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Catch all of our 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio app. Search f s R to listen live. 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: Are you ready for this? Sean Merriman A one hand effect. 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Boom boom boom out Go to light. This is Lights 30 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: Out with Sean Merriman. What's up? Guys? Were back again 31 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: with another lights out podcast with me Sean Merriman. Uh 32 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: got one of my I would call one of my 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: old friends and uh guy used to play against used 34 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: to hate it man Clion portis um differ Brown goals 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: and also to Washington. Uh Washington football team now but 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: you know he's just ultimate competitor and UH, I just 37 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: remember him great years and get a chance to to 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: to see him and play against him. And uh was 39 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: introduced to CP a long time ago by one of 40 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: my older brothers, LaVar Arrington, back when he was playing 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: with the Skins. And uh, you know I grew up 42 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: there in Prince Jaws County, Melon and the Washington d C. Area. So, um, 43 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: you know I got to chat and see that firstand 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: and um it's it's cool to catch up with him 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: now and and talk football, talk life. Um, you know, 46 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: talk some you know, coaching opportunities and broadcasting opportunities. Guys 47 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: are looking to do more after they retire. And um, 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: also we get into some of the concussion things we're 49 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: gonna get into. Uh so look, it's it's gonna be 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: a great show. And uh here you guys go Clinton Porters. 51 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: Oh what's that? What's that Florida? And what's that Florida? 52 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: A and M about that's rocking Black Colleges man. Yeah, 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: So what you think about about D Sander's move primetime move? 54 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: I love it. Actually, I think he's bringing uh swat 55 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: their attention. You know, I just think he's bringing Black 56 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: HBCUTH football the attention that's been needed. I Mean, you 57 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: see so many guys come out and have success once 58 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: they get the opportunity. You know, you see the guys 59 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: who get an opportunity in the league going to be successful. 60 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: I think more guys should get the opportunity because you 61 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: would have a higher success rate. You know, and don't 62 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: just be two or three players that come out every 63 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: year that's good enough to play. If you give more 64 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: of those guys that opportunity, yeah, take advantage of it. 65 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: I said this too. I said, look, I mean everybody 66 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: knows Dion Sanders. I mean you when I was a kid, 67 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: I was doing the prime time and I was doing that. 68 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: If I'm if I'm in high school going to college 69 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: and Dion Sanders come and sit on my couch, I'm 70 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: gonna have a hard time saying no. So I thought 71 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: that was a real good move by them. I mean, 72 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: I think when you look at when you look at 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: college football now, it's the facilities, it's the environment. Is 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: everything outside of football, unless you want to Alabama, L 75 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,839 Speaker 1: s U. You know, SEC school. It's more kids are 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: more into uniforms and facility and you know, being on TV, 77 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: and then they get to these big, big schools and 78 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: they don't perform. You know, you look at national signing 79 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: that you look at how many kids that's the top 80 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: rated kid in their class and then they go on 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: and they disappear. You know, you look at that top 82 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: three hundred players from previous years and see how many 83 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: paying out in college and you know, continue that success 84 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL. So I think with all the hype, 85 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: all the extra all the ratings. I tell kids all 86 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: the time, you know, just seeing kids out and about, 87 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: you can go anywhere, they're gonna come fine talent. I 88 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: don't care where you're at, they're gonna come fine talent. 89 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: It's just not enough kids really getting the opportunity to 90 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: being exposed. And then you know, you get it to 91 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: a ad programs, you get into a situation, your darm 92 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: rooms suck. You know, you're eating our own campus suck. 93 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: No money. Kids give up, you know, they don't realize 94 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,559 Speaker 1: what it's like to endure those three or four years 95 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: of struggle too, have uh forever uh to enjoy, you know, 96 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: to reap the rewards, you know, and so many kids, 97 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: you know, those two years away from home, never been 98 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: away from home, and all of sitting there away from home, 99 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: and they can't take it, and they rushed back. Whereas 100 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: if you endured for another year or two, you know, 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: things might work out. And then the transport transfer report 102 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: them all that stuff. To me, man, it's crazy because 103 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: Miami used to transfer reports better than anybody. Like they 104 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: get some dogs and the transfer fort. But do you 105 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: putting that mindset into so many kids that I can 106 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: choose this school. If it don't work, I'm leaving. You know, 107 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: compared to our days in college. What you're signed on 108 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: that diet and line, man, you're there and you're gonna 109 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: compete no matter who comes through, no matter who the 110 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: next sensation is, who the who the top recruit coming in. Hey, bro, 111 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: he got to come in and repeat. And you know, 112 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: I think for myself, UM had an opportunity and Ron 113 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: James gave me some advice that stuck with me for life. Uh. 114 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: He asked me, Hey, you're coming to you and I say, 115 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: you're leaving you m He said, shouldn't matter. You know, 116 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: you should look forward to the competition and ship I got, 117 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: James Jackson, Nigae, David Court, Jared Pay, Williams mcgaee, Frank going. 118 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: You can't find no more competition than that, you know 119 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: what I mean. So I think it made me a 120 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: better player, made me a better competitor. UM, and then 121 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: it keeps you on your game. And so many players 122 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: you look at, You look at so many of these situations. 123 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: You look at a kid like Travisy t at Clemson 124 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: outstanding career, But who's the guy backing them up. It's 125 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: like whoever in second stream, Like Okay, I'm gonna let 126 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: you get your shine on them mine to come. Like, man, 127 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be able to compete year one, year two, 128 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: year three, Every year is supposed to be the competition, 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: and then you take off, you know, I mean, that's true, true. 130 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: And the other part I like about you know, Dion 131 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: and just going to Black College and certain certain colleges 132 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: that they're gonna prepare you. I felt like, and I'm 133 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: saying this with Dion because you know, he's gonna take 134 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: a lot of those kids under his wing as as sons, 135 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: as you know, relatives really look out for him on 136 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: that standpoint and making sure I know, I know, for 137 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: me in certain parts, I mean physically and all that stuff. 138 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: I was ready to go in the NFL, but you know, um, 139 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: I didn't understand financials, certain parts of financial stuff. And 140 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: I'm meeting agents for the first time. My dad wasn't around, 141 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: so I didn't have anybody, you know, to really you know, 142 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: watch over or or kind of shield off a lot 143 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: of of the bs. And so if you want of 144 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: these runners or agents or you know, certain running around 145 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: the campus and trying to take advantage of these kids 146 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: that ain't happening with Dion because gonna be like, listen, 147 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: these are my guys, and this is not going down 148 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: that way. So I do like it from that standpoint, 149 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: you know, I agree, man, none of us really understood that. 150 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: I think for our time, the first person we've really 151 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: seen what the blueprint was Lebron and his team. You know, 152 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, people feel like after Lebron laid 153 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: out there the blueprint to taking your close friends and 154 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: being uh building a billionaire empire, it was like, oh man, 155 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: we could have did this now. Our mindset wasn't that. 156 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: Our mindset was we needed to get it, like we 157 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: needed to be the first in our families to get 158 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: this kind of money. And then when we got this 159 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: kind of money, we didn't understand the investment side, we 160 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: didn't understand the future side. It was like, we're trying 161 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: to do it now and we're helping everybody, and we're 162 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: doing X, and we're doing what and we're doing zeeing. 163 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: We're trusting these people that we shouldn't be trusting that 164 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: we don't know, we shouldn't trust because that's what they're 165 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: teaching us on on campus. They're saying, hey, you know what, 166 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: you gotta become friends with this guy in our relationships 167 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: and networking, bro, we suck at there. We sucked at 168 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: it because we're so used to like minded individual we're 169 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: so used to being around people. They got one come 170 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: and go, and that's succeeding football and playing football. So 171 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: my friends from high school were football players. Your friends 172 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: were football players. You weren't hanging out with the band 173 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: and you know, hey, this kid is talking about going 174 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: to be a lawyer. Those weren't the relationships you were making. 175 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: You were making a relationship that was like mine. And 176 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: then if you got the right care around you, if 177 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: you're lucky enough to have some people, going to have 178 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: some success. Now looking back, hey my cream was I 179 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: got a lawyer, I gotta I got a guy who 180 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: runs a car shop. I got um agent. So you're 181 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: looking at at Cruise and you're getting everything out of 182 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: Cruise now because of the blueprint that Lebron showed you. 183 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: So when you look at at Prime and what he 184 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: brings to not only at HBCU, what he brings to 185 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: these guys as far as leadership as far as having 186 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: success on and off the field, the failure he's experiencing 187 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: life Like going to an HBC you're gonna be leagal. 188 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: It's already it's already that deal. And now you're getting 189 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: uh the education and you're getting the mentoring and the 190 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: tutoringy that the ones became so special because in the 191 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: one you you saw someone who's been on a successful level. 192 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: Are you begin to see guys, who's the next best 193 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: or the next greatest um that's outside of your field, 194 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 1: So that's where your networking start. But being at the 195 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: HBCU and seeing how many successful black people, uh, women 196 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: and men come out of these schools. When you look 197 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: at the vice president, when you look around in politics, 198 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: when you look at everything in the world, it's somebody 199 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: from h b C and you represented. So I think 200 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: that's gonna put it on the map, especially in in 201 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: this current climate. When did that? When did that hit you? 202 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: Because I remember, you know, we used to we used 203 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: to kick it or keep running to each other. Either 204 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: it was in d C back you know, back home 205 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: from PG County and DC area. But when it when 206 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: it all that hit hit you? Because I was just 207 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: telling my producer Feto before we came home. Man, I 208 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: remember back, you know, back then, and you know you 209 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: had to close and you know, I mean the cars 210 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: and I was like and I was still young, so 211 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: I was coming out of University of Maryland, but I was, 212 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: I was and that was my rookie year. So my 213 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: first time going back, I was with LaVar Bo LaVar Antent. 214 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: So that's why I got a chance to you know, 215 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: meet up, meet all you guys. When when did all 216 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: that kind of click for you? Man? You know, it's crazy, 217 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: like thinking back to to you Bowman u K d'es, 218 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, uh, Queen Cook, all the guys that came 219 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: from that area that was sitting at the pool parties 220 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: and you know, enjoying the festivities that went on to 221 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: have success. You know, just on that property alone. How 222 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: many successful people came through when you talk about the 223 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: roll as of the world, and that was just hanging out, 224 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, just saying what it's like. 225 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: And that was like one of those opportunities where you're 226 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: trying to make sure everybody had a good time, make 227 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: sure everybody is taking care of you know what I mean, 228 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: like what you need, you know, what I mean, like 229 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: it's it's at your service and all of a sudden, 230 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: I think when you hit that point of family. You know, 231 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: because when you're young and you're having fun, it doesn't 232 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: really matter. But when you get to that point that 233 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: you get a kid and you start participating them kids 234 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: life and you know the may Back or the Rose Roys. 235 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: You ain't putting them kids in the may Back, you 236 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: know what I mean. They want to eat ice cream 237 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: and leave McDonald's. You're like, nah, you know so I 238 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: think for all the whips, is good to have a 239 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: nice whip, but um, since just have mostiple you know, 240 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: we have so much and we we overdoored. We um, 241 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: it becomes like a bad habit. You know, it's good 242 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: to have nice things, but something nice come out every 243 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: month and was always on top. Even with the clothes, 244 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, even with the name brand. Way before name 245 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: brand was the it thing, we were doing it. You know, 246 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: like you had all the flight stuff and then you 247 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: look at it, you know, the style change and that's 248 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: like man, I paid a thousand dollars for them shoes 249 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: and now they played out. 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But like my last 300 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: couple of years in the league, I was like, Okay, 301 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: you know what, you know, all that stuff ain't even 302 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: necessary because I did I had, I had a whiff 303 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: every week. Or once you start participating in picking up 304 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: from school are programs at school, it's over. It's so 305 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: for anybody that you know, and you know, when you're 306 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: in the life, you're in the life. But once you 307 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: start you get the taste of, man, I'm picking the 308 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: kids up and I'm dropping the kids all. Are you 309 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: soccer mom or soccer dad? Or you know, like you're 310 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: feelings because you're detached from the real world. As a 311 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: ball player, you're detaching to some real to something real 312 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: happening life, and that's probably one of the realest things 313 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: is going to happen that that wake us up. Just 314 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like when you have a kid, that's 315 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: eye opening, and once you become older, it's like, man, 316 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't need this stuff. Like you started saying, I'm 317 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 1: paying two thousand dollars a month for daycare or private 318 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: school or whatever it is, and the kids going there 319 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: to play with blocks two thousand times four thousand. But 320 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: you're paid it on the car note, you know what 321 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: I mean, Like you're you're paying it on the car note. 322 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: So it's just wisen up. And I think everybody should 323 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: enjoy their money. It's just do it at do it 324 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 1: at a meet. You don't have to do it overboard, 325 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: you know. I think we tried to have a yacht, 326 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: helicopter or airplane, Like, get you one toy, enjoy that toy. 327 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: When you're done with it, move on from me, and 328 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: do it that way. Compared to, Hey, I got seven toys, 329 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: and every day of the week I got a new 330 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: toy because it gets it burned out, you know. And 331 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: I I tell somebody because I see people saying stuff 332 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: about the NFL all the time, and I don't know 333 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: how you feel about it, but I don't really ever 334 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: bad mouth in NFL because you know, I have both 335 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: I had both shoulders worked on, I had my left knee, 336 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: right achilles finger risks. I have some injuries. But I'm like, man, 337 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: you know what, at the end of the day, I'm 338 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: gonna make the best of everything. The platform is given 339 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: because you already know the situation, and it's in NFL. 340 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: You know, not for long. You're gonna you're gonna be 341 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: in there, you're gonna be out, and you're gonna be 342 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: forgotten about at some point in time. And so I 343 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: was I just like, look, certain guys. I don't know 344 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 1: if you've seen the day though, I guess one of 345 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: the former players that came out and said, um that 346 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: he was denied for the concussion. Then, I don't know 347 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: if you if you got a chance to see that, 348 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: but it was it was based on him being him 349 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: being black because and then they kind of put him 350 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: up against um, another white athlete, and they said, because 351 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: he's prone to certain things because he's black. And I'm like, listen, 352 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: I don't know all that. I'm not a scientist. I'm 353 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: not trying to figure it out. It's certain parts in 354 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: the NFL that it's not right, But I always looked 355 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: at it us a business anyway. You know, man, this 356 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: is one of those subjects that so touch you because 357 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: it provides you with an opportunity that we weren't exposed to. 358 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: We we weren't getting money and becoming bread winners. And 359 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: sports was an outlet. All professional sports was an outlet 360 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: for our community. And now all of a sudden, you know, 361 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 1: you you you're starting dominating the sports world. And it's 362 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: always a catch too. Any catches, okay, outside like, we 363 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: can't let them dominate everything. Bro. My my concussion case 364 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine was used. This is way 365 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: before concussions had the the stigma. This is when they 366 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: were stingers. This is when you know, it was you 367 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: gotta dinger, you know um, and they were giving you 368 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: smelling salt on the sideline and slapping you upside the 369 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: head and saying go back in. You know. This is 370 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: way before the entire world knew the severity of of concussions. 371 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 1: That my case study. I went to Pittsburgh to see 372 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: the neurologists and he asked if he could use my 373 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: case study for the NFL concussion um thing. I'm like, yeah, 374 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: you know cool and he was like so in awe 375 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: that at the time I didn't. I didn't realize what 376 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: was going on, and he wanted to present my case. 377 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: And then after they were always calling. I'm telling every 378 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: time I went into the locker room in tween ten, 379 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: it was the first thing they asked was my concussion. 380 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: I can go in there and say, hey, my finger, 381 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: jam oh, how is your head? So I'm like, I'm 382 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: here from my finger what you asked me about my 383 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: head for? And all of a sudden I begin to realize, 384 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: like it's something going on, but we still didn't know 385 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: in twny team, It's what I'm saying, we still didn't know. 386 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: So I retired. Then once I retired in the concussion 387 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: situation came about and I'm like, bro, you're gonna look 388 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: at my film. I'm I'm head to head with you 389 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: and blitz pick up not just when you're tackling me, 390 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: this in bliz pick up all the hits that I've taken, everything, 391 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: and you get denied. You go in. It's guys who 392 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 1: playing on scouting team. These guys who who was playing 393 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: slot wide receiver back in the day when they weren't 394 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: bringing even getting in the game. That's getting it in 395 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 1: for me. I've taken three thousand carries, which that's your automatically. 396 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: You're running back in the NFL for nine years. Check 397 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: something wrong with you? You know what I mean? A linebacker, 398 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: something is wrong with you. That's the most physical of 399 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: any position on the field. Linebacker and running back at 400 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: this time through our years was the most physical positions 401 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: in safety because you're running from ten fifteen yards and 402 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: you're having a collision at the highest impact that you 403 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: could possibly uh collide old lineman, d lineman. They get it. 404 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks they get like all these people who are not 405 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: even in the collisions. You don't see running backs getting. 406 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: You don't see all the linebackers who really got a 407 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: problem getting. I just got tired. I got frustrated with 408 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: trying to get it because they ask you questions that 409 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: so they're relevant in your eyes, Like they honestly want 410 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: you to come in and be slobbing and you know 411 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: have a problem, like you think stay stealing, you keep 412 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,479 Speaker 1: doing something that's a ratic to say, hey, you know, 413 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: what do you have you're holding a conversation and you 414 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: have common sense, so nothing is wrong with you, you know, 415 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: like they don't want but you say, oh, you know what, 416 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: I used to be a cool, calm individual. Now I'm 417 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: starting to realize my temperature short. Oh well that's anger management. 418 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: Oh do you drink alcohol on occasions? Ever since I've 419 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: been twining one and old enough to drink, I can 420 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: drink alcohol. So if I choose to have a drink, 421 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: Oh well, maybe it's alcoholism. You know, it's they They 422 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: deflect so much that it kind of discourage you. You know, 423 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: it discourage you to sit off in those offices for 424 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: two or three days. You're can all these tests that 425 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with what your issue is. They 426 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: ask you to dumb the ship that they could possibly 427 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: ask you, and it's it's it's quote unquote private information. 428 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 1: So the world is not even exposed to how you know, 429 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: like how how shallow the test is. And it's like, oh, well, 430 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: they're trying to set you up, bro, I've taken the 431 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: same test since two thousand and nine. It's two thousand 432 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: and twenty one. At what point did you come to 433 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: the realization, Like I didn't figure out how to take 434 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: this test or I know how to memorize. You know, 435 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: it's if you give me the same tests over and over, 436 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: eventually I'm gonna ace the test, you know, and they 437 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: use that against you. So I think it's so you know, 438 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: I think I think you put so much working UH 439 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: for the shield and everybody talking about the shield and 440 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: honor and shield, and then when you need to shield, 441 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: it's like they shipped on you. You know, they turn 442 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: your turn, turn their back to you. 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S. 478 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and 479 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: Families and the Council. And so I always say, look, 480 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with how they conduct business, 481 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: but at least you can do is take care of 482 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: guys when they're done for whatever they hurt, if they 483 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: got some problems, just take care of them. Like and 484 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: and I'm saying this as a bare minimum because I'm 485 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: still going. I get physical therapy on my shoulders once 486 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: or twice a week, and I still doing my man 487 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: and stuff, and I'm still active. But do I wake 488 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: up my shoulders achy? Absolutely do I got, you know, 489 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: some days to get cold outside or his ranking and 490 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: my left nee starting, Yeah, absolutely, or you know my 491 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: achilles a little sword from tearing it or whatever the 492 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: case is. Absolutely. So my whole thing is just when 493 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: the guys get done, just take care of them. I 494 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: think that's just the bare the bare minimum you can do. 495 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 1: And just not turn your back on guys. And you know, 496 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: the second part of it is that, you know, I 497 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: see a lot of these coaches, you know, getting jobs, 498 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: and I'm not having former players be back involved with 499 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: the organizations. Like I'm sitting there and I get it. 500 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: You know, coach got his his son, who his nephew 501 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: or cousin. But you'll see a lot more of that happen, 502 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: and then you will a former player coming in UM 503 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: and getting a coaching job or structing an addition to job, 504 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: but getting guys going again. Because I don't know about you, 505 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: but my my first year even I had plenty of 506 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: stuff lined up and I knew what I wanted to do. 507 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: I went through it. I just it wasn't it wasn't 508 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: really the same for me, and I just I don't 509 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: know if you if I want to say I missed 510 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,239 Speaker 1: the locker room or the schedule or whatever it was. 511 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,959 Speaker 1: But you know, you're just trying to find that transition 512 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: where you just you're just looking for some type of 513 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: normalcy and I'll get done, I'll go do you know, 514 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: TV and and out the studio and you know, in 515 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: an hour and a half you're done, and you're working 516 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: on something for an hour and you're done. But then 517 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: you got twenty three hours, you know, twenty two hours 518 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: a day left to go and figure it out. So 519 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: I just I just wish they would would allow guys 520 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 1: and reach out to guys, say, hey, man, come back 521 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: to the organization. We gotta we gotta position for you here. 522 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: You've done all you've done, all your work here you 523 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: you know, put you put acid and see forwards. You soldiers, 524 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: you sold us tickets. The least you can do is 525 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: come back and hire and do something with an organization. 526 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: I agree, man, you start. You know, when you look around, 527 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: you see guys like Vince Young in the Texas situation 528 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: where he just where he just got the job, and 529 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: you applaud, you know, you applaud those schools. You look 530 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: at the linebacker that just went Bruski just went back 531 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: to Arizona. I see a p at Arizona State just 532 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: got the d C. So when you look at those situations, man, 533 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: it's so magnified, and you're so happy for those guys. 534 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: Then they get to go on and do what so 535 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: many guys want to do. But as you said, when 536 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: you look at when when you look at organizations and 537 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: look at how many players uh are outcasted from the league, 538 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: and then you go and give your friends who don't 539 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: have a clue, Like some of these coaches don't have 540 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: a clue. It's some there's some coaches to the Sean 541 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: mcbay's and Sean Payne and Bill Belichick to the world 542 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: uh uh, the Kobe Acts. And you know those coaches 543 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: that have outstanding brain you know, their their i Q 544 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: that's never played it down, but their i Q for 545 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: this game is great. Now, if you could team partner 546 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: player or players with those outstanding minds, imagine what you get. 547 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: Imagine the product that you'll get on the field. You know, 548 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh is outstanding, but the rest of his coaching staff, 549 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: you know, you've probably got some good coaches. Imagine that 550 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: those were players that were giving the direction for Sean 551 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: mcveigh's vision. And you have so many guys that want 552 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: to participate, that want to be around, and they give 553 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: you they give you the same sobs store, Oh you 554 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: don't want to do this, Well I do want to 555 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: do it. That's why I'm here, That's why I'm asking 556 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: you about it. And I've done it before. So they 557 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: feel like you're so disconnected, like they don't understand as 558 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: you said when you finished the NFL, you were you 559 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: were going through its your first year. Bro, everything was 560 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: laid out. You knew when you walk into the facility. 561 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: Here's your breakfast, you know, here's your meeting time. Here's 562 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: your schedule. Mr Merryman, here's here's this. You know, there's 563 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: the doctor, your first in line. You're you're right behind 564 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: you know, your your first in line. Um, you're right 565 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: behind the danity. So your next s up, you know. 566 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: So so all of a sudden, when you're no longer 567 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: in that, you gotta sit in the parking lot and 568 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, it's a wait list and you signed 569 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: the sheet over there, and you signed the sheet in 570 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: your twenty five and you're like, I gotta sit here 571 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: for the next two hours. You know, like why did 572 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: you tell me to come a team? And I'm not 573 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: going to see the doctor until one and then at 574 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: one whatever it is. You don't have that same schedule 575 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: and you don't have that same um. You know. It's 576 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: like people to come from the army, you know. I 577 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: think always relate to one of the movies where the 578 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: guy was was diffusing bombs and all of a sudden 579 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: he comes back to the real world and he was 580 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: he was shopping and it was so he was so 581 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: not used to it. He chose to go back to 582 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: war to diffuse bombs and to be with his family 583 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: because over there he was needed over there, he was 584 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: somebody over there, he was saving lives, he was impacting lives. 585 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: And then you come home and your lady like, hey, 586 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: don't get me some pampers from the store, and you like, 587 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: that's what pampers from the store. You go get the 588 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: pampers from the store. You know. So this is one 589 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: of those situations. Man, you have so many people that 590 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: needs more opportunities, just you know. I want to do broadcasting. 591 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: I love broadcasting. I think the knowledge that I have 592 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: for the game is there. But everybody that you talked to, hey, man, 593 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: you know what could you could you're doing in character? 594 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to do any character. You don't expect 595 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: me in character. I want you to get the knowledge 596 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: that I have. I want to show you that I'm 597 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: brighter than that person that you have discussing a game 598 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: that I played myre life. So I wouldn't sit me 599 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: across from them and let us talk football. You want 600 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: you want to really educated conversation, he let me give 601 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,479 Speaker 1: it to you. But instead, you know, they want us 602 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: to be to get nick, they want us to do 603 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: X y Z. So when you see guys like Ryan Clark, 604 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: who I love on TV, uh, you just kind of 605 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: you took your head to you know, Dominique, Dominique Foxworth 606 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: and so many of those guys that you just say, man, 607 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: you know what, that conversation was really good or they're 608 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: really entertainment compared to a lot of the people that 609 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: you have your done off, Like what are they talking about? 610 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: You know? So I would rather see more. NBA gets right. 611 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: The NBA definitely gets the right. I say this, man, man, 612 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: I swear I said all the time that NBA they 613 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: take care of their guys. I don't care whether it's 614 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: back in the organization. I mean, you see Steve Nash 615 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,239 Speaker 1: getting the job. He really you know Steve Nash had 616 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: been and where you see guy if you look down 617 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: that bench, they got three or four former players that 618 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: this assistant coaches. They gotta one of their formers players 619 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: is a rebounding. They make a position for a rebounding. 620 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: You know what, They create roles and you know what's 621 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: crazy when you look at Alabama. You look at what 622 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: Nick Saban does. Nick Saban gives you a rehab. He 623 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: revibes careers, he gives If you look on Alabama coach 624 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: and staff, these are the next coaches that's up and 625 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: coming for the jobs that servatable. You go hang with 626 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: Nick Saban for a year or two, and he's gonna 627 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: rehab you. He's gonna get you right, he's gonna revive 628 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: you and put you back in a better position than 629 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: you were in before you And why can't more coaches 630 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: do that? Why don't more organizations do that? Like revive 631 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: me and put me in another position. If it's me 632 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: going to an HBCU and not saying at the NFL level, 633 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: just give me that, you know, let let me get 634 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: my create something for me, That's what I'm saying. Like 635 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: they create for their people. They create. You'd be like, 636 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: what title is that? What's this old? Special assistant to 637 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: the offensive line coach or special assistant to the videographer. 638 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: I'll carry the camera, Like, okay, I carry the camera. 639 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna pay me two hunch, let me carry it. 640 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna drop it. A matter of fact, I 641 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: can carry two of the cameras, so you know, just 642 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: just getting more opportunity. Man, I think it's there's so 643 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: much missing, but it has it has to become trending, 644 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: you know, Steve Nash has to go on and have 645 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: success and then they'll give someone else that opportunity. You know, 646 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 1: you look at the Chauncey Billups of the world. You 647 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: look at the area, the enemies of the world, the 648 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,919 Speaker 1: guys who keep being floated out. Yeah, the sam could 649 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: sell the guys who who keeps being floated and oh, 650 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: here's the potential and everyone is waiting to see but 651 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: they never get the job. You know, you have so 652 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: many of those guys. Man. You you know, you're listening 653 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,919 Speaker 1: to Reggie Miller, You're listening to Chris Webber. I love 654 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: listening to Charles Barkler and Kenney Smith and Shock and 655 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: you know, just the education and how Kenney Smith and 656 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,439 Speaker 1: Charles Barkling may shot so much more of an icon, 657 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: you know, and made him better. Uh. In broadcasting. You 658 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: could do that through all sports platforms, which you look 659 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: at ESPN, you look at NFL Network, you look at 660 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: it and this this is one of those situations you say, man, 661 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: give me that opportunity. You know, give me the opportunity. 662 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: If the world don't don't take to this, or if 663 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,759 Speaker 1: the world don't pick up on it, then the hell 664 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: with it. I failed, but give me the opportunity. So 665 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: so basically, if somebody reached out in a position you 666 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 1: you will be open to look at it. I mean, 667 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: so you, I mean, have anybody said anything to you 668 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: trying to bring you on the staff or broadcast? I mean, 669 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: what's the you know, what's the next move? What you're 670 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: looking at? Doing well? For me? Like I said, I 671 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: love broadcasting. I love the freedom that comes to a broadcasting. 672 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: I love talking sports. And what's crazy is I talk 673 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,399 Speaker 1: all sports. I can talk baseball. I watched baseball all 674 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 1: day long. I love the pitching. I love. I think 675 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,080 Speaker 1: baseball players are some of the most athletic players. Um 676 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: that's so underrated because you can't run and dive and 677 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: catch the ball and pick up and throw it back 678 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: the home plate before this dude turn the corner. You 679 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: can't do it, and you don't have the accuracy when 680 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: once you dive on the ground and then when get 681 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: knocked out of you when you get up, you're gonna 682 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,399 Speaker 1: have to and now you gotta find and turn your 683 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: body to them. Dudes, do that second nature the same 684 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: way you coming downhill or you second the quarterback with 685 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: second nature when you hit all lights out, it's second 686 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: nature because you've trained for you know, um, and and 687 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: that's us. It's gonna become second nature. We weren't dominant 688 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: ball players when we first started out, but one day 689 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: you caught win eight. I'm pretty good at this. And 690 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: once you did, and once you started believing that you 691 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: you kick the ass, you took over. So give us 692 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: that opportunity. We're gonna kick ass and take over again. 693 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: And whatever it is you do. My my ultimate goal, 694 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: I would love to be in my office. I would 695 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: love bill gm or putting the roster together. I know talent, 696 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: you know, um, I feel like that's that's my niche, 697 00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,839 Speaker 1: That's what I want to do. But I love broad 698 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: asking as well. So just getting the opportunity. Hey, okay, 699 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: I'm calling it right now. There you're getting on. Somebody 700 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,400 Speaker 1: gonna have you an organization. You're gonna be in the 701 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 1: both this year, guarantee. Man. You know, it's it's crazy 702 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,400 Speaker 1: because you go through you know, you get opportunities and 703 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 1: it's always something you know, for us, it's always something's 704 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: something negative, something something scared. They talk to you out 705 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: of it. I don't talk to me out of it. 706 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: You know, like I've bro, I feel like toughne you know, 707 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,360 Speaker 1: like I'm I'm ready for whatever. You can't throw nothing. 708 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 1: That means been through with one loss, gonna keep winning 709 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: and losing. Hey, one day I'm up here, one day 710 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,799 Speaker 1: I'm but I'll never be down underneath and give up. 711 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: That's the one thing about it. You'll never see me 712 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: give up. You won't see me with my head down. 713 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,400 Speaker 1: So figuring out a way to win, figuring out a 714 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: way to take over, because that day coming, Like I'm 715 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: gonna take over all the air waves, that the front office, 716 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,919 Speaker 1: whatever it is. I mean, I'll before this year. That's 717 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: olden names. It's going the opportunity. So it's gonna come. 718 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. And until then, you just keep cheering 719 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: people alone, keep shocking and the skills, no doubt, no doubt. Hey, 720 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,399 Speaker 1: my dog appreciate you, bro. Already man, you're looking out 721 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: man that we got we gotta catch up. Man, Um, 722 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be out there. What part of North Carolina 723 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,840 Speaker 1: you're in, Charlotte you're shot. Okay, yeah, because I'm I'm 724 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: actually coming out there because I got a NASCAR team 725 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,320 Speaker 1: on the can Then Series. I got two cars and 726 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: my team owner. But they got their meeting whenever they 727 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: left up this damn band or whatever. So I actually 728 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,440 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time out there in Charlotte at 729 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 1: the facilities with NASCAR. Let me know, man, I go 730 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,279 Speaker 1: out to Coach Gibbs facility and kicking and chill out, 731 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,319 Speaker 1: and then I take the kids, you know, ride around. Man. 732 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: It's right now. It's just living man. You know, I 733 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: think there's so much opportunity. Sharlotte is great. It's so 734 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,720 Speaker 1: many ball players that lived here. Um that your neighbors 735 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 1: that you don't even realize is one day y'all in 736 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: the gym, he's like, oh man, you live at Yeah, 737 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 1: that were blocked behind me. So yeah, it's lovely here 738 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: for sure. For sure. Appreciate you, brother, good looking out 739 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 1: man already man peace. Thanks guys for listening in to 740 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: another Lights Out podcast with me. Shawn Merriman. Uh, Clint 741 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: Porters Man, we go back, we go back, uh Miami Harricane. 742 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: But also we got it. We got into it with 743 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: the Black Colleges as well and also um him possibly 744 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: getting into the to the booth Man as a broadcast 745 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,760 Speaker 1: as a coach, Clint Porters, a general manager, Tyland Scout, 746 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: you name it, he can do it. So that was awesome, man, 747 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: we went and really in depth conversation that was. That 748 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: was a fun one for me and somebody who I 749 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: go back with. So thank you guys again for listening 750 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,360 Speaker 1: to another lights Out podcast with me and um that 751 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: was awesome. Man, I'm still taking it all in. That 752 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: was just a great uh session and a a great conversation 753 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,919 Speaker 1: we had. So keep leaving those reviews. Keeps the scru 754 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: I been. I'm seeing the comments on those reviews man, 755 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: of those really cool stuff. I'm glad you guys joined 756 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,560 Speaker 1: the guests in the podcast. 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