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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of Papa's Perspective, brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Bob's Discount Furniture, the official furniture store and Mattress

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Speaker 1: partner of the New York Giants. As we welcome you

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Speaker 1: into the Hacken Sacobrity in Health podcast studio, Keep getting Better.

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Speaker 1: On this edition of Poppa's Perspective, we're visiting with Kevin Booth,

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Speaker 1: who spent seven years with the Giants, part of a

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Speaker 1: couple Super Bowl championships, and now the senior director at

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Speaker 1: the NFL Management Council. Kevin, Welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: How are you, Bob doing great? It's happy. It's so

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Speaker 2: awesome to see you. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So before we get to the past, let's talk about

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Speaker 1: the president. Talk about your role with the National Football

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Speaker 1: League and did you ever think that this was the

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Speaker 1: path that you would be on?

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Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting.

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Speaker 3: I always loved football, obviously, and I love the NFL,

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Speaker 3: and I wanted to stay a part of the NFL

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Speaker 3: once my playing career ended. However, I quickly realized I

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Speaker 3: didn't want to be a coach, So I was just

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Speaker 3: thinking of ways that I can continue to stay involved

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Speaker 3: and be able to impact the game and hopefully improve

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Speaker 3: it on a day to day basis, and that led

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Speaker 3: me to the league office, where I've been now for

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Speaker 3: nine years and a few different roles. So started in sponsorship,

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Speaker 3: moved over to football operations, and now I'm in my

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Speaker 3: current role in the Management Council now working directly with

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Speaker 3: the NFLPA as well as working with the clubs on

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Speaker 3: salary cap administration, player contracts, player work rules, all the

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Speaker 3: areas that you know, I kind of lived throughout my

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Speaker 3: playing career.

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Speaker 1: You know, education is so important, right, you played your

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Speaker 1: college ball at Cornell, you got your MBA. Where did

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Speaker 1: that passion come from in your upbringing to make sure

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Speaker 1: not just being an outstanding athlete?

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Speaker 3: You know, I think it definitely comes from home, from

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Speaker 3: I guess we always figured that football is going to

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Speaker 3: be there, but in order to open up those opportunities,

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be through education. And we would always say,

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Speaker 3: why can't you do both? Why can't you have you know,

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Speaker 3: having an education and playing football and by going to Cornell.

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Speaker 3: I always had in the back of my mind that

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Speaker 3: if I'm good enough to play at the NFL level,

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Speaker 3: they'll find me. You know how these teams are with

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Speaker 3: their robust scouting abilities. So I figured if I had

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Speaker 3: whether it's to continue playing or to have a successful

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Speaker 1: So you get drafted by the Oakland Raiders in two

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Speaker 1: thousand and six and you only last there for one season,

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Speaker 1: what was that time in your life like just coming

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Speaker 1: Were you surprised that they pulled the plug so quickly

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Speaker 1: and then next thing you know, you're with the New

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Speaker 3: It was a whirldwin because, like you mentioned, I was

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Speaker 3: a sixth pick, you know, so every day is a

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Speaker 3: ended up starting in fourteen games that year, So I'm

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Speaker 3: thinking in my head, while nothing certain that I'm going

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Speaker 3: to be a part of this team for years to come,

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Speaker 3: and things changed. We weren't very good as a team.

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Speaker 3: We had a coaching change, a philosophy change, and you know,

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Speaker 3: for about twenty four hours. And go through the waiver wire,

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Speaker 3: which is a new concept for me, and I wake

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Speaker 2: So we get ready. Are now part of the New

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Speaker 1: Obviously two Super Bowls later. The friendship, the bonds that

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Speaker 1: It's like you're back in the locker room. But what

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Speaker 1: were some of those lessons that you learned as a

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Speaker 3: No, that's a great question, Bob. You know, when I

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Speaker 3: to prepare, to learn how to self scout and to

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Speaker 3: what it's like to be at your best at all

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Speaker 3: times and to always want to compete and to self motivate. So,

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Speaker 3: you know, it helped me tremendously my experiences as a

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Speaker 1: Also, you know that offensive line was greater than the

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Speaker 1: sum of its parts, right, I mean your sixth round pick,

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Speaker 2: You know the little about that. Of course, every day.

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Speaker 1: Deals not drafted. Kareem came from the Jets, Snee was

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Speaker 1: a second round pick. But when you think about that group,

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Speaker 1: is that part of what made it so special is that,

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Speaker 1: you know, you guys understood that working at every moment

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly it.

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Speaker 3: You know, not taking anything for granted, realizing that, you know,

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Speaker 3: prepare as much as we can. And then truthfully, it's

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Speaker 3: going back to the accountability and not wanting to let

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Speaker 3: So that was honestly my motivation jumping in is, hey,

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Speaker 1: You know, every player that I have on this show

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Speaker 1: and I would I would assume it's the same with

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Speaker 1: a senior director, I got to gather that there are

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Speaker 1: times where there's Coughlin phrases pinging around in your head

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Speaker 1: and you probably say them right.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, all the time.

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Speaker 3: I mean, whether it's talk is cheap, play, the game,

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Speaker 2: Always.

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Speaker 3: I think that's the way I've always been wired, and

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Speaker 3: I think even now at the league office, that's what

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Speaker 3: it's all about, too, is being able to not only

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Speaker 1: Does that give do you feel like going in it

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Speaker 2: Do you believe that's true? I do.

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Speaker 3: I think there are going back to entering the quote

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Speaker 3: So I think all of those skills I quickly realized

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Speaker 1: So now going back to your playing days, obviously you're

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Speaker 1: and it's very easy. It's low hanging fruit, like greatest memory, right,

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Speaker 3: Yes, there's one that I always think about, and it's

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Speaker 3: Of course, big picture that season, they go to the

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Speaker 1: You guys are pretty good with a chip on your shoulder,

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Speaker 1: because I you know, eight you know a lot of

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Speaker 1: forty two and the helmet catch, and you know, on

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Speaker 1: like vengeance tour in a wait too, didn't you.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, And don't think that the head coach

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Speaker 3: I think that's that's what was so special about that

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think about the eleven game in Foxborough too. It

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Speaker 1: Big winning streak at home, and you guys went in there.

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Speaker 2: In that game. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So, Senior director NFL Management Council sounds intense. What

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Speaker 1: is the day to day kind of like for Kevin

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Speaker 1: Ruth in that situation?

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Speaker 2: Great question. So my day to day, basically.

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Speaker 3: Every it's about maintaining competitive equity with all things that

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Speaker 3: All those things have salary cap ramifications, and at the

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Speaker 3: But then being a part of the contracts and the

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Speaker 1: So like when the team makes a transaction or whatever, like,

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Speaker 3: That is pretty much it? But that I mean, I

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Speaker 1: Kevin, we appreciate a couple of minutes. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us. Continued success and always great catching.

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Speaker 2: Up with you anytime. It's always great to see you both.

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