1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning. 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: Everybody is d j en Vy, Charlamagne, the gud We 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 2: the buildings. A special guests, I should say, we have 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: Nate Burlson and Melanie Few welcome. 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: What's up? What's up? How y'all doing? Appreciate you having? 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: We got Melanie's chair? Can we live Melanie share please? 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: The mic is all in in front. 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: Of the face. I ain't never hold on a little bit. 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: There, there we go, there we go, right, there we go, 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 3: all right everywhere? 12 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: Nate, how you got time to be here? Man? I'm working, but. 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 4: I got a few breaks and then y'all told me 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 4: to pull up. I'm pulling up, man. 15 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: Okay. 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: So we don't really care about them bum ass cowboys 17 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: playing tonight anyway. So that's that's how you're starting. The 18 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: cowboys is falling this year exactly? 19 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: You want to talk about New York teams? No, okay, I'm. 20 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 3: Good, My d is good. Were good, y'all good? 21 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: Though? This morning I wake up at four a m. 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 4: We live at seven, done and nine, and then after that, 23 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 4: if I have a shoot in the city, I'm gonna 24 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 4: stick around, get that done, or travel out somewhere. But listen, man, 25 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 4: I'm blessed and hoighly favored. I'm not tripping about working 26 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 4: too much. 27 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: That's right, best blessed, black and highly favored. That's that's it. Yeah, 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: no doubt. 29 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 5: Now y'all here to talk about the best of Super 30 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 5: Bowl Soulful Celebration. 31 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: What is that exactly? 32 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 6: Am I? 33 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 5: Okay? 34 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 7: So the Super Bowl Soulful Celebration was originally the Super 35 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 7: Bowl Gospel Celebration, and so it is a wonderful, uplifting 36 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 7: event that puts a light on players as well as talent, 37 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 7: whether it be gospel or RB and soul. And just 38 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 7: to give you a little bit of history, I went 39 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 7: to Super Bowl. 40 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 6: But I'm aging myself a bit. 41 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,639 Speaker 7: But back in the early nineties, and I couldn't figure 42 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 7: out why there was no gospel event during Super Bowl. 43 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 7: So I wrote the NFL, and I wrote them and 44 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 7: got seven years of rejection letters. And that's why I 45 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 7: know that Bibically, the number eight is about new beginnings, 46 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 7: and that's so I know it matters because on the 47 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 7: eighth year, they said, well, this lady is crazy and 48 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 7: she's gonna keep writing us, so we will sanction you. 49 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 6: I didn't know what the sanction was. 50 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 7: I didn't know the importance of it, and I said, well, 51 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 7: what is a sanction? I was hoping they were gonna 52 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 7: say meet them at the bank somewhere, but they said, 53 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 7: we would give you the rights to use our intellectual 54 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 7: property to do this event, and so we have been 55 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 7: doing it. Now we're coming up on our twenty fifth year. 56 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 7: But we wanted to take a moment and look back 57 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 7: on the twenty four years beautiful testimonies from players like 58 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 7: Russell Wilson and Dione Sanders and some of the most 59 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 7: amazing talent from pad Laville to Gladys Knight to Yolanda 60 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 7: Adams and Moorees and Fantasia. And so when we were 61 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 7: trying to decide, Okay, how do we really look back 62 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 7: over these twenty four years and make it a beautiful experience, 63 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 7: we immediately thought about Nate to be the person to 64 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 7: show our journey. 65 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 3: You know, because connection with and gospel culture number one. 66 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 7: We knew that Nate was just an exceptional person. We 67 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 7: had done our research on what players and he's his 68 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 7: to me, his life is a testimony because a lot 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 7: of times people feel like players are only good for 70 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 7: being on the field. He has shown that he has 71 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 7: taken his career in the NFL and shot to the 72 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 7: heights of media. To me, that is a testimony. And 73 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 7: then not to mention he's fly. The only problem I 74 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 7: told Nate we're having with him is all these church 75 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 7: women are emailing us and we're having to remind him 76 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 7: he's married. 77 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 6: I'm like, I'm working for you. 78 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: Now. 79 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: Where is the soulful celebration. 80 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 6: It's going to be in Las Vegas. 81 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 7: It's wherever super Bowl is, and so we are usually 82 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 7: the Wednesday of the Thursday night before Super Bowl, and 83 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 7: it's just like I said, it's an amazing journey. We 84 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 7: do a faith and action segment where we've honored everybody 85 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 7: from Russell Wilson to Cam Newton to Dion Sanders and others. 86 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 7: And we've had everybody God has really been good to us. 87 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 7: We've had Tom Brady on the show. We've had Dak Prescott, 88 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 7: we have had a lot. 89 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 5: Of him pray for who I'm a cowboy Fana. 90 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 6: We were keep him protected. 91 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 7: And so we've had all these amazing players and really, 92 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 7: what it is it weaves up, It tells a story. 93 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 7: So we take player testimonies and they talk about their 94 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 7: faith and what drives them on the field, and then 95 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 7: we blend that with these beautiful performances by people like 96 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 7: Yolanda Adams, Fantase, You're, Gladys Knight Done, mccl kirk, Franklin, 97 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 7: New Dog Win, his gospel album and all that. 98 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 6: So it's been. 99 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 5: I want you to talk about this process, Melanie, because 100 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 5: you ought to found an executive producer. 101 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: But how were you able to take. 102 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 5: This idea and then have the web with all to 103 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 5: say I want to partner with a big enterprise like 104 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:53,799 Speaker 5: that the NFL. 105 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: How did that happen? 106 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 7: I was that little girl when my parents would tell 107 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 7: me no, never understood that they really meant it for real. 108 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 6: So I used to have to get a spanking. 109 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 7: And so to give you guys an honest opinion, when 110 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 7: I went to Super Bowl, I'm gonna tell you that 111 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 7: was my before christ days back and we had parted 112 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 7: all weekend. 113 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 6: So we were all. 114 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 7: We had parted all weekend and we were looking for 115 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 7: Jesus by side, come on, somebody smelling. 116 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: Like last night? 117 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, real bad. 118 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: And so. 119 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 7: That's when the Lord gave me the idea to write 120 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 7: the NFL and so to make a long story short 121 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 7: after and I'll actually tell you guys how it started 122 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 7: after writing them. For some reason, I couldn't let the 123 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 7: concept go writing them, writing the NFL PA. All these years, 124 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 7: they just kept getting those. Finally, and this is a truth. 125 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 6: Bless his heart. He's deceased now. 126 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 7: But Jeane Upshaw was alive at the time, and Gene, 127 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 7: one of my friends, worked that he didn't realize she 128 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 7: was my friend. He was like, y'all, this lady is crazy. 129 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 7: She's been emailing us for seven years. Well calling and 130 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 7: he was like, I know how. 131 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 6: I figured out how we're gonna get rid of her. 132 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 6: And so they said how. He said, I'm gonna tell her. 133 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,559 Speaker 7: We'll do it, and I you know, get the NFL 134 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 7: the Saints her if she can get glad As Night 135 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 7: because that was like his favorite singer. So he thought 136 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 7: that was gonna be the final nail on the head. 137 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: It was too tall. He didn't know your guy. 138 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 7: So Gladys is from Atlanta and she went to high 139 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 7: school with my aunt. So when I called him, I said, 140 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 7: I got Gladys, what's next, what's up? He was like, 141 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 7: you're telling a lot I. 142 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 6: Was like, no, I'm not. 143 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 7: And so interestingly enough, that first year in nineteen ninety 144 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 7: nine in Miami, he said we're gonna do I said, 145 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 7: you want to do advanced ticket sales because the money, 146 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 7: a lot of the moneys go to charity, different charities, 147 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 7: and so I said, you want to do advanced ticket 148 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 7: sales because you know, church people really do come out 149 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 7: and support faith based consumers. And he was like, hmmm, 150 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 7: We're just gonna do a walk up and so he 151 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 7: prepared food. It was a blunch back then for three 152 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 7: hundred people, and four thousand people showed up, so everybody 153 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 7: had to be let in for free. And after that 154 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 7: they knew, okay, this is really culturally relevant for you know, 155 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,239 Speaker 7: this consumer base. 156 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 6: And so that's what happened. 157 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: So what did y'all do with four thousand people with 158 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: only three three hundred plates of full. 159 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 7: Well, they did let the ones. They let everybody in free. 160 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 6: And that's and it was on the beach that year. 161 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 7: So that's how you know, we were limited in numbers 162 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 7: and seeding. 163 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 5: Do you feel like the social celebration gets as much 164 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 5: as exposure as it should. 165 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 7: I don't, and probably because I'm really passionate about about 166 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 7: whenever something is your baby, you think you could do more. 167 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 7: But I'm grateful that we have experienced so many wonderful 168 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 7: milestones over the years. We started out, we were broadcast 169 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 7: on like the Gospel Music Challenge. Then we went on 170 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 7: to be on BT for eight years. And I'm excited 171 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 7: because for the first time in our history and the 172 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 7: first time in Super Bowl's history, we will be on 173 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 7: the network that's carrying the game. Well, it will be 174 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 7: first time in the history of black owned event will 175 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 7: be on CBS the night before, in prime time, the 176 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 7: night before the game. And so I'm telling you I 177 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 7: give all the praise and honor because and I also 178 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 7: I'm so grateful that God put the team of people 179 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 7: who have supported this vision all these years, because if 180 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 7: it were up to me, it would have ended a 181 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 7: long time ago. 182 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 6: I couldn't carry this journey to the place. 183 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 4: They had and Melanie, it also helps that players are 184 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: more vocal about their faith nowadays. 185 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: You know, people don't realize. 186 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: I know it's a violent sport and you got helmets 187 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 4: knocking together and it's a lot of male bravado involved, 188 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 4: But you sit in that locker room, guys are praying 189 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 4: when they run out on the field, they run to 190 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 4: the end zone, drop it on a knee, and then 191 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 4: after the game they get together and pray together after 192 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 4: the battle. So you know, guys are now creating that 193 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 4: parallel between their careers and their walk. 194 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: So it's a beautiful thing. 195 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 4: And to have Melanie and this platform that she has 196 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 4: built for guys to say, yes, I am a man 197 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 4: of football, but first I'm a man of faith. 198 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: In this cross section that she has created as awesome. 199 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 5: One of your intentions made to like try to show 200 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 5: that players in a different light. Let people know that, Yo, 201 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 5: these are god fearing individual Yeah. 202 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 4: We all work in media and we know that sometimes 203 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 4: the stories that create the most engagement aren't the ones 204 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 4: that are the most flattering. So in order to combat 205 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 4: that in the way that I can is to show 206 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 4: the beautiful things that these guys are doing. And I 207 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: think there's a lot of players that either or men 208 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 4: of faith that seeing it, like the NFL players a 209 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 4: quirre or men that lead in their own ways in 210 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 4: their communities, and this is a spotlight for that. 211 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: I want to ask. 212 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 2: You know, back in the day, you wouldn't see as 213 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: many players praying. Was it something that the league was 214 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: against because you did you never seen it. I just 215 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: remember growing up as a kid watching the Giants. Whether 216 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: it was you know, Lawrence tailing them back there you 217 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 2: never seen them praying, or maybe TV just didn't show them. 218 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 4: I think it was I think it was more TV 219 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: wasn't showing them. You know, if a camera is panning 220 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 4: to guys on the sideline before a game, I think 221 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 4: they'd rather show a guy shedding a dramatic tear than 222 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: someone on the knee mumbling their prayer. I do feel 223 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 4: like the league has done a better job of showing 224 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 4: that there are men of faith in the NFL, and 225 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 4: there's also non believers too, But the spotlight that we 226 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 4: have to create is on us. 227 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: He's not on the league. 228 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 4: You know, we can't expect the league to highlight our 229 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 4: walk if we're shy about it. And I think nowadays 230 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 4: guys aren't shy about what they do off the field. 231 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 3: And who's performing this year, who we have on the lineup? 232 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: Do we know yet? 233 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 7: We haven't announced it yet, and that announcement is coming 234 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 7: from CBS, but it's going to be really bigger and 235 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 7: better than it's ever been. I will tell you, I 236 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 7: was so glad that Nate mentioned the NFL players Choir 237 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 7: because I don't know if you guys know this, that 238 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 7: is a There is a choir of former and current 239 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 7: players that can sing their faces off, and it's been 240 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 7: a blessing to take the helmet off and show that 241 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 7: there are guys that really have all this amazing talent. 242 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 7: You have a classically trained pianist in the group as 243 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 7: well as others, and they actually made the final, They 244 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 7: made the semi finals of America's Got Talent, And so 245 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 7: the shock value of players that can actually sing is 246 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 7: is really capturing singer? 247 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: No, no, not a poet, you know, a rapper, you 248 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 4: know what I mean. I got bars like that, but 249 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 4: I can't sing that. God, God can't bless me with everything. 250 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 5: God know your heart. He gave you that sense of humor. 251 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 5: You dropped a line of watches this year, too, rightnck Yeah, I. 252 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 4: Did something with Shaanola. It was a collaboration brand. You know, 253 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 4: it's a Detroit brand. I played ball in Detroit, so 254 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 4: I'm like an adopted son. Do a little bit of that. 255 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 4: Also have a clothing line. I got a suit line. 256 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 4: I gotta get you on some suits. I know, y'all, 257 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 4: all I need is your sizes. 258 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hook you up. And my suitent's got the jog. 259 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: Abottom so you can rock it with the kicks. 260 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Melanie. 261 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 5: Do you ever worry about being compared to like other 262 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 5: gospel shows like the Stellar Awards things like that, and 263 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 5: what separates you'all from. 264 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, no, because it's room for everybody. 265 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 7: But I don't because what's different about this show is 266 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 7: we really put a focus on NFL players and their 267 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 7: stories and their testimonies, and so that's what makes us 268 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 7: stand out. And we don't have just gospel artists. Like 269 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 7: I said, We've had everybody from Anita Baker, Rita Franklin when. 270 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 6: She was alive, so we focused Fresh. We've had Dougie Fresh, 271 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 6: it was amazing. 272 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 7: Speaking of rapping, I think we need to hear some 273 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 7: bars from Night before. 274 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, you got it. 275 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 4: And it's a rapoll poem. Now it's more of a poem. 276 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 4: First of all, I didn't know you was about to 277 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 4: do that. 278 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: So this isn't playing. 279 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 4: Yes, we talked, were talking gospel, so I gotta remove 280 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 4: the whole catalog of. 281 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: The secular stuff. I got something that's fitting. 282 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 4: Actually, yeah, there's an artist, his name is Andrew that 283 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 4: we've we've collaborated on something. So I've been working on 284 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 4: something fully baked out, but I'll see if I can 285 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 4: get it out. All right, This is the essence to 286 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 4: recognize his presence of the inception of every single blessing. 287 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 4: Blessed is the understatement. I know I'm highly favored. Now 288 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 4: look to the right. Go ahead and tell your neighbor. 289 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: God is good. God is good all the time, all 290 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: the time. 291 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 4: To the left, go ahead, repeat that line all the time. 292 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 4: Raised on the biblical but led by the spiritual. You 293 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 4: also shatrack me shacking the bendigo. In other words, Babylon 294 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 4: and to you and Babylon, I use my words like 295 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 4: birds to fly through each and every storm. The Bible 296 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 4: says that Daniel means God's gift. I can fish for myself, 297 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 4: but even these rods miss little something something, little something. 298 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 6: Now you want to know why we've chased him down. 299 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 5: And I'm sure that led to CBS airingot right, Yeah, no, 300 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 5: doub out a little bit. You have to go in 301 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 5: there and shake up, shake the table a little bit. 302 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 4: She shakes the table up around there, no, no, no, no, 303 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 4: Melanie actually made that happen. I think I was just 304 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 4: an added benefit that I worked for CBS. 305 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, has the Super Bowl ish year? 306 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 3: Who's gonna be in the Super Bowl ash year? 307 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 4: It won't be your Giants. I'm gonna just tell you 308 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 4: the Cowboys, the Cowboy. You know the Cowboys are playing with. 309 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 4: If I'm looking at the NFC, I think the Cowboys 310 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 4: have a shot. Of course, the Eagles are balling, and 311 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: then the forty nine Ers. Those are my three teams 312 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 4: now out of the AFC. The Kansas City Chiefs are 313 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 4: still the top dogs. But look out for the Miami Dolphins. 314 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 4: Man down in Miami two a tongue of Vilo and 315 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 4: Tybriek Hill. 316 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: They are cooking up something. 317 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 5: You think, Aaron Rodgers, you should play this season? If 318 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 5: the doctors give him the green. 319 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 4: Lake as a player who's been injured, I say no. 320 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 4: But Aaron Rodgers doesn't care what I think or other 321 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 4: people think. I don't think he's coming back because he's 322 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 4: getting paid a certain amount of money. I don't think 323 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: he's coming back because he thinks suggests can make the playoffs. 324 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: I think he's coming back for. 325 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 4: A majority of his career, he has done what people 326 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 4: said he couldn't do. Maybe that's ego, Maybe that's bravado. 327 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 4: Maybe that's the mindset of one of the greats. They 328 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 4: all have it where they have this switch in their 329 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 4: hair what they think, even though you tell me I 330 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 4: can't do it, I'm gonna do it to prove you wrong. 331 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: I bet you that's a part of it. 332 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 4: I'm not speaking for him, but as an athlete on 333 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 4: the outside looking in, and that's what he's doing. For 334 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 4: him to have this surgery, which is typically a nine 335 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 4: to twelve month injury, and he's back in a couple 336 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 4: of months, that's crazy. 337 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 5: Have things changed that much in regards to how people 338 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 5: will treat acls. 339 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 4: That achilles and typically the normal surgery he would have 340 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 4: been out the whole season would have been done, but 341 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 4: he had some type of new procedure that allows his 342 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 4: body to heal differently. But I'll tell you this, though, 343 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 4: I think there's something that's sick and twisted about athletes. 344 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 4: When Adrian Peterson towards Aco, he came back in like 345 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 4: five six month and we praised him and this dude's 346 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 4: an alien and we love that. Like I to ac 347 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 4: I was trying to get back, and I wanted to people. 348 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 4: I wanted people to whisper and say, man, he came 349 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 4: back so fast and look at him. 350 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: He still got the juice. He can run, jump and 351 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: do all the things he used to do. 352 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 4: I think there's a part of athletes that want to 353 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 4: defy the odds I want. I think Aaron Rodgers wants 354 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 4: people to whisper, Yo, look at him. Dude, ain't from 355 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 4: this earth the way he came back from that Achilles. 356 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 4: Because there's so many things he can hold onto this year. 357 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 4: I don't think he's gonna win a super Bowl. Nope, 358 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 4: he's not going to break any records. He's not gonna 359 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 4: catch Tom Brady when it comes to Super Bowls. But 360 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 4: he can put this on his discount double belt and 361 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 4: say I came back from Achilles faster than any other 362 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 4: athlete in history. 363 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: I think that's why he's playing. Wow. 364 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 2: And what I wanted to ask with the NFL, right, Yeah, 365 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 2: I feel like a lot of players get hurt, try 366 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: not to hurt other players. 367 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, goa happen. 368 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 3: So what do you think about that? 369 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: And of course when it comes to people say they 370 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 2: soften it up, even with the with the quarterback, and 371 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: I feel like even when they play with the quarterback, 372 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 2: like the quarterback fake slide and keep running, but the 373 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 2: players don't want to hit him and it kind of 374 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 2: messes up the games. 375 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 3: What are your thoughts on the NFL loosening up some 376 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 3: of those doors. 377 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know your stuff, man, You know what I'm saying. 378 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 4: Even though I've seen you in the football jersey, you 379 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 4: didn't really fill it out. 380 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. 381 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 3: I play for. 382 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: The way Yeah kills out the jersey. Yeah. 383 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's why he's demanded hoseat your mouth. 384 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 4: You know what, That's a really good question because the 385 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 4: rules have changed so much to protect the players that 386 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 4: as a wide receiver, I'm running across the middle, I 387 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 4: know that you can't hit me because I'm a defenseless player. 388 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 4: So if I go out for the ball and it's 389 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 4: not there yet and you take me out, a flag 390 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 4: is up. Now as a defender, the whole mindset is different. 391 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 4: Your gaze of the play is that I am going 392 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 4: to try to hit him to knock this ball out, 393 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 4: but I can't get there before him, so I have 394 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: to let him catch it and then react. And if 395 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 4: you're aiming right here, but all of a sudden, I 396 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 4: get scared and dug damn on. Now your helmet's hitting 397 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 4: my helmet. Whose fault is it? What it looks like 398 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 4: it's yours, right helmet to helmet. That defender was wrong, 399 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 4: but in reality, I count a little bit and I 400 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 4: changed my target, so that accidentally led to a flag 401 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 4: and maybe a penalty and then also a fine. Now 402 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 4: you have defenders that have to think about all that 403 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 4: in a split second, and most of them are like, 404 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 4: you know what, I'm not gonna try to knock this 405 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 4: dude out or knock the ball out because if I do, 406 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 4: I can get fined, I can get kicked out of 407 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: the game, and that sometimes leads to him being injured. 408 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: As an offensive player. 409 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 4: I feel bad for defenders now because I can run 410 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: free and do whatever I want. Now, their second guess 411 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 4: in what makes them good, which is the impact. 412 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 3: And even with the quarterbacks, like I've seen quarterbacks fake 413 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 3: slide right. 414 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah yeah, Dan Jones did that. I think 415 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 4: that's a fake slide and kept running. That's a problem 416 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 4: because you know you fake slide. Basically you're saying, don't 417 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 4: hit me. I'm giving myself up. 418 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: Which defenders have to fit his to So. 419 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 3: Now you fake slide. I'm about to give up, but 420 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: you keep running. 421 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: That's crazy. That's a little trickeration right there. 422 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: I think they'll address that this off season, you know, 423 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 4: because you can't as a quarterback look at the defender 424 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 4: and act as if you're going to face slide and 425 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 4: then everybody lets up on the play. 426 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 3: As if it's It's like flopping in the NBA. 427 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 4: No doubt it's like flopping in the NBA. But I 428 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 4: think these things will be addressed. As much as I 429 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 4: want guys to be protected, because I'm all for guys 430 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 4: getting as much money as they can from the league 431 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 4: and then walking away healthy. I do feel like that 432 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 4: old school grittiness that makes the game fun to watch. 433 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 5: Absolutely absolutely. You also recently talked about about with depression. 434 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, do you. 435 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 5: Think NFL and teams do enough to help players who 436 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 5: may be dealing with, you know, depression and other mental 437 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 5: health issues. 438 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 4: I think they're doing a better job because players have 439 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 4: spoke up. Players have battled with mental health issues, not 440 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 4: just in the off season, but as they retire and 441 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 4: shout out to Yesterdyear, the older generation. 442 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: They played in an era where it was. 443 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 4: Taboo for guys to talk about things like this, and 444 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 4: some of us, some of them, are no longer with us, 445 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 4: and as young puffs in the league, we paid attention 446 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 4: to all of those who came before us. 447 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: We heard the stories. 448 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 4: We heard about guys like Junior Seau, who were well 449 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 4: respected Hall of famers, ended up taking his life. So 450 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 4: for us now in the league, in a society that welcomes, 451 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 4: that embraces that says, all right, come here, we'll give 452 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 4: you a warm hug of mental health conversation, the NFL 453 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 4: has embraced it. Some teams even have a therapist on 454 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 4: staff that they have an open door to walk into 455 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 4: on a weekly daily basis if they need to. You 456 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 4: can always do a better job, not just the NFL, 457 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 4: but in our workplace in general. But what I do know, 458 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 4: and I'm super proud of guys in the league for, 459 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 4: is that they're not afraid to talk about it. People 460 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 4: think that a locker room was full of grade A 461 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 4: AHOs and we don't talk about mental health. We're not inclusive. 462 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 4: It's not the case. I've been in a few different 463 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 4: locker rooms over the course of my career and we 464 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: were embracing of everything, whether it was your sexual identity, 465 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 4: sexual preference, your religion, your race, your culture, even your 466 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 4: bouts with mental health. And as long as I'm on 467 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 4: TV and have a platform, I'm gonna continue to talk 468 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 4: about it, not just for the players, but also for 469 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 4: my kids. I got a nineteen year old shout Out 470 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 4: the Little Nate, a seventeen year old Nehemia, and my 471 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 4: daughter's thirteen. I want them to be able to come 472 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 4: to me, shed a tear, I'll cry with them and 473 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 4: then we can get over it together. So I gotta 474 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 4: walk the walk if I want to talk to talk. 475 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: Do you kids play football? 476 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: Yeah? My two oldest play play football. 477 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: I got my older son plays wide receiver at University 478 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 4: of Nevada scholarship athlete, and then my seventeen year old 479 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 4: just finished the season at Ramapo. They lost in the 480 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 4: championship game. My daughter plays volleyball, but my boys do 481 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 4: play football. 482 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 3: Did you want them to? 483 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 2: Because a lot of parents that play, a lot of 484 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,120 Speaker 2: professional players don't want their kids to play for. 485 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 4: I wanted them to, but I didn't push them to. 486 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 4: And I wasn't afraid of the injuries because I knew 487 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 4: if they played sports. Whether it was football, basketball, track, 488 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 4: or whatever, it's inevitable. There was a one hundred percent 489 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 4: injury rate in sports. It's an inevitability that you will 490 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 4: get banged up. The severity of it depends on the 491 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 4: type of sport you're playing. Now, my boys have had 492 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 4: significant injuries. I remember my oldest when he was sophomore. 493 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 4: I get a call and they're like, you got to 494 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 4: come to practice now. It was his little brother who 495 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 4: was playing on the younger team. This is high school 496 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 4: and I already knew my stomach dropped. We get there 497 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 4: and the trainer walks up to us with a soft 498 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 4: voice and says he heard his arm he got rolled 499 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 4: up on. It was accidental. And then they bring him over. 500 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 4: Hees tears in his eyes, but he's not crying, and 501 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 4: I'm like, so tell me about it. They're like, well, 502 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 4: I think he broke his arm. How bad is it? 503 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 4: They wouldn't really say, And I know what that means. 504 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 4: That means it's way worse than they're letting it off. 505 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 4: So we get in the car and as soon as 506 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 4: we start hitting those bumps on the way to the hospital, 507 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 4: my son is crying, ball in his eyes out everybody 508 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 4: in the car is crying. I'll never forget this conversation 509 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 4: because as he is crying, he says, I never want 510 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 4: to play this sport again. 511 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm done. 512 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 4: Why is this always me? He had a few injuries 513 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 4: before that, and he's like, f this sport. And I 514 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 4: repeated him. I said, the sport that football. You don't 515 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 4: ever have to play football. I said, this is about you. 516 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 4: When you heal up, we can walk away from the 517 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 4: sport forever. And that stuck with me because I thought 518 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 4: my son would never pick up a football again. At 519 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 4: his surgery, played some screws, held up rehab. Six months later, 520 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 4: he's back on that field, finished the season, So it 521 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 4: was his decision. 522 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: Was his decision right, So I leave it up to 523 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: my kids. 524 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 4: I feel like there's more benefits than there are negatives. One, 525 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 4: whether it's injuries, not playing, getting bench, you're gonna have 526 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 4: to deal with stuff in life. It's parallels everything we 527 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 4: go through football is also this. Michael Cosmo, what what 528 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 4: society is a lot of people can't coexist with their coworkers. 529 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: In football. 530 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 4: You got fifty something dudes on the roster, all from 531 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 4: different walks of life. The common goal is to win. 532 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 4: If you can do that, by the time you get 533 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 4: to college and walk into the American workforce, you'll be good. 534 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 4: You'll you'll make life more about others than it is 535 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 4: about you. 536 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: That's why I left football. 537 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 2: Oh all right, we appreciate you guys. Tell them whe 538 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 2: they can see the Super Bowl soul Full celebration. And 539 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: it's sad because I go to the Super Bowl most 540 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 2: of the time every year. Honestly, I didn't know about it. 541 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: I'm just And also it's usually because if it's on 542 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 2: a Wednesday, most people get there Thursday Friday. 543 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,239 Speaker 7: You know, it used to be on Thursday, but we 544 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 7: do Wednesday, so we have extra time to edit and 545 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 7: make it right. And now that we're on CBS, we 546 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 7: need the extra time to it's got to be up 547 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 7: to their standards. 548 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. 549 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 6: Period, you know, go. 550 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: And sell on the first, right, they're gonna sell on 551 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: the first. 552 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 6: If you all happen to be in town, please. 553 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 3: Come absolutely well, thank you so much for joining. 554 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: You'll have in us and the whole tickets going sell 555 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 1: December fir Us. 556 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 5: You can go to the ticket Maath and get your 557 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 5: tickets for the best of Super Bowl Soulful Celebration. 558 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 3: Today. That's today, today, today, today, this is tomorrow. 559 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: So this is tomorrow, yes today, yes, today, right now. 560 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 5: Tickets are on sale right to watches too for the 561 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 5: best of Super Bowl. 562 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: Watch. 563 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,479 Speaker 3: There we go, there we go, thank you. 564 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: Watch yeah you know, a little some every day watch 565 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: you can wear, you go, thank you. 566 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 3: It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, thank you. 567 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club.