> 00:33:21,828
Speaker 2: What's your memory of when it collected that, Like, oh,

688
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:23,188
Speaker 2: this guy's for real.

689
00:33:24,348 --> 00:33:27,308
Speaker 4: So my first ever interaction with McCaffrey. You're gonna love this.

690
00:33:27,388 --> 00:33:30,428
Speaker 1: So he was not allowed to come to our off

691
00:33:30,468 --> 00:33:34,908
Speaker 1: season training because certain colleges that aren't on semesters, they're

692
00:33:34,948 --> 00:33:40,268
Speaker 1: on like, yes, Northwest, it's like super super smart schools

693
00:33:40,708 --> 00:33:43,628
Speaker 1: trimester or quarters or system or whatever they call it.

694
00:33:44,148 --> 00:33:45,908
Speaker 1: And I don't know if the rule is still the same.

695
00:33:46,148 --> 00:33:49,508
Speaker 1: I haven't followed it. But when I was playing schools

696
00:33:49,588 --> 00:33:52,908
Speaker 1: that were on the quarters or the trimester system, because

697
00:33:52,988 --> 00:33:56,148
Speaker 1: school at those universities was still in session in the summer,

698
00:33:56,508 --> 00:33:59,548
Speaker 1: even if those kids were done with school, graduate, whatever

699
00:33:59,588 --> 00:34:02,668
Speaker 1: it was, you were not allowed to be at the

700
00:34:02,788 --> 00:34:07,228
Speaker 1: NFL practices. Was like a super obscure situation. So McCaffrey

701
00:34:07,788 --> 00:34:10,668
Speaker 1: was losing his mind. He couldn't come to like a

702
00:34:10,708 --> 00:34:12,828
Speaker 1: mini camp. He couldn't come to the first maybe couple

703
00:34:12,828 --> 00:34:15,748
Speaker 1: weeks of OTAs. But I met him for the first

704
00:34:15,748 --> 00:34:18,588
Speaker 1: time at Ron Rivera's charity event he ran like a

705
00:34:18,628 --> 00:34:21,508
Speaker 1: bowling event that Christian was in town for. And I'll

706
00:34:21,548 --> 00:34:23,228
Speaker 1: never forget, Like I'm just over there and we're just

707
00:34:23,268 --> 00:34:25,948
Speaker 1: shooting the catching up And obviously I'd watched him play

708
00:34:25,948 --> 00:34:26,908
Speaker 1: in college and.

709
00:34:27,148 --> 00:34:28,228
Speaker 4: Knew what a study was.

710
00:34:29,308 --> 00:34:32,748
Speaker 1: He He did not throw one ball, he did not

711
00:34:32,828 --> 00:34:35,748
Speaker 1: hit a pin. He sat next to me and was like,

712
00:34:35,948 --> 00:34:38,508
Speaker 1: how do you guys do pass protection? How do you

713
00:34:38,588 --> 00:34:41,428
Speaker 1: guys do the and like he was, Me and him

714
00:34:41,468 --> 00:34:45,548
Speaker 1: had like an hour long conversation on past protection, our formation,

715
00:34:45,748 --> 00:34:49,068
Speaker 1: our route, tree He's like, it's killing me that I'm

716
00:34:49,108 --> 00:34:51,868
Speaker 1: not at you know, spring ot everything is.

717
00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:53,428
Speaker 2: A veteran you want to hear right, Like that's and

718
00:34:53,588 --> 00:34:53,868
Speaker 2: I'm like.

719
00:34:54,548 --> 00:34:55,988
Speaker 4: I'm like this guy, I knew he was a stud.

720
00:34:56,028 --> 00:34:59,428
Speaker 1: I watched him obviously at eleven o'clock Eastern every weekend

721
00:34:59,468 --> 00:35:02,068
Speaker 1: when Stanford was when he was running all over everybody,

722
00:35:02,108 --> 00:35:04,588
Speaker 1: and he wanted nothing to do with the event. He

723
00:35:04,628 --> 00:35:06,948
Speaker 1: wanted nothing to do with bowling, he wanted nothing to

724
00:35:06,948 --> 00:35:09,068
Speaker 1: do with walking around shaking hands as our top ten

725
00:35:09,348 --> 00:35:14,788
Speaker 1: first round pick. Like he was killing me about just

726
00:35:14,868 --> 00:35:17,468
Speaker 1: what is he missing? Installs? What should I know? How

727
00:35:17,508 --> 00:35:19,388
Speaker 1: do we do protections? How do we set the mics?

728
00:35:19,388 --> 00:35:22,668
Speaker 1: Where do I scan a lot formation alignments? And I

729
00:35:22,708 --> 00:35:25,708
Speaker 1: was like, this dude's just different. Like there's a lot

730
00:35:25,748 --> 00:35:27,668
Speaker 1: of guys like, hey, he's a ballplayer, Like this guy

731
00:35:27,748 --> 00:35:30,988
Speaker 1: just truly loves ball. He's like in the dictionary, you

732
00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:35,508
Speaker 1: look that up is McCaffrey, Like he is wired very different,

733
00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:36,708
Speaker 1: he is all in.

734
00:35:38,028 --> 00:35:40,908
Speaker 4: He's just a very he acted as a rookie.

735
00:35:41,228 --> 00:35:45,228
Speaker 1: How most guys don't figure out taking care of their body, training, nutrition, diet,

736
00:35:45,908 --> 00:35:48,268
Speaker 1: all that he was doing that as an incoming rookie.

737
00:35:48,428 --> 00:35:50,388
Speaker 1: You know, takes some guys eight ten years to really

738
00:35:50,468 --> 00:35:52,788
Speaker 1: figure out what that means to be a pro. So

739
00:35:53,188 --> 00:35:56,788
Speaker 1: he was wise beyond his years. Obviously physically talented, but

740
00:35:56,948 --> 00:36:00,548
Speaker 1: just his approach and mindset and everything he does is

741
00:36:00,588 --> 00:36:03,708
Speaker 1: what makes him him. And then he happens to also

742
00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,108
Speaker 1: be fast and strong and all that, but that's all

743
00:36:06,148 --> 00:36:07,628
Speaker 1: secondary for him.

744
00:36:08,548 --> 00:36:10,868
Speaker 2: You know. It's it's amazing this forty nine ers team

745
00:36:10,908 --> 00:36:12,548
Speaker 2: in that era, and you've called so many big games

746
00:36:12,588 --> 00:36:15,508
Speaker 2: over the last few years, including an NFC championship game

747
00:36:15,508 --> 00:36:18,668
Speaker 2: that was cut short, including a NFC Championship game where

748
00:36:18,668 --> 00:36:20,348
Speaker 2: they did get over the hump and get back to

749
00:36:20,388 --> 00:36:23,108
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. It's one of these deals where like,

750
00:36:23,228 --> 00:36:25,548
Speaker 2: I have to think those guys to go through another offseason,

751
00:36:25,548 --> 00:36:27,508
Speaker 2: and you know Kittle so well from tight End University

752
00:36:27,548 --> 00:36:29,308
Speaker 2: and obviously used check has been the legal is sounding

753
00:36:29,348 --> 00:36:31,628
Speaker 2: like it has to just kill these guys that they

754
00:36:31,668 --> 00:36:32,748
Speaker 2: haven't gotten a chip yet.

755
00:36:33,388 --> 00:36:36,988
Speaker 1: Oh, I mean I lost one, so I kind of

756
00:36:37,148 --> 00:36:39,428
Speaker 1: know what it's like walking out as the confetti falls

757
00:36:39,468 --> 00:36:41,348
Speaker 1: and the other team's colors and you go back into

758
00:36:41,388 --> 00:36:44,628
Speaker 1: the reality of the locker room that it's over right,

759
00:36:44,668 --> 00:36:46,868
Speaker 1: there's no best of three, best of five, will go

760
00:36:46,908 --> 00:36:50,028
Speaker 1: get him next time, like it is over the finality

761
00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:52,388
Speaker 1: of the end of a postseason in the NFL is

762
00:36:52,468 --> 00:36:56,548
Speaker 1: unlike any other sport because you get one shot, right. So,

763
00:36:56,628 --> 00:37:00,188
Speaker 1: I've lost an NFC championship game, won an NFC Championship game,

764
00:37:00,308 --> 00:37:03,068
Speaker 1: lost to Super Bowl, never got back to win another

765
00:37:03,108 --> 00:37:05,908
Speaker 1: Super Bowl like it just so for these guys in

766
00:37:05,948 --> 00:37:09,268
Speaker 1: this core, well Christian making it for the first time,

767
00:37:09,308 --> 00:37:11,388
Speaker 1: but you know, Kittle and those guys made it, you know,

768
00:37:11,428 --> 00:37:14,428
Speaker 1: just a few years ago. And to get there twice

769
00:37:14,468 --> 00:37:17,348
Speaker 1: and come up short twice, especially this year, obviously it

770
00:37:17,508 --> 00:37:18,308
Speaker 1: was a tough ending.

771
00:37:18,388 --> 00:37:20,348
Speaker 4: Like it's hard, man.

772
00:37:20,388 --> 00:37:23,068
Speaker 1: I think it just shows how many things have to

773
00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:25,308
Speaker 1: go your way to not only make a Super Bowl,

774
00:37:25,588 --> 00:37:27,748
Speaker 1: but the chips to fall your way and the breaks

775
00:37:27,748 --> 00:37:30,148
Speaker 1: to go your way to win a game, especially in

776
00:37:30,188 --> 00:37:33,188
Speaker 1: an era where Mahomes and Kelsey and Andy Reid. You know,

777
00:37:33,228 --> 00:37:35,468
Speaker 1: that's a that's a history. You know, that's like winning

778
00:37:35,508 --> 00:37:38,388
Speaker 1: when Brady and the Patriots like to steal one out

779
00:37:38,428 --> 00:37:40,788
Speaker 1: of that era. You got to have a lot of

780
00:37:40,788 --> 00:37:42,908
Speaker 1: things go your way. Yeah, maybe Brady got knocked out

781
00:37:42,908 --> 00:37:45,068
Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship, that's what happened our year and

782
00:37:45,068 --> 00:37:47,188
Speaker 1: we couldn't take advantage of it against Denver. But like

783
00:37:47,708 --> 00:37:50,108
Speaker 1: that's kind of what Kansas City is now. And you know,

784
00:37:50,548 --> 00:37:53,308
Speaker 1: San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan might have two Super Bowls if

785
00:37:53,348 --> 00:37:55,908
Speaker 1: it wasn't for Andy Reid, hadn't Patrick Mahomes and vice versas.

786
00:37:55,908 --> 00:37:59,388
Speaker 1: So sometimes you're the You're the product of your era

787
00:37:59,468 --> 00:38:01,788
Speaker 1: and your time. But I think those guys still have

788
00:38:01,868 --> 00:38:05,268
Speaker 1: a long runway. They got a cheap quarterback, I mean.

789
00:38:05,148 --> 00:38:08,508
Speaker 4: Like payment wise obviously, but I'm saying they got to ride.

790
00:38:08,508 --> 00:38:09,428
Speaker 4: They got another year.

791
00:38:09,628 --> 00:38:12,228
Speaker 1: Maybe they can continue to pay All these guys on

792
00:38:12,308 --> 00:38:14,988
Speaker 1: defense take advantage of party, playing for free in essence,

793
00:38:15,388 --> 00:38:16,748
Speaker 1: and take advantage of this window.

794
00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:25,748
Speaker 2: One of the things I love about you. We'll get

795
00:38:25,748 --> 00:38:28,668
Speaker 2: together at like a Fox event, and we'll talk NFL

796
00:38:28,748 --> 00:38:30,508
Speaker 2: for about three seconds, like we just did, and then

797
00:38:30,548 --> 00:38:32,388
Speaker 2: we'll get right into youth sports. I've got a seven

798
00:38:32,468 --> 00:38:36,788
Speaker 2: year old son we're just starting. He's hardcore basketball. This

799
00:38:36,868 --> 00:38:39,988
Speaker 2: thing is called the Brooklyn Basketball Academy, and it is

800
00:38:40,108 --> 00:38:42,708
Speaker 2: like there's eight teams in the league. We have practices

801
00:38:42,868 --> 00:38:44,988
Speaker 2: like I don't coach because they have they don't have

802
00:38:45,268 --> 00:38:48,028
Speaker 2: bother coaches they have like actual guys who are like

803
00:38:48,108 --> 00:38:50,868
Speaker 2: recent you know, college basketball players. I mean they coach

804
00:38:50,908 --> 00:38:54,668
Speaker 2: and JJ Reddick overseas a lot of the league. And

805
00:38:54,708 --> 00:38:57,868
Speaker 2: then there's like random, yeah, random Brooklyn dads you'd love,

806
00:38:57,948 --> 00:39:00,428
Speaker 2: like Brian Westbrook's kids in the league. Like I see

807
00:39:00,508 --> 00:39:02,788
Speaker 2: him at the games. Like it's just it's random. It's good,

808
00:39:02,828 --> 00:39:06,548
Speaker 2: it's awesome, And my son loves it. And I could

809
00:39:06,588 --> 00:39:09,988
Speaker 2: see myself jumping in head first and diving in. And

810
00:39:10,428 --> 00:39:12,588
Speaker 2: I know how passionate you are and you've taken it

811
00:39:12,588 --> 00:39:14,988
Speaker 2: to the next level talk about youth sports and like

812
00:39:15,148 --> 00:39:16,428
Speaker 2: where you see this thing going?

813
00:39:17,628 --> 00:39:20,148
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and it's easy, right, especially when you

814
00:39:20,228 --> 00:39:22,668
Speaker 1: see your kids. It's easy as a parent when you

815
00:39:22,748 --> 00:39:27,628
Speaker 1: see your kid, your son or daughter really fall into something.

816
00:39:27,708 --> 00:39:29,868
Speaker 4: In your case it's basketball or baseball.

817
00:39:29,948 --> 00:39:33,468
Speaker 1: And my daughter's recently, just within the last six to

818
00:39:33,508 --> 00:39:36,428
Speaker 1: ten months, gotten into you girls, basketball, and she's like

819
00:39:36,668 --> 00:39:39,948
Speaker 1: really embracing it and wanting to improve and practicing. Like

820
00:39:40,748 --> 00:39:43,548
Speaker 1: as a parent, it's very easy to see once the

821
00:39:43,628 --> 00:39:47,388
Speaker 1: light goes on for them and it clicks, it's easy

822
00:39:47,388 --> 00:39:50,788
Speaker 1: to find yourself saying Okay, there's never enough. We need

823
00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:52,788
Speaker 1: more practices, we need more games. We need more scrimmages,

824
00:39:52,828 --> 00:39:54,828
Speaker 1: we need more training. Who's the best trainer, who's your

825
00:39:54,908 --> 00:39:57,748
Speaker 1: kid working with? Like it's easy once you see it

826
00:39:57,788 --> 00:40:01,228
Speaker 1: for them to just like I will give you every resource,

827
00:40:01,308 --> 00:40:01,948
Speaker 1: every possible.

828
00:40:02,028 --> 00:40:03,348
Speaker 2: I'm going all in. I want you to be your

829
00:40:03,348 --> 00:40:04,708
Speaker 2: besketball and whenever you want to be.

830
00:40:04,788 --> 00:40:07,788
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, And again I think it's in. We

831
00:40:07,788 --> 00:40:11,108
Speaker 1: were all doing it out of good intentions. So your

832
00:40:11,188 --> 00:40:13,748
Speaker 1: child tells you they really want to pursue something, you

833
00:40:13,828 --> 00:40:18,748
Speaker 1: can see them actively enjoying it, pursuing it, like improving,

834
00:40:18,828 --> 00:40:21,028
Speaker 1: like they're not just saying it. Like you can tell

835
00:40:21,068 --> 00:40:23,148
Speaker 1: a kid who's in there or who just got dropped

836
00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:25,068
Speaker 1: off by his parents from practice, Like you.

837
00:40:25,028 --> 00:40:25,948
Speaker 4: Can tell the difference.

838
00:40:26,988 --> 00:40:29,228
Speaker 1: And then as a parent, your first instinct is I

839
00:40:29,268 --> 00:40:32,628
Speaker 1: will get you every bit of support, training, lessons, team

840
00:40:32,788 --> 00:40:35,868
Speaker 1: whatever to say what you want to do. And it's

841
00:40:35,908 --> 00:40:38,388
Speaker 1: a very fine line. And some of that I've learned

842
00:40:38,428 --> 00:40:40,788
Speaker 1: the hard way, right I've I was the dad was

843
00:40:40,788 --> 00:40:43,428
Speaker 1: eight year old baseball and I'm like, this is this

844
00:40:43,508 --> 00:40:45,708
Speaker 1: is our life. We're not going on family vacations. We

845
00:40:45,788 --> 00:40:48,988
Speaker 1: got to get ready for the North Carolina cal Ripkens

846
00:40:49,028 --> 00:40:54,788
Speaker 1: State championship. And by the way, they're eighty they're rising

847
00:40:55,748 --> 00:40:59,548
Speaker 1: third graders for whatever it's second grade. So like when

848
00:40:59,628 --> 00:41:01,668
Speaker 1: you go through it, it's just so easy to get

849
00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:04,788
Speaker 1: caught up in it. And I've again learned some lessons

850
00:41:04,788 --> 00:41:07,948
Speaker 1: the hard way. Something's good, something's bad, and really look

851
00:41:07,988 --> 00:41:10,388
Speaker 1: at it. Now that we approach youth sports as one

852
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,348
Speaker 1: simple goal in our house, I should say two separate

853
00:41:13,348 --> 00:41:16,308
Speaker 1: goals in our house. A. In my opinion, there is

854
00:41:16,468 --> 00:41:19,548
Speaker 1: no greater vehicle for young children to learn real life

855
00:41:19,628 --> 00:41:24,308
Speaker 1: experiences than youth sports. Playing with kids you might not

856
00:41:24,668 --> 00:41:26,788
Speaker 1: come from the same backgrounds coaches you may or may

857
00:41:26,828 --> 00:41:30,148
Speaker 1: not just agree with a coach is really hard on you.

858
00:41:30,148 --> 00:41:32,388
Speaker 1: You don't play a lot, you lost playing time, you're

859
00:41:32,388 --> 00:41:34,268
Speaker 1: on the depth chart, you're coming off the bench, you're

860
00:41:34,588 --> 00:41:38,548
Speaker 1: the sixth man whatever. That is that same that's.

861
00:41:38,468 --> 00:41:42,348
Speaker 2: Not just your friends from class, you're kids from other schools.

862
00:41:42,428 --> 00:41:45,108
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, maybe you're a little uncomfortable in the beginning.

863
00:41:45,108 --> 00:41:46,948
Speaker 1: You got to come out of your shell. Like there's

864
00:41:46,988 --> 00:41:49,468
Speaker 1: so many great life lessons that you can create through

865
00:41:49,508 --> 00:41:52,188
Speaker 1: youth sports, and to me that's number one across the board.

866
00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:55,428
Speaker 1: And then the second part of that approach is can

867
00:41:55,468 --> 00:41:58,068
Speaker 1: you go one day play for your middle school and

868
00:41:58,108 --> 00:42:01,028
Speaker 1: then one day your high school and have a really

869
00:42:01,268 --> 00:42:05,708
Speaker 1: fun school experience on at least one, if not multiple teams.

870
00:42:06,068 --> 00:42:10,068
Speaker 1: If you check those boxes, your sports journey is a

871
00:42:10,108 --> 00:42:12,948
Speaker 1: success in my book, Like, that's how we approach it.

872
00:42:13,228 --> 00:42:16,388
Speaker 1: That's what we harp on our kids. Anything beyond that

873
00:42:17,548 --> 00:42:18,108
Speaker 1: is gravy.

874
00:42:18,908 --> 00:42:22,908
Speaker 2: I love this, love this. And how did you I mean,

875
00:42:22,988 --> 00:42:25,628
Speaker 2: because you said you originally were traveling the East coast

876
00:42:25,668 --> 00:42:27,748
Speaker 2: and did you have a moment or did you have

877
00:42:27,788 --> 00:42:30,508
Speaker 2: a governor in your Like wait a second, we're let's

878
00:42:30,668 --> 00:42:32,948
Speaker 2: let's take it take a step back. Is that because

879
00:42:32,988 --> 00:42:36,188
Speaker 2: to me, I don't know where the gay I know myself.

880
00:42:36,428 --> 00:42:37,828
Speaker 2: If my son wants to do it, all go to

881
00:42:37,868 --> 00:42:39,628
Speaker 2: all ends to the Do you want to go to

882
00:42:39,668 --> 00:42:42,188
Speaker 2: New Jersey and play in a tournament for an half hour?

883
00:42:42,188 --> 00:42:44,108
Speaker 2: We'll drive four hours. I could see that happening.

884
00:42:44,708 --> 00:42:46,828
Speaker 1: Oh and don't get me wrong, we still do it right.

885
00:42:46,868 --> 00:42:49,628
Speaker 1: So my older son, We're for both my sons, my

886
00:42:49,908 --> 00:42:52,508
Speaker 1: twelve year old and my eleven year old, both of

887
00:42:52,548 --> 00:42:54,868
Speaker 1: their teams. I coach my eleven year old. My my

888
00:42:54,908 --> 00:42:57,788
Speaker 1: other son plays for a different organization. Both their teams.

889
00:42:57,828 --> 00:43:00,988
Speaker 1: We're going to spend a week in Myrtle Beach from

890
00:43:01,028 --> 00:43:04,588
Speaker 1: Tuesday to Sunday next week, and we'll play between the

891
00:43:04,628 --> 00:43:09,068
Speaker 1: two of them. They'll play sixteen seventeen baseball games between

892
00:43:09,108 --> 00:43:12,028
Speaker 1: two separate teams, I mean two boys, two separate teams.

893
00:43:12,068 --> 00:43:14,828
Speaker 1: Like we're in. Then a week after that, we're going

894
00:43:14,868 --> 00:43:17,588
Speaker 1: down to East Cobb, which is down outside of Atlanta.

895
00:43:17,588 --> 00:43:19,668
Speaker 1: We're going to play in a five day National Perfect

896
00:43:19,668 --> 00:43:22,148
Speaker 1: Game Baseball tournament with my older son, and we're going

897
00:43:22,188 --> 00:43:26,188
Speaker 1: to Mississippi. My daughter's basketball team went to Greensboro. My son,

898
00:43:26,348 --> 00:43:28,548
Speaker 1: my younger son's baseball team is going to play a

899
00:43:28,588 --> 00:43:31,588
Speaker 1: tournament in Charleston in July. Like, it's all I sitting

900
00:43:31,628 --> 00:43:33,628
Speaker 1: here saying, like, oh, we just take it easy. I mean,

901
00:43:33,988 --> 00:43:38,948
Speaker 1: we try to match the enthusiasm of the kid. We

902
00:43:38,988 --> 00:43:41,788
Speaker 1: try to match it. If the kids really in and

903
00:43:41,828 --> 00:43:45,508
Speaker 1: the parents are dragging them back, that's probably not fair. Yeah,

904
00:43:45,548 --> 00:43:48,068
Speaker 1: if the kid's half ass in it and the parents

905
00:43:48,108 --> 00:43:50,708
Speaker 1: are all in, that's also a bad scenario.

906
00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:51,148
Speaker 2: Totally.

907
00:43:51,148 --> 00:43:55,788
Speaker 1: It's like, we try our best to match our enthusiasm.

908
00:43:56,068 --> 00:43:58,348
Speaker 1: Are we will drive to the ends of the earth.

909
00:43:58,708 --> 00:44:00,188
Speaker 1: We tell our kids all the time, we will do

910
00:44:00,228 --> 00:44:02,868
Speaker 1: whatever you want to do. But you got to do it,

911
00:44:03,028 --> 00:44:05,108
Speaker 1: and you've got to do it with everything in your power.

912
00:44:05,348 --> 00:44:07,188
Speaker 1: You've got to be willing to go to every practice,

913
00:44:07,308 --> 00:44:09,988
Speaker 1: every game. I don't want the second this looks like

914
00:44:09,988 --> 00:44:11,308
Speaker 1: we're doing it against your will.

915
00:44:11,468 --> 00:44:12,028
Speaker 4: We're done.

916
00:44:12,548 --> 00:44:13,588
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it.

917
00:44:14,668 --> 00:44:16,628
Speaker 4: And it's easier said than done. It's east or said

918
00:44:16,668 --> 00:44:17,028
Speaker 4: than done.

919
00:44:18,268 --> 00:44:20,828
Speaker 2: I watched some of your stuff. You were at the

920
00:44:20,908 --> 00:44:24,628
Speaker 2: Johns Hopkins University last month at the Project Play summit,

921
00:44:24,708 --> 00:44:26,588
Speaker 2: and you were discussing this. And that's why I'm r

922
00:44:26,788 --> 00:44:31,428
Speaker 2: because you had you know, parents, coaches, olympians, medical and

923
00:44:31,468 --> 00:44:35,308
Speaker 2: health experts, and you're doing this and now you've taken

924
00:44:35,348 --> 00:44:37,388
Speaker 2: it to like the media thing, talk about your youth

925
00:44:37,468 --> 00:44:39,748
Speaker 2: ink podcasts and what you're working on, because I think

926
00:44:39,748 --> 00:44:42,548
Speaker 2: there's an untapped market for parents like me who are

927
00:44:42,548 --> 00:44:45,268
Speaker 2: going into this thing blind, and then also parents like

928
00:44:45,388 --> 00:44:48,828
Speaker 2: you who you're looking for maybe peers and others that

929
00:44:48,828 --> 00:44:50,708
Speaker 2: you can kind of bounce ideas off of in a

930
00:44:50,908 --> 00:44:53,348
Speaker 2: sea of all of these private coaches and all of

931
00:44:53,388 --> 00:44:55,628
Speaker 2: these travel teams and all of the money that is

932
00:44:55,668 --> 00:44:58,108
Speaker 2: out there of people trying to suck you dry for

933
00:44:58,188 --> 00:44:59,548
Speaker 2: these youth sports.

934
00:44:59,908 --> 00:45:02,908
Speaker 1: Yeah, no question, So exactly right. So two years ago,

935
00:45:04,508 --> 00:45:07,708
Speaker 1: was out dinner with a couple of my buddies, Ryan Khalil,

936
00:45:07,948 --> 00:45:11,068
Speaker 1: Vince Vaughn, Humblebragg. Both those guys are really good buddies

937
00:45:11,068 --> 00:45:13,068
Speaker 1: of mine, and I was pitching them this idea. I

938
00:45:13,068 --> 00:45:14,628
Speaker 1: was like, Hey, we've been approached by a couple of

939
00:45:14,628 --> 00:45:17,908
Speaker 1: different podcast platforms and they're like, what ideas does Greg

940
00:45:17,948 --> 00:45:18,588
Speaker 1: want to talk about?

941
00:45:18,588 --> 00:45:19,308
Speaker 4: And I was like, I don't know.

942
00:45:19,308 --> 00:45:21,068
Speaker 1: I don't know if I want to just like break

943
00:45:21,108 --> 00:45:24,348
Speaker 1: down Sunday's game or totally how to run routes as

944
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:26,908
Speaker 1: a tight end, Like there's more to it, right, I

945
00:45:26,908 --> 00:45:28,948
Speaker 1: want to do something I'm really into. And I'm like, well,

946
00:45:29,148 --> 00:45:32,428
Speaker 1: the thing I do the most is coach and be

947
00:45:32,468 --> 00:45:35,948
Speaker 1: a youth sports parent, Like I do it before I

948
00:45:36,028 --> 00:45:38,948
Speaker 1: came into this. I'm in my Charlotte Christian which is

949
00:45:38,948 --> 00:45:41,468
Speaker 1: where my kids go to school T shirt because we

950
00:45:41,508 --> 00:45:45,748
Speaker 1: have eight to eleven am middle school football workouts Tuesday, Wednesday,

951
00:45:45,748 --> 00:45:49,508
Speaker 1: Thursday all summer, all summer long. Like we're living this

952
00:45:49,588 --> 00:45:52,068
Speaker 1: youth sports world. So anyway, so I'm like, the thing

953
00:45:52,108 --> 00:45:54,028
Speaker 1: I do the most is youth sports. The thing that

954
00:45:54,068 --> 00:45:55,988
Speaker 1: my wife and I stress the most about is are

955
00:45:56,028 --> 00:45:59,348
Speaker 1: we doing it correctly? Every dinner we go to with friends.

956
00:45:59,668 --> 00:46:02,388
Speaker 1: After five seconds, it's the kid play.

957
00:46:03,028 --> 00:46:05,428
Speaker 4: Everyone has the same conversation across the whole country.

958
00:46:05,708 --> 00:46:08,068
Speaker 1: So I'm like, if I'm a guy who's lived in

959
00:46:08,068 --> 00:46:09,428
Speaker 1: his whole life, I grew up the son of a

960
00:46:09,508 --> 00:46:11,828
Speaker 1: high school football coach, I played and made a career

961
00:46:11,868 --> 00:46:13,708
Speaker 1: out of it, and now it's come full circle that

962
00:46:13,788 --> 00:46:16,748
Speaker 1: I'm the dad slash youth coach. And there's a lot

963
00:46:16,748 --> 00:46:18,668
Speaker 1: of times that I'm doing it wrong. There's a lot

964
00:46:18,668 --> 00:46:20,148
Speaker 1: of times that I look back on a game or

965
00:46:20,188 --> 00:46:22,508
Speaker 1: a practice and say I needed to be better. I

966
00:46:22,548 --> 00:46:25,588
Speaker 1: needed to handle that situation better. My kid, your kid, whatever,

967
00:46:26,348 --> 00:46:28,428
Speaker 1: there's a pod here, there's an idea.

968
00:46:28,508 --> 00:46:29,988
Speaker 4: So that was the birth of You Think.

969
00:46:30,028 --> 00:46:32,508
Speaker 1: So it was originally a standalone podcast, and we had

970
00:46:32,548 --> 00:46:37,948
Speaker 1: forty five episodes of conversations with Olympians, coaches, mental health experts,

971
00:46:38,068 --> 00:46:43,068
Speaker 1: sports performance name it across the spectrum, current former professional

972
00:46:43,068 --> 00:46:46,028
Speaker 1: athletes and everybody, and really about the best practices of

973
00:46:46,028 --> 00:46:48,708
Speaker 1: what their lessons were growing up in sport, how they

974
00:46:48,748 --> 00:46:51,988
Speaker 1: apply it now going forward, and really some cool conversations.

975
00:46:52,468 --> 00:46:54,788
Speaker 1: From there, we said, okay, hold on, this is bigger

976
00:46:54,788 --> 00:46:58,188
Speaker 1: than just me hosting a singular podcast. So we have

977
00:46:58,268 --> 00:47:02,148
Speaker 1: now launched you Think Reimagined, which is a It's a

978
00:47:02,188 --> 00:47:05,388
Speaker 1: two pronged two different sides of the company. One is

979
00:47:05,388 --> 00:47:08,308
Speaker 1: a content platform. We are in We have talks and

980
00:47:08,588 --> 00:47:11,508
Speaker 1: contracts with all different types of like they're going to

981
00:47:11,588 --> 00:47:15,668
Speaker 1: head up their vertical football, basketball, girl soccer, volleyball, softball,

982
00:47:16,108 --> 00:47:18,988
Speaker 1: and they're going to be like their ambassadors for their

983
00:47:19,108 --> 00:47:21,628
Speaker 1: vertical their sport and they're going to produce content from

984
00:47:21,668 --> 00:47:24,828
Speaker 1: how to make practice plans to how to teach a

985
00:47:24,868 --> 00:47:27,388
Speaker 1: girl how to feel the ground ball to shoot a basket, and.

986
00:47:27,268 --> 00:47:29,828
Speaker 2: Not just like House of Highlights videos of these kids.

987
00:47:30,388 --> 00:47:34,748
Speaker 1: Like grass roots foundational. I got to take over my

988
00:47:34,868 --> 00:47:38,028
Speaker 1: kids eight year old basketball practice? How do I get started?

989
00:47:38,068 --> 00:47:39,828
Speaker 1: I want to teach my seven year old kid how

990
00:47:39,828 --> 00:47:41,868
Speaker 1: to make a lefty layup. But I also want to

991
00:47:41,868 --> 00:47:43,308
Speaker 1: be able to drive home in the car with my

992
00:47:43,388 --> 00:47:45,668
Speaker 1: kid after he goes over three with three strikeouts and

993
00:47:45,668 --> 00:47:48,748
Speaker 1: not really blow this as a dad, which we've all

994
00:47:48,748 --> 00:47:51,028
Speaker 1: had our moments that we're probably not our most proud of,

995
00:47:51,108 --> 00:47:54,028
Speaker 1: right and all of those conversations are going to live.

996
00:47:54,068 --> 00:47:57,228
Speaker 1: All of this information that the education, the coaching, the

997
00:47:57,268 --> 00:48:00,948
Speaker 1: mental health, the sports performance, everything around the atmosphere of

998
00:48:00,988 --> 00:48:03,788
Speaker 1: youth sports is going to live on a singular platform

999
00:48:03,988 --> 00:48:07,028
Speaker 1: called U youth dot, Inc. Is going to be the site,

1000
00:48:07,228 --> 00:48:09,948
Speaker 1: and then on the other side of that, there's going

1001
00:48:10,028 --> 00:48:13,148
Speaker 1: to be a commercial e commerce platform. We have a

1002
00:48:13,148 --> 00:48:15,548
Speaker 1: really cool partner, Ryan Bass, who's a partner of ours

1003
00:48:15,628 --> 00:48:18,788
Speaker 1: founding this, who came from fanatics, who really understands the

1004
00:48:18,828 --> 00:48:22,748
Speaker 1: e commerce retail idea, and he understands how bad that

1005
00:48:22,868 --> 00:48:25,628
Speaker 1: landscape looks right now. To get this T shirt made

1006
00:48:25,628 --> 00:48:28,948
Speaker 1: by your kids team takes six months. So there's going

1007
00:48:29,028 --> 00:48:31,108
Speaker 1: to be e commerce play that's only going to serve

1008
00:48:31,108 --> 00:48:33,908
Speaker 1: the youth sports performance, the youth sports environment, and then

1009
00:48:33,948 --> 00:48:39,108
Speaker 1: also the media content company which will serve boys, girls

1010
00:48:39,108 --> 00:48:42,588
Speaker 1: across the landscape of all things youth sports, and just

1011
00:48:42,628 --> 00:48:46,348
Speaker 1: continue to further conversations we're having right now, which are

1012
00:48:46,388 --> 00:48:48,188
Speaker 1: going on all around the country.

1013
00:48:47,908 --> 00:48:50,828
Speaker 2: All the time. It's every conversation. Like my buddy Adam,

1014
00:48:51,708 --> 00:48:54,228
Speaker 2: he played lacrosse in high school and then didn't play

1015
00:48:54,268 --> 00:48:57,868
Speaker 2: in college. His son is I think third grade and

1016
00:48:58,028 --> 00:49:00,188
Speaker 2: is like one of the best lacrosse players in all

1017
00:49:00,228 --> 00:49:05,468
Speaker 2: of Long Island, and that sounds like a pipeline to Harvard.

1018
00:49:05,828 --> 00:49:08,148
Speaker 2: John's topkin like how do you keep the love for

1019
00:49:08,188 --> 00:49:10,068
Speaker 2: the like there's all these different hurdles, like, Okay, so

1020
00:49:10,108 --> 00:49:12,588
Speaker 2: he's this outstanding player in third grade, what do you

1021
00:49:12,628 --> 00:49:15,348
Speaker 2: do from here to that college scholarship offer? That's the question.

1022
00:49:15,388 --> 00:49:16,508
Speaker 2: That's the bridge, right.

1023
00:49:17,108 --> 00:49:19,668
Speaker 1: Well, that's and that's and I think that the cart

1024
00:49:19,708 --> 00:49:22,348
Speaker 1: before the horse is what's happening in a lot of

1025
00:49:22,388 --> 00:49:25,508
Speaker 1: different families and households. And I don't blame people, right,

1026
00:49:25,548 --> 00:49:27,988
Speaker 1: It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of

1027
00:49:28,028 --> 00:49:30,668
Speaker 1: having the best fourth grader, the best fifth grader, the

1028
00:49:30,708 --> 00:49:34,508
Speaker 1: best eighth grader, whatever that timeline is. But the thing

1029
00:49:34,588 --> 00:49:38,348
Speaker 1: everyone has to remember if the only goal of your

1030
00:49:38,428 --> 00:49:41,268
Speaker 1: kid waking up at seven am on Saturday mornings and

1031
00:49:41,348 --> 00:49:43,668
Speaker 1: driving an hour for a soccer tournament or a cross

1032
00:49:43,708 --> 00:49:45,908
Speaker 1: tournament or a football game or whatever it is. If

1033
00:49:45,948 --> 00:49:48,868
Speaker 1: the only reason we're taking our kids and doing all

1034
00:49:48,908 --> 00:49:51,468
Speaker 1: of this rat race every single week is so that

1035
00:49:51,548 --> 00:49:55,508
Speaker 1: they play beyond the high school level, every family should

1036
00:49:55,628 --> 00:49:58,548
Speaker 1: quit doing it right now. It's not worth it. It's

1037
00:49:58,588 --> 00:49:59,388
Speaker 1: not worth it.

1038
00:50:01,348 --> 00:50:02,508
Speaker 2: Se many variables.

1039
00:50:03,068 --> 00:50:07,308
Speaker 1: If that's the only objective, you should just save your time,

1040
00:50:07,388 --> 00:50:09,188
Speaker 1: save your energy, and go on summer vacation.

1041
00:50:09,908 --> 00:50:12,748
Speaker 4: Because the odds of it happening. There's one a school

1042
00:50:13,708 --> 00:50:14,508
Speaker 4: on average.

1043
00:50:15,068 --> 00:50:17,708
Speaker 1: Now, back to what we said earlier, If the idea

1044
00:50:17,908 --> 00:50:21,148
Speaker 1: is to get the journey, yeahs.

1045
00:50:21,268 --> 00:50:23,668
Speaker 2: And that's where my friend's coming from, Like he's like,

1046
00:50:23,908 --> 00:50:25,588
Speaker 2: I'll do anything. I'll drive in to Philadelphia for a

1047
00:50:25,588 --> 00:50:27,788
Speaker 2: tournament because the kid loves it and he's making great

1048
00:50:27,788 --> 00:50:29,508
Speaker 2: monks it. It's awesome. Yeah.

1049
00:50:29,548 --> 00:50:34,268
Speaker 1: And if that kid never plays a minute of college lacrosse,

1050
00:50:34,468 --> 00:50:36,348
Speaker 1: but he has a great high school and junior high

1051
00:50:36,348 --> 00:50:37,388
Speaker 1: and high school career.

1052
00:50:38,108 --> 00:50:39,068
Speaker 4: That's not a failure.

1053
00:50:39,148 --> 00:50:39,748
Speaker 2: That's amazing.

1054
00:50:39,788 --> 00:50:44,668
Speaker 1: That's the dream. The dream is the journey. And if

1055
00:50:44,668 --> 00:50:47,028
Speaker 1: you maximize that journey and you put in the work

1056
00:50:47,068 --> 00:50:49,028
Speaker 1: and you don't miss a practice, and you grind and

1057
00:50:49,068 --> 00:50:52,348
Speaker 1: you deal with failure, adversity, make the team get cut,

1058
00:50:52,428 --> 00:50:55,708
Speaker 1: whatever that ups and downs roller coaster of your childhood

1059
00:50:55,748 --> 00:50:58,108
Speaker 1: is to begin with. If it's the same in sports,

1060
00:50:58,148 --> 00:51:00,748
Speaker 1: and you come out as a high school senior, confident

1061
00:51:00,788 --> 00:51:03,028
Speaker 1: and strong, and you know, hey, I've been through a

1062
00:51:03,028 --> 00:51:05,948
Speaker 1: lot in these last five years sports through school. I'm

1063
00:51:05,988 --> 00:51:07,908
Speaker 1: prepared now to go to college and just be a

1064
00:51:07,988 --> 00:51:11,468
Speaker 1: normal citizen and a normal contributor to society.

1065
00:51:12,508 --> 00:51:14,308
Speaker 4: Mission accomplished and those.

1066
00:51:14,228 --> 00:51:16,228
Speaker 2: Lessons will carry with you throughout your life.

1067
00:51:16,868 --> 00:51:20,228
Speaker 1: The problem is that is not how most I don't

1068
00:51:20,228 --> 00:51:22,788
Speaker 1: want to say most, That is not how all families

1069
00:51:23,628 --> 00:51:25,308
Speaker 1: view the youth sports path.

1070
00:51:25,428 --> 00:51:27,028
Speaker 4: And that's why it's getting very scary.

1071
00:51:27,468 --> 00:51:29,588
Speaker 2: Interesting. We could do we could do a whole podcast

1072
00:51:29,628 --> 00:51:32,308
Speaker 2: platform based on this, and you are all right, I

1073
00:51:32,348 --> 00:51:35,348
Speaker 2: want to hit before we go to really cool things.

1074
00:51:35,388 --> 00:51:37,388
Speaker 2: The first thing is tight End University. You guys have

1075
00:51:37,428 --> 00:51:40,268
Speaker 2: been doing this for years. You've got sponsors attached to it,

1076
00:51:40,308 --> 00:51:42,708
Speaker 2: and I truly think it's one of the coolest things

1077
00:51:42,748 --> 00:51:44,668
Speaker 2: that we have in our off season schedule. It's become

1078
00:51:44,668 --> 00:51:49,068
Speaker 2: one of those milestones. It's like Combine Pro Days, free Agency,

1079
00:51:49,628 --> 00:51:53,508
Speaker 2: Draft schedule, release, tight End University. When is it this week?

1080
00:51:53,548 --> 00:51:53,748
Speaker 1: Year?

1081
00:51:53,908 --> 00:51:55,788
Speaker 2: It is in Nashville again. Are we going back to

1082
00:51:55,868 --> 00:51:58,108
Speaker 2: Nashville and tearing up Broadway like we do every year?

1083
00:51:58,628 --> 00:51:58,988
Speaker 4: We are?

1084
00:51:59,068 --> 00:52:01,788
Speaker 1: We're going back to Nashville again. That's where That's where

1085
00:52:01,788 --> 00:52:04,828
Speaker 1: it started. That's where Kittle, who really was like the

1086
00:52:04,868 --> 00:52:08,508
Speaker 1: brain behind the whole thing. It really started very casually.

1087
00:52:08,548 --> 00:52:12,068
Speaker 1: I had just retired that spring. Kittle sent me a text.

1088
00:52:12,188 --> 00:52:13,588
Speaker 1: We had gotten to know each other. We have the

1089
00:52:13,588 --> 00:52:15,548
Speaker 1: same marketing group, you know the guys at Rubicon that

1090
00:52:15,588 --> 00:52:17,188
Speaker 1: you know Raskin of those guys.

1091
00:52:17,468 --> 00:52:18,788
Speaker 4: So I'd gotten to you know.

1092
00:52:18,748 --> 00:52:20,628
Speaker 1: George, just my last couple of years in the league,

1093
00:52:20,708 --> 00:52:23,588
Speaker 1: and he texted me, hey, man, congrats, great career.

1094
00:52:23,708 --> 00:52:24,508
Speaker 4: Enjoy retirement.

1095
00:52:24,788 --> 00:52:27,188
Speaker 1: If by any chance you ever come down to Nashville,

1096
00:52:27,308 --> 00:52:30,348
Speaker 1: there's like five or six tight ends. You know, Hockinson's

1097
00:52:30,388 --> 00:52:32,868
Speaker 1: down there and you know a bunch of guys if

1098
00:52:32,908 --> 00:52:35,748
Speaker 1: you ever come down, we'd love to pick your brain,

1099
00:52:35,868 --> 00:52:37,828
Speaker 1: come work out with us and just have like a day.

1100
00:52:37,868 --> 00:52:40,268
Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, it sounds great. And then

1101
00:52:40,348 --> 00:52:42,348
Speaker 1: like we're like, let's build this. And it got to

1102
00:52:42,468 --> 00:52:45,908
Speaker 1: like ten guys twenty and we're like, okay, this is

1103
00:52:45,948 --> 00:52:47,948
Speaker 1: now bigger than just like a bunch of guys come in,

1104
00:52:48,268 --> 00:52:50,188
Speaker 1: work out in the morning and then go drink beers

1105
00:52:50,228 --> 00:52:51,628
Speaker 1: on Broadway and have a great time.

1106
00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:55,268
Speaker 4: Like there's more to this, right. So we're now in

1107
00:52:55,428 --> 00:52:56,508
Speaker 4: year four.

1108
00:52:56,988 --> 00:52:59,868
Speaker 1: And last year we had like eighty eighty five guys

1109
00:53:00,108 --> 00:53:02,788
Speaker 1: and that many Oh yeah.

1110
00:53:03,028 --> 00:53:05,508
Speaker 2: All great tight Ends or what or college.

1111
00:53:05,348 --> 00:53:07,708
Speaker 4: Only only professional.

1112
00:53:07,508 --> 00:53:10,908
Speaker 1: Only professional guys? Oh my god, yeah we had yeah,

1113
00:53:10,948 --> 00:53:14,428
Speaker 1: so we had you know, so so Kelsey, Travis Kelcey

1114
00:53:14,588 --> 00:53:15,428
Speaker 1: Kittle and myself.

1115
00:53:15,428 --> 00:53:17,668
Speaker 4: The three of us kind of own and operate the

1116
00:53:17,708 --> 00:53:19,108
Speaker 4: whole kind of entity of TEU.

1117
00:53:19,948 --> 00:53:22,268
Speaker 1: But yeah, we had we had over eighty guys last year,

1118
00:53:22,348 --> 00:53:24,508
Speaker 1: and we do it at Vanderbilt. They give us great

1119
00:53:24,508 --> 00:53:27,428
Speaker 1: access to their team meeting rooms, their facilities, their turf,

1120
00:53:27,468 --> 00:53:32,028
Speaker 1: their indoor outdoor grass turf, whatever we need. And yeah,

1121
00:53:32,068 --> 00:53:34,228
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's it's a fun mixture. The guys

1122
00:53:34,228 --> 00:53:37,188
Speaker 1: are just off of Ota, so there's just enough work. Right,

1123
00:53:37,188 --> 00:53:40,308
Speaker 1: there's classroom, there's work, there's field. You know, we're getting

1124
00:53:40,348 --> 00:53:43,228
Speaker 1: real work. And then there's also a lot of like fellowship

1125
00:53:43,268 --> 00:53:45,468
Speaker 1: and camaraderie. On Monday night when we get there, there's

1126
00:53:45,508 --> 00:53:49,108
Speaker 1: a welcome party. We're having beers, we hang out, Welcome everybody,

1127
00:53:49,548 --> 00:53:52,108
Speaker 1: Welcome the new guys. Right, So I'm a young undrafted

1128
00:53:52,188 --> 00:53:54,468
Speaker 1: or maybe I was a young first round pick, fifth

1129
00:53:54,548 --> 00:53:57,108
Speaker 1: round pick. Whoever I am, I'm Brock Boers, or I'm

1130
00:53:57,108 --> 00:53:59,788
Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent that I'm hoping to make the

1131
00:53:59,868 --> 00:54:01,108
Speaker 1: roster in two months.

1132
00:54:01,748 --> 00:54:02,948
Speaker 4: I walk into this hotel.

1133
00:54:03,028 --> 00:54:07,108
Speaker 1: I walk in and I got Kittle, Kelsey, Darren Waller,

1134
00:54:08,068 --> 00:54:09,668
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews.

1135
00:54:09,988 --> 00:54:12,628
Speaker 4: I got the best guys you've watched in the last.

1136
00:54:12,428 --> 00:54:13,748
Speaker 2: Couple of years with.

1137
00:54:15,228 --> 00:54:18,268
Speaker 1: Open arms we're taking you know, and and the camaraderie

1138
00:54:18,468 --> 00:54:19,988
Speaker 1: of the position and the ability.

1139
00:54:20,548 --> 00:54:21,188
Speaker 2: I love this.

1140
00:54:21,828 --> 00:54:22,588
Speaker 4: It's super cool.

1141
00:54:22,668 --> 00:54:25,108
Speaker 1: Right. So that's Monday night. Then Tuesday is our workday.

1142
00:54:25,148 --> 00:54:27,068
Speaker 1: Tuesday we're at the We're at the facility. We do

1143
00:54:27,148 --> 00:54:30,468
Speaker 1: a couple hours of indoor classroom. There's presentations. Kelsey's given

1144
00:54:30,508 --> 00:54:33,908
Speaker 1: presentations with film clips on route running, and we had

1145
00:54:34,748 --> 00:54:37,588
Speaker 1: undressed coverages, and Kittle's talking run game. And we've had

1146
00:54:37,668 --> 00:54:40,868
Speaker 1: Dallas Clark coming years past. Gronkowski did a you know,

1147
00:54:40,948 --> 00:54:43,628
Speaker 1: run after Catch tape about mentality. I mean, over the years,

1148
00:54:43,628 --> 00:54:46,068
Speaker 1: we've had some really cool presenters and then we go

1149
00:54:46,108 --> 00:54:48,628
Speaker 1: out on the field and we do like actual routes.

1150
00:54:49,468 --> 00:54:53,228
Speaker 1: Last year, Zach Wilson came as a quarterback, Josh Allen,

1151
00:54:54,268 --> 00:54:55,828
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. I mean, we got some we got some

1152
00:54:55,908 --> 00:54:58,388
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that come and throw it around. So and then

1153
00:54:58,388 --> 00:55:01,308
Speaker 1: that night this year we have like a big concert

1154
00:55:01,428 --> 00:55:02,908
Speaker 1: a bit. You know, obviously we're in Nashville, so we

1155
00:55:03,028 --> 00:55:05,348
Speaker 1: got some live music and a concert or so it's

1156
00:55:05,388 --> 00:55:07,868
Speaker 1: a it's a perfect balance of fun and fellowship, but

1157
00:55:07,948 --> 00:55:09,908
Speaker 1: also when it's time to work, we work, like we

1158
00:55:09,948 --> 00:55:11,548
Speaker 1: always tell the guys, you're not coming in for a

1159
00:55:11,628 --> 00:55:14,428
Speaker 1: three day trip to Nashville. We're coming into work and

1160
00:55:14,468 --> 00:55:17,148
Speaker 1: get better and then we're also gonna have a lot

1161
00:55:17,188 --> 00:55:18,668
Speaker 1: of fun when the work is over. But it's got

1162
00:55:18,708 --> 00:55:20,828
Speaker 1: to be in that order to make the event work,

1163
00:55:20,868 --> 00:55:22,948
Speaker 1: and so far it's been very successful.

1164
00:55:23,068 --> 00:55:23,308
Speaker 3: Ah.

1165
00:55:23,348 --> 00:55:24,988
Speaker 2: I love that. Is there a text chain with all

1166
00:55:25,028 --> 00:55:26,668
Speaker 2: that tight ends in the league that just is like

1167
00:55:26,948 --> 00:55:29,068
Speaker 2: an ongoing inside jokes and like all.

1168
00:55:29,028 --> 00:55:31,108
Speaker 4: You know that there's not Well, if there is, I'm

1169
00:55:31,108 --> 00:55:32,828
Speaker 4: not on it. If there is, I'm not on it.

1170
00:55:32,868 --> 00:55:34,228
Speaker 4: They call me Dad.

1171
00:55:34,308 --> 00:55:36,588
Speaker 1: They call me Dad because I'm the one that's like

1172
00:55:37,228 --> 00:55:39,868
Speaker 1: pulling everyone like okay, like come on, get this guy,

1173
00:55:39,948 --> 00:55:42,708
Speaker 1: this guy, Yeah, come over here, like stay on track,

1174
00:55:44,068 --> 00:55:46,668
Speaker 1: thank our sponsors. Kelsey's on top of the bar. We're

1175
00:55:46,708 --> 00:55:48,868
Speaker 1: like you got to thank but like, you know, come on.

1176
00:55:49,628 --> 00:55:53,228
Speaker 1: But it's awesome man. But you know what, I think

1177
00:55:53,268 --> 00:55:57,188
Speaker 1: the coolest part of all of it is, it doesn't

1178
00:55:57,188 --> 00:56:00,108
Speaker 1: matter what the next step of your career is. Right,

1179
00:56:00,148 --> 00:56:02,588
Speaker 1: you've got undrafted rookies that are just hoping to make

1180
00:56:02,628 --> 00:56:05,388
Speaker 1: a practice squad or an active roster. You've got practice

1181
00:56:05,388 --> 00:56:07,428
Speaker 1: squad guys coming back for year two or three who

1182
00:56:07,428 --> 00:56:09,748
Speaker 1: are hoping to make the opening day fifty three. You

1183
00:56:09,868 --> 00:56:12,468
Speaker 1: got backups that want to be starters, starters that want

1184
00:56:12,468 --> 00:56:14,828
Speaker 1: to be Pro bowlers, guys that want whatever that next

1185
00:56:14,908 --> 00:56:17,948
Speaker 1: tier is. But when these young guys come in and

1186
00:56:17,948 --> 00:56:20,388
Speaker 1: they line up to run routes on Tuesday day one

1187
00:56:20,628 --> 00:56:22,788
Speaker 1: of field work, the guy at the front of the

1188
00:56:22,788 --> 00:56:25,588
Speaker 1: line is Travis Kelce and George Kittle and last year

1189
00:56:25,668 --> 00:56:28,828
Speaker 1: Darren Waller and Mark Andrews and down the line, and

1190
00:56:28,868 --> 00:56:33,468
Speaker 1: they are full speed running routes. They could big time

1191
00:56:33,548 --> 00:56:35,588
Speaker 1: everyone and be like, I'm Travis Kelce, I don't need

1192
00:56:35,628 --> 00:56:39,148
Speaker 1: to run routes's seventeen fat. But they're the front of

1193
00:56:39,148 --> 00:56:44,388
Speaker 1: the line demonstrating full sweat, full sweat lather, working like

1194
00:56:44,428 --> 00:56:46,188
Speaker 1: they're not just there to check the box.

1195
00:56:46,308 --> 00:56:48,108
Speaker 4: They're there setting the standard.

1196
00:56:48,188 --> 00:56:51,588
Speaker 1: And if those guys can do it, nobody else in

1197
00:56:51,588 --> 00:56:53,748
Speaker 1: the place has an excuse that they're not full speed,

1198
00:56:53,788 --> 00:56:55,668
Speaker 1: that they're not taking this as a real practice.

1199
00:56:55,668 --> 00:56:57,508
Speaker 4: So when those guys set.

1200
00:56:57,228 --> 00:56:59,828
Speaker 1: The tone the way they do, it's just easy to

1201
00:56:59,868 --> 00:57:02,028
Speaker 1: control everybody else because you say all you want to be,

1202
00:57:02,068 --> 00:57:05,588
Speaker 1: then you're getting a front row seat. Just do do

1203
00:57:05,748 --> 00:57:09,548
Speaker 1: that and go that hard, that fast, anything less than that,

1204
00:57:09,828 --> 00:57:12,028
Speaker 1: you've got no shot. You're getting a look at what

1205
00:57:12,068 --> 00:57:15,428
Speaker 1: the best practice like firsthand, I.

1206
00:57:15,348 --> 00:57:17,308
Speaker 2: Would I would, I would like to hear thoughts on this.

1207
00:57:17,428 --> 00:57:20,228
Speaker 2: So I've known Kelsey for years in a media way

1208
00:57:20,348 --> 00:57:23,028
Speaker 2: and then more personally through this big slick event that

1209
00:57:23,068 --> 00:57:25,028
Speaker 2: I do in Kansas City that I just got done with. Now,

1210
00:57:25,388 --> 00:57:27,308
Speaker 2: I had known Kelsey for years. We've always had great

1211
00:57:27,308 --> 00:57:29,908
Speaker 2: interactions he I've done multiple interviews on Fox for him

1212
00:57:29,908 --> 00:57:32,628
Speaker 2: for you know, the pregame show. All this stuff starts

1213
00:57:32,868 --> 00:57:35,988
Speaker 2: dating Taylor Swift. And obviously I haven't seen him since

1214
00:57:36,028 --> 00:57:37,788
Speaker 2: I did a couple of their games. At their games,

1215
00:57:37,788 --> 00:57:39,588
Speaker 2: he says, what's up? Like I said the AFC Championship game.

1216
00:57:39,588 --> 00:57:41,588
Speaker 2: We talked at midfield, but like I didn't know. I

1217
00:57:41,628 --> 00:57:44,548
Speaker 2: was with him this past weekend in Kansas City. He's

1218
00:57:44,588 --> 00:57:48,668
Speaker 2: the same Travis Kelcey as he was before dating Taylor Swift.

1219
00:57:48,668 --> 00:57:53,268
Speaker 2: And I mean, so cool, so good to Everybody looks

1220
00:57:53,308 --> 00:57:55,668
Speaker 2: you in the eye, asks how your family's doing. Like

1221
00:57:55,748 --> 00:57:58,188
Speaker 2: I was so happy to see that all of this

1222
00:57:58,268 --> 00:58:00,948
Speaker 2: super stardom for the past twelve months has not changed

1223
00:58:00,988 --> 00:58:01,468
Speaker 2: him one bit.

1224
00:58:02,388 --> 00:58:03,988
Speaker 1: Well you want you want to hear it's so funny

1225
00:58:03,988 --> 00:58:05,908
Speaker 1: that you say that because you're spot on, and.

1226
00:58:06,028 --> 00:58:07,788
Speaker 4: Travis is one of my favorite dudes.

1227
00:58:07,508 --> 00:58:11,028
Speaker 2: And one I would think that maybe this is the year.

1228
00:58:11,028 --> 00:58:13,588
Speaker 2: He says, you know what, I love tight End University.

1229
00:58:13,628 --> 00:58:16,588
Speaker 2: But like I've got to be or.

1230
00:58:16,068 --> 00:58:19,348
Speaker 4: I got to be in I'm in Tokyo wherever. No.

1231
00:58:19,708 --> 00:58:22,988
Speaker 1: He he made it a point. Hey, I'm committed to this.

1232
00:58:23,228 --> 00:58:25,748
Speaker 1: I mean, he's obviously a key draw, a key role.

1233
00:58:25,828 --> 00:58:27,348
Speaker 1: He's one of the you know, the three of us

1234
00:58:27,428 --> 00:58:29,228
Speaker 1: kind of control it and run it and you know,

1235
00:58:29,228 --> 00:58:31,908
Speaker 1: obviously his involvement goes a long way, and the credibility

1236
00:58:31,908 --> 00:58:34,388
Speaker 1: and whatnot. But just more back to you just talking

1237
00:58:34,388 --> 00:58:36,508
Speaker 1: about him as like a person and just staying kind of.

1238
00:58:36,548 --> 00:58:37,708
Speaker 4: He's always been who he is.

1239
00:58:38,228 --> 00:58:41,228
Speaker 1: He's the most fun guy to be around when it's

1240
00:58:41,268 --> 00:58:44,748
Speaker 1: time to have fun. He's the hardest running routes, the fastest,

1241
00:58:44,988 --> 00:58:49,548
Speaker 1: sweating cleed dirt when it's time to work. But the

1242
00:58:49,548 --> 00:58:51,348
Speaker 1: coolest thing about him is And it's so funny you

1243
00:58:51,348 --> 00:58:54,868
Speaker 1: say that, because yesterday I posted an Instagram pick my my.

1244
00:58:54,868 --> 00:58:57,908
Speaker 1: My younger son celebrated his three years of his heart transplant.

1245
00:58:57,948 --> 00:59:01,708
Speaker 1: They called him Heartniversaries, So like kids that have transplants,

1246
00:59:01,788 --> 00:59:05,068
Speaker 1: in his case a heart transplant. They celebrate those kind

1247
00:59:05,068 --> 00:59:07,028
Speaker 1: of like a second birthday kind of thing. It's like

1248
00:59:07,068 --> 00:59:10,268
Speaker 1: a tradition in the transplant world. So we celebrated that.

1249
00:59:10,468 --> 00:59:13,268
Speaker 1: So June fourth was his three year anniversary of his transplant.

1250
00:59:14,148 --> 00:59:17,828
Speaker 1: First comment on I showed my kid, I screenshoted it.

1251
00:59:17,948 --> 00:59:22,948
Speaker 1: First comment on my Instagram post Travis Kelcey, way to

1252
00:59:22,988 --> 00:59:25,948
Speaker 1: go TJ. You're the man or you know whatever he said.

1253
00:59:26,148 --> 00:59:28,708
Speaker 1: I mean, he could have double clicked it and just

1254
00:59:28,788 --> 00:59:31,948
Speaker 1: kept swipeing. But like three years ago, we had TEU

1255
00:59:32,268 --> 00:59:34,428
Speaker 1: right the day when TJ got out of the hospital,

1256
00:59:34,468 --> 00:59:37,108
Speaker 1: so he had his June fourth, he had his heart transplant,

1257
00:59:37,108 --> 00:59:39,388
Speaker 1: and then like two weeks later was the inaugural TEU.

1258
00:59:40,948 --> 00:59:41,628
Speaker 4: Kelsey's there.

1259
00:59:41,668 --> 00:59:43,588
Speaker 1: All the tight ends are there are little saying that

1260
00:59:43,668 --> 00:59:46,028
Speaker 1: summer that everybody in town wore was play for TJ.

1261
00:59:46,268 --> 00:59:48,788
Speaker 1: And that was like the saying and the kids that bracelets.

1262
00:59:49,308 --> 00:59:52,068
Speaker 1: I got pictures of Travis kelce running around at TEU,

1263
00:59:52,228 --> 00:59:55,428
Speaker 1: George Kittle, all these guys play for TJ t shirts

1264
00:59:55,428 --> 00:59:58,948
Speaker 1: on and now three years later he's the first one.

1265
00:59:59,228 --> 01:00:00,108
Speaker 4: Way to go, TJ.

1266
01:00:00,348 --> 01:00:03,228
Speaker 1: My man. Hope to see it. You know, he didn't

1267
01:00:03,228 --> 01:00:05,228
Speaker 1: have to do that. And when I when you show

1268
01:00:05,228 --> 01:00:10,268
Speaker 1: your eleven year old kid that it's been, it's highlighted,

1269
01:00:10,388 --> 01:00:11,388
Speaker 1: highlighted life.

1270
01:00:11,908 --> 01:00:14,308
Speaker 2: Hey, speaking of TJ, I know you've got a really

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Speaker 2: special weekend up ahead. What do you got going on

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Speaker 2: in the Carolina?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so yeah, it's super cool. I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: get you down dude, Tray, You've got to come to this.

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Speaker 1: So we have a place outside of Charleston called in

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Speaker 1: called Key Island. They've played the PGA Championship there a

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Speaker 1: couple of times at the Ocean course, like a real

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Speaker 1: prominent course down there. We spend a lot of our summer,

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Speaker 1: a lot of our holidays. It's about four hours from Charlotte,

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Speaker 1: and so we are our foundation called the Hardest Jar.

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Speaker 1: We'd always served the Charlotte Community Levine Children's Hospital, where

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Speaker 1: TJ got all of his care. We fortunately have been

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Speaker 1: able to grow and really build our program here in Charlotte.

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Speaker 1: And for a second location, we now have partnered and

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Speaker 1: brought our program to MUSC Children's Hospital, which is the

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Speaker 1: largest children's hospital in South Carolina. So Levine Children's in

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Speaker 1: North Carolina MUSC Children's in South Carolina. They're the two

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Speaker 1: big like cardiac trauma centers that unfortunately, if your kid

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Speaker 1: ever needed like serious serious medical care, those are the

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Speaker 1: centers that you would go to in this Carolina region.

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Speaker 1: So we were having our third annual Pewa Island Hardest

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Speaker 1: Yard Golf event. Guys flying from all over the country.

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Speaker 1: It's it's this upcoming Sunday and Monday, so June ninth

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Speaker 1: and tenth, and we play golf, we have dinners, we

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Speaker 1: have a welcome concert. You know a couple of last year,

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Speaker 1: you love this shrakes last year. After golf on Monday,

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Speaker 1: we go back to my house. A bunch of the

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Speaker 1: musicians and the players and guests who come. They kind

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Speaker 1: of come back to our house just to hang after golf.

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Speaker 1: And Jamie Johnson, the country singer you know, sings in

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Speaker 1: color and he whips out his guitar and he's sitting

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Speaker 1: on my back patio and he's playing acoustic of you know,

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Speaker 1: in color and sitting around drinking beers. It's just it's

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Speaker 1: a really cool event. I got I'm going to get

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Speaker 1: you the date you're in next year. All the money

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Speaker 1: goes to again MEC Children's Hospital and our Hardest Yard

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Speaker 1: program there in Charleston, and we just look for more

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Speaker 1: centers that we can kind of bring what we do

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Speaker 1: to and and it's just a it's a fun weekend

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Speaker 1: and you get a lot of our family and friends

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Speaker 1: from around the country together for it.

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Speaker 4: So it's super cool.

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Speaker 2: You're the best. I'll come next year. I feel like

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Speaker 2: I need to zoom in or something. It sounds amazing

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Speaker 2: and there's no one better on a patio to do

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Speaker 2: a sing along with country music than Peter Schreger from

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Speaker 2: New York City. So just just put that in the books. Olsen,

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Speaker 2: You're the best. Greg Olsen, awesome as always.

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Speaker 4: Thanks dude, You're the best.

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Speaker 2: That's it. Another great episode. You never know where it's

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Speaker 2: going to go. It goes from Will Forte in a

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Speaker 2: fountain of Filth singing James Ingram's just once, and it

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Speaker 2: ends with incredible details on the Christian McCaffrey bowling non

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Speaker 2: bowling event at the first time he met Greg Olsen.

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Speaker 2: I love that stuff. It's the season with Peter Schreger.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening. We'll have plenty more episodes in the

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Speaker 2: coming weeks. Aaron, always great talking with you, and many

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Speaker 2: thanks to Jason English and Jason Cleman over there in

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Speaker 2: LA and all the folks who help put this thing together.

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Speaker 2: Let's keep on rocking. See you next week, everybody.

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