1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: There's a man who's going to take the stage to 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: lead our next panel that needs no introduction, as the 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: m C. Cliche goes, but it is kind of true. Uh. 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: He is one of the best of all time on 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: the field and off the field. The old cliche was 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: he only caught touchdowns, but that was far from true. 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: He had over eleven hundred regular receptions to his Hall 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: of Fame career, and he was also a man who 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: has inspired change for decades through his platform as an 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: all time NFL great. He was the nine recipient of 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: by Nationwide. And he will introduce the rest of the 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: panelists as he moderates this one on social justice and 14 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: inspiring change. I leave you in the absolutely capable hands, 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: all time great hands, Chris Carter, Chris, good to see you, buddy. 16 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: Get a man, Thank you many, thank you, thank you 17 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: very much. Now joining me on the stage, a star 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: in his own right, and a guy that single handedly 19 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: has helped lead NFL players and their voices. Welcome to 20 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: the stage. Ramon Jones, CMO of Nationwide. Nice little track there, 21 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: I like that. Always impeccably dressed welcome, welcome, welcome. Next 22 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: to the stage, a very very dear friend of mine. 23 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: I have to apologize for that. Two thousand and two 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: Award winner, Executive Vice President NFL Football Operations, And I 25 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: scored a couple of TVs on this guy. You don't 26 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: want to admit it. Troy Vincent. When they came to Philly, 27 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: we beat their Backsage Next, two thousand fourteen Award winner, 28 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: fifteen year NFL veteran, mostly with Carolina six Todd. I 29 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: know my Mike was going out polize. Check out the shoes. 30 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: He's dressed like a wide receiver. Former linebacker Thomas Davis. Yeah, 31 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: I guess now true. You played fifteen right, Thomas? You 32 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: played six team with You played six team? Come on down, 33 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: big fellows, Mr Good Looking, Mr Clean, two thousand award winner, 34 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: Captain of the defending Super Bowl champ, The Ultimate walk Off. 35 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: He's been working on his tan Is golf game. His 36 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: wife told him find something else to do. That's right. 37 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: These are the finest of the finest that we have 38 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: and players. First of all, um, starting with TV, kind 39 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: of explain some of the programs that you're currently doing 40 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: in the communities, because you've got a couple of different programs, 41 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: sometimes in Virginia, sometimes in New York Jersey. Yep, so 42 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: just real briefly, just my wife, Tommy and I. We 43 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: began our community work back in our hometown, Trent, New Jersey. 44 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: We started off which we still do, which is the 45 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: bedrock of our our foundation is supporting domestic violence shelters 46 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: and families and women that have been impacted by sexual 47 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: assault UM in the city of Trent, New Jersey. And 48 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: then as we moved to northern Virginia, we began to frankly, 49 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: just make sure that we are we're impacting every city, 50 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: every state because violent against women is rampant. And then 51 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: most recently in the in the last ten years, our 52 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: efforts have been around elementary education and really focusing in 53 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: on bridging the gap between UM young men and women 54 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: again K through five as our concentration UM, just building 55 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: that educational divide. Are some of the things that you're 56 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: doing currently, Yeah, so we're currently. I started my foundation 57 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight, and you know, as the 58 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: years go on, my goal with my foundation has always 59 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: to make it bigger and better than the previous year. 60 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: And that's something that we've been able to do. And this, ironically, 61 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: you're working with K through five. I started the Leadership 62 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: Academy that works with six seventh and eighth grade kids. UM. 63 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: And the reason why we chose six seventh and eighth 64 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: grade kids we know and we started to learn that 65 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: kids at that age they make a decision what direction 66 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: they're gonna go in. So we wanted to start working 67 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: with them or being productive leaders and not being followers, 68 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: because if you can catch them early before they reached 69 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: those high school years, UM, we understood that we can 70 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: have a huge impact on their future. And UM we've 71 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: been able to be a part of some kids becoming 72 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: first generation in college grass UM through our programs. So 73 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that I'm most proud of 74 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: what we do with I know you're still doing some 75 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: amazing things, but I want you to tell the story 76 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: about the team you previously played for and one game 77 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: being surprised because someone came across the field and you 78 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: were a little apprehensive about that situation. Yeah, it was unbelievable. 79 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: It was one of those things when you're playing in 80 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: the game, you have TV time out, so you've played 81 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: against guys throughout your career and you know you might 82 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: dab him up, you might get him little head nod. 83 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: It might be somebody you don't like that much, and 84 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: you make a little eye contact. All these things happen, right, 85 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: but you know how many smiles and every now and 86 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: then this guy as you really know and there's a 87 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: little bit of talk. But in this game, I kept 88 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: seeing this young kid just staring at me every TV 89 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: time out and just like made me think of my 90 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: own kids, Like just the excitement in his face. I 91 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 1: was like, he has something to say and he won't 92 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: say it, and so I just kept like, you know, 93 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: give him a little way, a little nod. And the 94 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: game ends and I see him running for me after 95 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: the final whistle, and I'm like, oh, man, all right, 96 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: how do I know this guy? Like I'm trying to 97 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: think through l s U buddies, Like did somebody text 98 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: me this week and say, you know, look out for 99 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: my boy, like an agent or something, you know, somebody 100 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: tell me to look out for this guy. And he 101 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: walks up and it was so cool. It's like he 102 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: could see it in my face, like man, he is 103 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: not know who I am. And he's like, hey, calm down, 104 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: like you're not gonna know me. He's like, but I 105 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: just I wanted two things, one to tell you thank you, 106 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: and to to tell you I made it. And he 107 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: ended up telling me he's like, my name's Derek Barnes. 108 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: He's like, you used to throw the football, hang out 109 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: me on the steps, and just chill with me on 110 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: NFL Tuesdays in the NFL when you were a rookie 111 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. I was one of those kids at the 112 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: Boys and Girls Club, whether you realized it or not, 113 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: that you were spending your time with and hanging out with, 114 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: and it meant the world to me and I have 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: waited for this moment when I saw the schedule come out, 116 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: to be able to come tell you I made it, 117 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: and it was it was honestly, it was like I 118 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: blocked out after that, I really I went back. I 119 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: texted me next week like, I don't know what I 120 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: said to you after you told me that, but thank you, man, 121 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: appreciate your sharing it with Now we're moan for you. 122 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: You've had a very very special relationship with the National 123 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: Football League. You've grown the partnership that was starting. Tell 124 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: us how that partnership has helped you nationwide as a 125 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: company and then on a personal standpoint, hearing these stories 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: and getting to know the men that win this award, 127 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: type of effect that's had on you. Sure thing, Chris, 128 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: so first and foremost as an honor to be up 129 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: here with these gentlemen. It is an honor. One of 130 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: these people don't belong here. It's the insurance guy, you 131 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean. I'm just kidding, Uh, it's it 132 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: is an honor to be here and to listen to 133 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: these stories. It becomes really really obvious why this is 134 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: important to nationwide. We describe our company as being more 135 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: than a business. And yes we're fortune. Yes, you know, 136 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: we look to drive sales and and grow revenue as 137 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: all of the partners do. But this is more than 138 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: a business to us. Uh. It's important that we give 139 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: back to the communities in which our associates and our 140 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: our members are policy holders, live in, work. Uh In 141 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: The partnership with the NFL actually helps us do that. Uh. 142 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: There's lots of ways that you can partner with the NFL. 143 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: We leaned into and couldn't be more proud to be 144 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: associated with the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 145 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: because again a substantial part of our effort goes into 146 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: giving back. I mean, there's a hospital in Columbus called 147 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: the Nationwide Children's Hospital. That's just an example of how 148 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: it's important that we give back. To be able to 149 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: shine a light on a work that these gentlemen do 150 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: U and the other nominees every year, the work that 151 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: they do, the nonprofits that they support, to be able 152 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: to support that financially, to be able to put our 153 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: brand behind that, it just it means the world to us. 154 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: But it's really important to our partners, to the people 155 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: that sell our products. It is important to the people 156 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: that purchase our products, you know, consumers today and in 157 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: the future. They want to make sure that they're doing 158 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: business with a company that cares. And we'd like to 159 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: describe ourselves that way. Lastly, personally, UH, it is an 160 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: honor to be able to play a role in shining 161 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: a light on role models for the next generation. And 162 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: so there's plenty of opportunities to see UH men and 163 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: black men showing up poorly in the media. There's plenty 164 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: of opportunities to do that. There's plenty of opportunities to 165 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: bash sports in the bash the NFL, as I heard 166 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: in one of the videos it's important for us to 167 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: show the good work that you guys are doing when 168 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: your helmets are off, when you're not there, and so 169 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: to be able to use my position and have the 170 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: support of my company to shine a light on that, 171 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: there's no higher honor, and so that might be a 172 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: little bit more than what you were looking for, Crystal, 173 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: this is a big deal for us. It is, and 174 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: we're proud to be part of it. You guys have 175 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: made it a big deal. You made it very very 176 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: important from a corporate standpoint. You're talking points are very 177 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: very consistent, and you empowered our players to do even 178 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: greater things. This is such a prestigious award, Thomas. Let's 179 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: talk about the prestige of the award inside the NFL 180 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: circles amongst our six players, and then give me maybe 181 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: one or two players that might have been a good 182 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: example or even a coach as far as you're getting 183 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: out and being involved in the community. Yeah, so this 184 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: is definitely, without a doubt, the most prestigious award that 185 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: you can win because if you look at wars that 186 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: are being given, like if you look at the Defensive 187 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: Player of the Year, that's an award that you win 188 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: as an individual player, but you win it because you 189 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: have other great teammates that are around you that are 190 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: doing great things. Same thing with the m v P Award, 191 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: the Most Valuable Offensive Player award. Those are all awards 192 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: that you can win because you have people that are 193 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: around you that are supporting you, that are helping you. 194 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: When I look at the watching Paton Man that a 195 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: year award, the same thing though. We have a lot 196 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: of great people that are around us that are doing 197 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: a lot of great work, whether it be board members, 198 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: whether it be people within the community just coming to 199 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: help out. So that's why this award to me is 200 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: the most prestigious award that you can ever win as 201 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: a player. UM's only given to one player yearly, and 202 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: there are so many people that are so deserving for it, 203 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: so we're all competing, we're all doing great things. But 204 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: I think for me, it's always been about just going 205 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: out and doing the work, doing the work, not looking 206 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: for in the war, not looking for the attention UM 207 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: or trying to gain notoriety. And I know I'm getting 208 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: a little bit off topic, but I'm extremely passionate about 209 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: making the space that I'm in better. I learned that 210 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: at a young age, and I knew at a very 211 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: young age that I wanted to dive deep into this 212 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: community because I watched my mom struggle day in and 213 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: day out. I watched her struggle to raise me and 214 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: my sister, and I knew that there are a ton 215 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: of parents, a ton of mothers that were dealing with 216 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: some of the same things. And for me, I would 217 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: be remissed if I sat there as an NFL player 218 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: making millions of dollars and not using it for good. 219 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: So literally, nationwide, I'm gonna talk about you all a 220 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: little bit too ramon the the award and the money 221 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: that they gave the players went up astronomically after I 222 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: won for whateverse but but listen, but literally literally um 223 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: And I said that to say this, like literally, probably 224 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: eight of the money that has been donated over the 225 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: from two thousand and eight to two thousand and twenty 226 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: two to my foundation and the work that we do 227 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: has come for me. And I'm fine with that. Like 228 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that to to sound like I'm complaining 229 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: about it. But for me, it's all about it's all 230 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: about giving back and having that that feeling of knowing 231 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 1: that you just made a difference in somebody's line, somebody 232 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: who on an uneven playing field. When you look at 233 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: certain kids that go to school and they don't have 234 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: school supplies, like something that's simple as just having a 235 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: backpack that has school supplies. We started doing that and 236 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: giving it to him, and then we learned that, Okay, 237 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: in two weeks those supplies were done. How can we 238 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: do this so these kids can sustain this throughout the 239 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: whole year, So we started picking up particular school and 240 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: doing the entire school for the entire school year. I 241 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: think that has a greater impact on a parent who's wondering, 242 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: you know how am I gonna do this for my 243 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: kid or a kid that's wondering, you know how am 244 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I gonna have, you know, just a pencil or paper 245 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: or just the basic things that we take for granted 246 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: day in the day out. That's what my foundation is 247 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: therefore in the Carolina's and um and also in Georgia 248 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: as well, and that's what UM continues to drive me 249 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: to do those things. Andrew, You've always given back UM, 250 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: you and your wife from from Louisiana, You've always had 251 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: that part of what you wanted to do. UM went 252 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati, carried that on to Los Angeles, And what 253 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: was in your heart to make you want to give back? 254 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: Because we all have a story of the catalyst, So 255 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: what was yours to giving back? And explain to the 256 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: fans out there after you've been through this long, long career, 257 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: you had one of the best moments all time, a 258 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: mic drop walk off home team, home game, my team 259 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: wins and I quit. Wait, so not only that, don't 260 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: leave out the fact that it was against your former team. 261 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: So I wasn't gonna throw that in there, Thomas, He 262 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: was trying to Um, you know, it's one of those 263 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: things to me, I think growing up, Um, I think 264 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: it's hard to pinpoint exactly the moment that I realized it, 265 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: But I think as I grew up as a kid, 266 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: I had big guys and and and big ears, Like 267 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: I saw and I listened and I observed, like and 268 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: I think the word to me that always comes to 269 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: mind is you can think of things like you know, sympathy, 270 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: Like you can think of somebody went through something You're 271 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: gonna comfort them in a tough time and say, hey man, 272 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna be okay, You're gonna make it through this. 273 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: But that's not the word. To me that that really 274 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: I realized I had a special empathy to where I 275 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: see somebody going through something. I'd walk through a grocery 276 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: store and just see like their life looks different than 277 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: mine does, or my life looks different than their's. They're 278 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: getting their their baskets all the way full, they look 279 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: like they're getting everything they want, and just in general 280 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: in life. And so it gave me this ability that 281 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: I started just pay attention, like I'm listening to conversations 282 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: and listening to people's struggle and seeing it and it's like, 283 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: oh man, I don't want them to feel that way. 284 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: So I don't want to just tell them they're gonna 285 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: be okay. I want to find a way to make 286 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: it better for him. And so to me, it became 287 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: that's what drove me, and that was my driving force. 288 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: Every time I signed a contract the NFL, I thought of, 289 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: all right, if I can get to this number, I 290 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: bet we can donate this during the season, or we 291 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: can make this difference. Like these steps, I'm gonna they're 292 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: gonna grow as I grow, We're gonna grow in the 293 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: community together. And so I think, to me, it was 294 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: all about finding out. And I would say this to 295 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: the sponsors and to companies in the businesses when when 296 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: you want to make a difference, don't tell people what 297 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna give them, find out what they need, create 298 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: a relationship in a conversation and an interaction where you 299 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: meet people where they are. And I always say this 300 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: the greatest attribute to the greatest thing that I try 301 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: to always keep myself humbled to. I'm gonna meet people 302 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: where they are all the way in life and every instance, 303 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: in every room and every conversation, I'm gonna find where 304 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: they are, and I'm gonna try and help be with 305 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: them right there in that moment. And if there's a 306 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: way I can help them get to the next moment, 307 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: whether that's all the things I listened in that speech, smiles, investments, 308 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: all those things, I'm gonna help them get there. And 309 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: I think if you're a company sitting out there to 310 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: exactly what Nationwide's doing and it's continued to do, is 311 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: say what is it that people need, not what I 312 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: want to give them, and find a way to meet 313 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: him in that space. And that moment of sharing that 314 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: I had at the Super Bowl, to me is really 315 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: accumulation of success on the football field and success off 316 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: the football field. In this awesome moment that I think 317 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: of all the times I might would have quit, I 318 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: might would have given up, and I think of the guys, 319 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: the communities, the kids, the soldiers, to all the people 320 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: that were a part of all of those years. And 321 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: really the greatest thing I walked away with it from 322 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: is super Bowl trophy is awesome, Walter pay Man. Your 323 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: trophy is amazing, it really is. But those relationships that 324 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: will last forever and those impacts that change people for 325 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: the better, those will be what will leave with me 326 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: and be in my heart forever and nobody will ever 327 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: change that. And not only that, but the moments like this, 328 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: sitting on the stage with people that I know how 329 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: special they are as human beings and their hearts for people. 330 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: And to give one quick thing, I'm gonna share an 331 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: example of that. We talked about Derek Barnes and me. 332 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: There's a guy on this stage that made a comment 333 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: to me when I was a rookie that literally led 334 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: to a lot of my career, and as Troy Vincent, 335 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: I met him at my rookie symposium and he probably 336 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 1: doesn't even remember this, I was telling him. At that time, 337 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: I took it for granted playing the league. I was 338 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: like I had drafted in second round. Cincinnati has Willie 339 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: Anderson and all these great players, like I'm never gonna play, 340 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: but I'll figure it out. He pulled me the side. 341 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: He said, hey, man, let me tell you something. You're 342 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: a moment is right around the corner. It takes one 343 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: play and all of a sudden, you're got me on 344 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: the football field. So you've got to drop that attitude 345 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: and attack it like it's yours. He told me that 346 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: in my rookie symposium. I've never forgot it, and I've 347 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: shared it with guys every year in my career. And 348 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: I don't even know if he remembers that moment, but 349 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 1: it changed a lot for me in my attack to 350 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: going to Chase to be in the NFL and be successful. 351 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: He listened, Thomas didn't. I just had to say that, 352 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: Thomas Awesome tv UM TV is a dear friend of mine, 353 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: and I want you to give us a thirty thousand 354 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: square foot look because executive vice president of the NFL, 355 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: tell me what you've seen from the modern day athlete. 356 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: That's kind of surprised you. And from a corporate standpoint, 357 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: can you talk to corporations and let them know the 358 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: power that they give the league and the players for 359 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: the things that they're involved. Well, I'll start with the 360 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: current athlete, and it really extends to our partners. I'm 361 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: never amazed just young people who they're so encouraging. Um. 362 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: Young people guide us through the most tumunctuous time. And 363 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: at least in my time on this earth, the last 364 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: say five say, the last decade, it was young people 365 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: that carry this this country through tough times. And then, frankly, partners, 366 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: I saw all the best and the worst in people. 367 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: I think we all did over the last few years. 368 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: But I was reminded there are so many good people. 369 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: They're more good than bad, more good than evil. And 370 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: frankly I saw that with the players, um, and we 371 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: just look at I use an example of my cause, 372 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,479 Speaker 1: my cleats, and just thousands of players just given. And 373 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: also are the partners who, frankly you only see them 374 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: the commercial side, but the partners are right there, standing 375 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: right next to the player. And if we as players 376 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: have that opportunity to share what our visions are or 377 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: the things that we would like to get done. What 378 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: I found out was that the partners have those same 379 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: visions and those same values to want to extend to 380 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: the broader community, to want to make a difference. My 381 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: view is that we're uh. We got the power of 382 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: our sport, the power of our partners, that we can 383 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: just do so much human good, and we can do 384 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: human good together. I know you didn't ask me this question, 385 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: but you know what my objective. My aim is to 386 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: die empty. I think about that every day. I want 387 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: to die completely empty. I want to give more than Thomas. 388 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: I want to give more than Andrew. I want to 389 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: give more than you. I also want to partner with 390 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: these individuals. And one thing as as recipients of the 391 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: of this great honor, is that these men continue to 392 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: keep doing good with you all as partners. You know, 393 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: I e War done in the houses two hundred homes, 394 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: and he's doing that with you all his partners. It's 395 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: two hundred home this past Super Bowl. I look at 396 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: what Derrick Brooks is doing in Tampa with the school. 397 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: But this is what these men have committed to, and 398 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: they've committed to it with frankly, with your assistance, your help, 399 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: and I think I'll be remiss if I again I 400 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: through this time, I've I've I've come into contact with 401 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: some remarkable people in our organization, individuals like Greeny and 402 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: and isis In and the people that are on the 403 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: grounds that are trying to bridge these gaps introduce us 404 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: to partners. There has not been a partner that I 405 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: have not been introduced to, we have been introduced to 406 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: that has not said Hamma. You know, if Team Sitting 407 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: is here with Mike tripling his team, we're not doing 408 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: what we're doing in the community without that partnership. If 409 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: the Zebra team here, Bill Burns and his team, we're 410 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: impacting thousands and thousands of families and and kids across 411 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: the country. That's because of the power that's in this 412 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: room and the influence in this room. But the players 413 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: never amazed me to keep us honest, and one of 414 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: the things that we talked about at the executive level. 415 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 1: I didn't mean to leave anybody out, but those individuals 416 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: like Rob Berg, those people on the partnership side, and 417 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 1: and and Claire, you make us individuals like us, we blossom. 418 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: We get all of the credit. But there's someone behind 419 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: the scenes introducing me to Ramon, they're saying, I think 420 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: you all have something in common. So I will just 421 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: encourage you all to continue to speak with our office 422 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: about what the good that the players are doing and 423 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: what we're trying to do to to impact the communities 424 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: and where we are. So that's sure. You mentioned the 425 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: most trying times of our lifetime. Ramon, give me your 426 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 1: opinion of what you saw from the National Football League. 427 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: We had a few panel discussions social unrest and everything 428 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: both of us took part in. But what you saw 429 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: from the National Football League and how it inspired you 430 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: and your company and what you guys do on the 431 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: daily basis to kind of help follow that lead. Sure, 432 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: the last twenty four months have been a challenge for 433 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: all of us, every company, every brand. We all had 434 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: to manage through talk about unrest, not just social unrest, 435 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: but just unrest in general, a pandemic. And I'm going 436 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: to add something to that too for it as a minority. 437 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: I know, Troy and I man, we have plenty of 438 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: heartfelt conversations crying like what are we gonna do? There's 439 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: extra pressure burden on us as African American men. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 440 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: Troy tells a story about the pandemic. And the long 441 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: insured of it is that it forced us to stay still. 442 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: It made everyone go home, you were stuck in front 443 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 1: of your computer or whatever the case may be. But 444 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: it forced us to stay still and think and observe, 445 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: and then the social unrest movement really started to happen. Uh. 446 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: And I think I heard someone else talk about how 447 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: the next generation, the kids, the teenagers, are forcing us 448 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: to start thinking about the future. What kind of country 449 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 1: do we want, What is it that we're building. I'm 450 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: going somewhere with this, What is it that we're building 451 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: going towards the future? And how did we find it acceptable, uh, 452 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: to deal with some of the images that we're being 453 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: bombarded with, the examples of racism and mistreatment and unfairness, 454 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: and what can we do going forward? And so as 455 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: you listen to these stories, and as you hear the 456 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: work that these gentlemen and others are doing in our communities, 457 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: it makes it really easy for a company like Nationwide 458 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: and many others that are in the room to say, 459 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: I want to be a part of that. What could 460 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: I do to help? Now, we've been partnered with the 461 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: NFL since so we've been at this for some time. 462 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: But this, these last two years have really given us 463 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: the opportunity as a company to not just turn up 464 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: the volume on some of the good work that's happening 465 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 1: out in the community, but to also think about how 466 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: we want to position not just our company, but the 467 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 1: NFL and the people who care, the people who are 468 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: out there giving their day off working in the communities. 469 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: How can we help them be more successful. There isn't 470 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: a child that isn't impacted by the work that you 471 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: guys do. That's these kids are never going to forget that. 472 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: They're never going to forget it. And even I think 473 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: back to my upbringing in North Philly a long time ago, 474 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: we talked about that. Uh. I haven't forgotten about the 475 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,479 Speaker 1: people who have made an impression on me. And so 476 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: to think about NFL stars who are actually taking the 477 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: helmets off and giving their time to that next generation 478 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: or two communities that needed this is an easy partnership 479 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: for us to support. And so it means a lot 480 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: for us to be here. Uh, And I mean it. 481 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: I can't do enough to turn up the volume to 482 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: shine a bright light on a good work that's happening, 483 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: not just by the gentlemen that are here on the stage, 484 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: but across the league. One of the hardest things that 485 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: we have to do is to choose one. Oh, there's 486 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: no doubt, and and we once or twice we've done 487 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: more than one. But it's the hardest thing we have 488 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: to do because all of them are deserving of the award. 489 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: And so I couldn't be more proud of how Nationwide 490 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: has leaned into helping to shine a light on such 491 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: a prestigious award. Andrew, I want you to take us 492 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: inside the locker room these last couple of years, um 493 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: the response of our players and the economic fallout in 494 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:09,239 Speaker 1: communities like Los Angeles. What was the perception from the 495 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: players about everything that they were going through. I think 496 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: when you really look at you know, things that happened 497 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 1: when you talk just specifically with COVID and a lot 498 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: of the shutdowns and those kind of things over the 499 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: last couple of years in the locker room, even though 500 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: guys weren't significantly impacted, the communities, the families that all 501 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: of our friends, just like everyone in this room, you 502 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: had some way you were connected to that. Maybe maybe 503 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: our situation didn't change as much, but people we care about, 504 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: people we know about our communities we serve um you 505 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: could see the things that were going on and the 506 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: trouble that was ahead, not just in the moment, but 507 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: what the next couple of years we're gonna look like 508 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: after some of the things that these youth had to 509 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: go through in this time. And I can remember all 510 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: the conversations that creates in the locker room of what 511 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: do we do next? How can we do something right? 512 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: And you really and that to me is exactly to 513 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 1: my point earlier about meeting people where they are. And 514 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: you look in Los Angeles, your two biggest things, I 515 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: mean food insecurity and homes home and security, homelessness. I 516 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: mean those two things are something that all of us wanted, 517 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: like hey, we get all like, man, this is clear, 518 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: this is one of the biggest needs in this city. 519 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: What can we do? And that's one of the immediate 520 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: things we did is try to find a way to 521 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: get involved with the food bank there and why it's 522 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: so important because of really that issue in l A. 523 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: But then when I look at really all the social 524 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: justice things that went on and the initiatives the panel 525 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: talks the zooms as the teams we're gonna even get 526 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: togethered in the middle of all this and just hug 527 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: each other. And we're sitting on zoom look at each 528 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: other on screens and tears crying, telling our stories and 529 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: everybody's sharing, and you think of that, Honest to God, 530 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: one of the coolest moments that's ever happening in my 531 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: life is two years ago, we started as a group 532 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: of players our own fund. So we had a meeting 533 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: after practice and we said, you know what we're gonna do. 534 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna get with Molly Higgins and the Rams and 535 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get Molly to get us give us the 536 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: top thirty forty programs you think could attack social justice 537 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: in l A. We're gonna get together as players. We're 538 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: gonna all donate money of our game checks. We're gonna 539 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: create a fund that's just driven by the players and 540 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: coaches in the building. You can all donate and we're 541 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: gonna go sit on zooms with these people and we're 542 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: gonna choose the best ones we can that we can 543 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: go make an impact. We ended up doing that every Tuesday, 544 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: so we couldn't go in the communities because of COVID, 545 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: but we'd sit there on Tuesday on zooms as groups, 546 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: and we listen to these people, tell the stories, tell 547 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: us what they're doing, what they're trying to do to 548 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: make a difference in l A and we end up 549 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: by getting by the end of it, we get to 550 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: a situation where it's like, well, all thirty of them 551 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: are amazing, Like how do we choose right? And so 552 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: we started figeta, all right, well, if you give a 553 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: little more here, I'll match this player's donation or whatever. 554 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: So we end up saying, let's choose them all. So 555 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: we end up being able to create a player only 556 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: coach only fun that we in the building, in that 557 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: heart of that locker room we all put into, we 558 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: put our money in our donation into and made a 559 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: direct impact that we were involved with. And I thought 560 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: it was one of the like most powerful locker room. 561 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: Just feelings of feeling like we all did this together 562 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: and no one initiated it, force and one started it. 563 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: Forces as brothers in that locker room that come from 564 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: all different walks of life, and why the NFL is 565 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: the greatest example of that. We had one objective and 566 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: that is people shouldn't live like this. This shouldn't should 567 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,239 Speaker 1: be how it should be how can we be a 568 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,959 Speaker 1: part of lean into invest into making it different. And 569 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: I thought that was one of the most powerful things 570 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: I've ever gotten to be a part of. Thomas. You've 571 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: you've been a leader any locker room, you've been in, 572 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: any room you come into. You're one of the people 573 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 1: that's going to have a speaking voice. Over the last 574 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: two years. You transitioning to the Legends community. What type 575 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: of leadership was needed amongst the Legends because we're still 576 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: fighting the same thing, but we were outside of that 577 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: locker room and the role you played in our community. No, 578 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: I just really think that it's about being intentional when 579 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: you're working with Legends, when you're working with guys that 580 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: have gone through the process. Right, all of us in 581 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: the Legends community, we've we've played the game at some point, 582 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: we've transitioned out. Some of us played longer than others, 583 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: some of us at a short extent. But I think 584 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: one of the things that I wanted to do in 585 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: this space was be more intentional, you know, just reaching 586 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: out talking to guys, like we said, just finding out 587 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: where they are in their lives at the moment, and 588 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: how can we as a league help impact their lives? 589 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: And how can we make a difference in their lives 590 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: with whatever they have going on, you know. And one 591 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: of the things that were so cool was, and Tracy 592 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: can attested this, she gave me a long list of 593 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: guys because before I ever came into this role, I 594 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: told Tracy like, listen, I do not answer emails. I 595 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: hate it. I literally got like eighty thousand emails and 596 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: I hate answering emails. And we were just trying to 597 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,479 Speaker 1: figure out why guys were not taking advantage of some 598 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: of the things that they earned. Right, So guys were 599 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: like me, they wasn't really checking their emails. So I 600 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: got on the phone, called about maybe four hundred guys 601 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: I think, and just had conversations and just talking to 602 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: him and man, it was so cool to just catch 603 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: up with guys that I hadn't talked to in three 604 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: or four or five years, UM and just like get 605 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: to see, you know, some of the things that we 606 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: can help them with, some of the things that they 607 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: can even help me with. As I was getting ready 608 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: because I had just made the transition um out of 609 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: the NFL and became a retired player into the legend space. 610 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: So man, I always tell people all the time that 611 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: this is the biggest fraternity that you can never become 612 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: a part of. And knowing that no matter what, we 613 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: always have each other's back. That's what the NFL is 614 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: when somebody talked to me about it, That's what the 615 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: NFL is about. We go out and we compete against 616 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: each other weekend and week out, but when it's all 617 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: said and done, we are on the same team. We 618 00:32:54,400 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: all know as players, players move, games, plans change, You 619 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: have to adapt ramon inside of nationwide and the relationship 620 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: with the NFL. Tell me it started off as something 621 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: in two thousand and fourteen, but through all the social 622 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: unrest and everything. Tell me how you as a company adapted. Yeah, 623 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: it's uh. We we've all had to adapt over the 624 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: last couple of years, especially UH. And what we found 625 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: was that the work that we do in the community, 626 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: UH and the work that we were doing to support 627 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: social justice was not enough. And so what more could 628 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: we do? What additional partners can we align with? How 629 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: can we support um organizations such as the Bail Project 630 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: for instance, which many may not have ever heard of. 631 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: But how could a company, a fortune financial services company 632 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: get behind some resources and opportunities and organizations that ordinarily 633 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: don't get the light of day. How can we partner 634 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: more with the nominee for the Walter Peyton Manner of 635 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: the Year UH and put more resources behind and put 636 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: more social than digital weight behind it to shine a 637 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: light again on the work that you guys are doing. 638 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: What more can we do to proof that we're more 639 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: than just a business? And so it was a unique 640 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: opportunity to have that conversation that prior to you know, 641 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, we might not have been 642 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: open to partnering with the Bail Project or a variety 643 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: of others that again many may not have heard of. 644 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: And so it just forced us to kind of look 645 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: in the mirror to say we can do more. And 646 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 1: so we've done so and it's it's been an honor 647 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: being able to do that. We're going to close out 648 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: on a couple of questions Troy and ramon speaking to 649 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: future partners and partners. Let's talk about the mindset between 650 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: the league, the players, the clubs and sponsors and community. 651 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: How does all this work together so that we all win? Troy, 652 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: I would just start with reminding ourselves that we're all 653 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: a community of care. We can create a community of 654 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: care amongst each other. So I would I would challenge 655 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: this grouping in particularly rainy when we leave from here. 656 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: There's so much power and influence in this room. How 657 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: about at some of these tentpole events where you have 658 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: this network, this partner's summit, maybe we should create a 659 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: community event that we can do together, take five or 660 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: six hours that we as partners, that we can go out. 661 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: You know. The one thing that still bothers me and 662 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm maybe getting a little bit off of, but I 663 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: think it goes back to this community of care that 664 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: that's driven by by the partners is sometimes often the 665 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: times when we have these tentpole events, they are in 666 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:42,240 Speaker 1: places of extreme poverty mm hmm. And to walk past 667 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: people that are homeless, um that are sick. I go 668 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 1: to this beautiful stadium in Inglewood, California. Yeah, and just 669 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: one block from that stadium it looks like a war zone. 670 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: We can do better. We can do better in this room. 671 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: We just can't walk past these things, young women and 672 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 1: children that don't have homes. Maybe we just spend five 673 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: or six hours during the community build so maybe we 674 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: can organize our thoughts again, what can we do together 675 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: as a group. We're getting together, we're coming down in 676 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: these big cities, and guess what, one mile from where 677 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: we're meeting, less than one mile there is extreme poverty, 678 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,400 Speaker 1: there's extreme distress. That we can just put on our 679 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: T shirts, our T shirts and shorts and whatever that 680 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: may be, and let's just spend six hours just loving 681 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 1: on someone and they can't give us back anything in return. 682 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: That's what I would say to that. Let me kind 683 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: of jump in on that too, And I mean, I 684 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 1: love that idea. I'll be one of the first to 685 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: volunteer to be a part of anything that comes from 686 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 1: what you just said, Troy, because I understand, like I said, 687 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: that there's a need and there's a lot that we 688 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,520 Speaker 1: can all do. Right we were sitting in this space 689 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: with sitting in this room right now, and there's so 690 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: many people that wish not only that they had the 691 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: seeks that we're sitting in, but they had to seeks 692 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: that you guys are sitting in as well. So I 693 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: want to issue another challenge. Find out what it is, 694 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 1: find out what that need is, find out what you 695 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 1: can do. It doesn't have to be in the l A, 696 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: it can be in any community. It can be in 697 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 1: your community. I'll volunteer for your community. I'll come in. Um, 698 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: whatever you guys decide that you want to do, I'll 699 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: come in and I'll and I'll help out with that 700 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: as well. Um, because I'm all about I'm all about 701 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: being impactful and doing things and putting action behind words. 702 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: So if you have things that you think that you 703 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 1: want to do, that you know you want to do 704 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: to make your communities better, I'll be one of the 705 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: first former players players to volunteer to come help you out. 706 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna finish with that. And what I encourage you 707 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,800 Speaker 1: to do is I encourage you to partner with the 708 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: National Football League. This is the only job that I've 709 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:20,040 Speaker 1: ever done. I don't have a college degree, and I 710 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: don't have any regrets. In the last two years when 711 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 1: the world was that it's absolute worst our players and 712 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: because the partners like Ramana nationwide, we're at their absolute best. 713 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed the draft, Hope you enjoy the 714 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: rest of the week, enjoy the rest of the festivities. 715 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:46,800 Speaker 1: Scott Chris, well done, Thank you, Panne, Andrew Thomas, Troy Ramon, Chris, 716 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,360 Speaker 1: thank you for that. The old cliche what happens in 717 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: Vegas stays in Vegas. Let's turn it on its head here, 718 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,759 Speaker 1: what what just happened in Vegas? Whatever spark of inspiration 719 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: you and I just received from these gentlemen, may it 720 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: extend well beyond Vegas in the days ahead. Thanks for 721 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 1: joining us on the NFL Players Podcast. Don't forget to 722 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,840 Speaker 1: subscribe and follow at NFL Players Podcast on Instagram for 723 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,760 Speaker 1: the latest player stories and to connect with the NFL 724 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: Players community.