WEBVTT - IDKMYDE: Super Bowls and Slavery

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a question. You ever noticed how football feel

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<v Speaker 1>like slavery but with a halftime show?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know. I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, think about it. The NFL combine, that's just

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<v Speaker 1>a fancy slave auction with Wi Fi. They measuring wingspans,

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<v Speaker 1>forty yard dash times, hand sizes. Yep, this one here

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<v Speaker 1>can carry a whole plantations worth of footballs down the

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<v Speaker 1>field in four point three seconds.

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<v Speaker 3>Bruh.

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<v Speaker 1>They got grown men in spandex doing shuttle drills while

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<v Speaker 1>old white dudes whisper it looks strong, didn't he.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, where's Jango when you need them?

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<v Speaker 1>And let's not even start on college football before nil.

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<v Speaker 1>These kids is out there getting hit like they owe

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<v Speaker 1>somebody money, bringing in billions for universities, and what they

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<v Speaker 1>get a cafeteria meal plan and a good luck handshake.

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<v Speaker 1>Wasn't no paychecks, wasn't no health benefits. Just a coach

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<v Speaker 1>yelling you gotta play for the love of the game. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>that coach driving a Lamborghini and wearing a visor in

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<v Speaker 1>the winner bruf.

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<v Speaker 3>This ain't modern sharecropping. I don't know what is.

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<v Speaker 1>And what about the NFL owners, I mean, let's just

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<v Speaker 1>start right there. You notice how we have to call

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<v Speaker 1>them owners, not managers, not CEOs, owners, Just something about

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<v Speaker 1>that word don't sit right in my spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>They up in luxury boxes like.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, run fast to my boy. And the players seventy

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<v Speaker 1>five percent black, coaches, mostly white owners white a than

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<v Speaker 1>unseasoned chicken. I'm just saying, how you gonna have a

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<v Speaker 1>league full of black folks and not one team called

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<v Speaker 1>the Atlanta wacandas where is the representation? And don't get

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<v Speaker 1>me started on the physical toll. They out there breaking

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<v Speaker 1>their bodies up, getting concussions, and then the league's like,

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<v Speaker 1>here's a fifty dollars gift card to Applebee's, thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>your service. They even added an extra game this year

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<v Speaker 1>for the NFL. I'm telling you, NFL treats players like

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<v Speaker 1>old cell phones. It's broken, traded in for a newer model.

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<v Speaker 1>Only difference is the NFL don't charge of restocking fee.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the twist. Players starting to fight back. Colin

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<v Speaker 1>Kaepernick neil and the world lost his damn mind, Like

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<v Speaker 1>y'all cool with the injuries, the exploritation, the CTE, and

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that my Dallas Cowboys ain't want a super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl since the Clinton administration.

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<v Speaker 3>But a brother taking a knee, Oh, that's where we

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<v Speaker 3>draw the line.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, slavery had rebellions too, Nat Turner in cleats, y'all,

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<v Speaker 1>we out here flipping the system one touchdown at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what I'm proposing. NFL players need reparations. Forget super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl rings, start handing out forty eight ers in a Bentley,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's diversify ownership. I want to see Jay Z

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<v Speaker 1>and Snoop running teams. Imagine a halftime shows. Then, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>put me in charge of the Panthers. First move, we

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<v Speaker 1>changing the name to the Carolina Black Panthers. Hughey Newton

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<v Speaker 1>jerseys for everybody. So yeah, football and slavery not the same,

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<v Speaker 1>but let's be real, they could be second cousins. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if you excuse me, I gotta go submit my forty

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<v Speaker 1>yard dash to the NFL combine trying to pay off

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<v Speaker 1>these student loans. Okay, bye, No,