Charlie

I don't care about myself.

I don't care about myself.

Let's talk ball.

Let's talk ball.

I don't see a lot of supportive faces at that comment. Yeah. It was... Hold on. Smitty went right to the laptop. Roy was checking his emails. I don't feel good about it.

I don't see a lot of supportive faces at that comment. Yeah. It was... Hold on. Smitty went right to the laptop. Roy was checking his emails. I don't feel good about it.

So don't start with football? But if it was in terms of country NIL, football would take like 80% of the pot, right?

So don't start with football? But if it was in terms of country NIL, football would take like 80% of the pot, right?

Number one, we're old as hell, right? I think this is the overarching lesson here. is that we're all old, and you guys as well, not just me and Neek being fossil football players, because when they introduced it, it seemed so ridiculous. But here's the tactic that the league always uses and it always works. I remember in, I think it was 2012,

Number one, we're old as hell, right? I think this is the overarching lesson here. is that we're all old, and you guys as well, not just me and Neek being fossil football players, because when they introduced it, it seemed so ridiculous. But here's the tactic that the league always uses and it always works. I remember in, I think it was 2012,

they were like, hey, we're gonna mandate that you wear knee pads. And it was a uproar. And that sounds crazy. Everyone was like, what? We gotta wear knee pads? I'm gonna be so slow. And we tried to revolt against having to put, and it's like little fake pads that you can't even see, but just the fact that we had to put them on, because we didn't have to wear knee pads. It was just thigh pads.

they were like, hey, we're gonna mandate that you wear knee pads. And it was a uproar. And that sounds crazy. Everyone was like, what? We gotta wear knee pads? I'm gonna be so slow. And we tried to revolt against having to put, and it's like little fake pads that you can't even see, but just the fact that we had to put them on, because we didn't have to wear knee pads. It was just thigh pads.

And I don't think thigh pads were a thing. There was no thigh pads, no knee pads.

And I don't think thigh pads were a thing. There was no thigh pads, no knee pads.

So I just wore shoulder pads on a game day. That's it. Just shoulder pads and a helmet. I would wear a helmet. That was a smart thing to do. But I remember there being an uproar with all the players that they had to put these pads into their pants. And then over time, as the league got younger and guys came in and it was just the norm, no one ended up caring about it by the time that I retired.

So I just wore shoulder pads on a game day. That's it. Just shoulder pads and a helmet. I would wear a helmet. That was a smart thing to do. But I remember there being an uproar with all the players that they had to put these pads into their pants. And then over time, as the league got younger and guys came in and it was just the norm, no one ended up caring about it by the time that I retired.

And so that's the genius of the league. Introduce 18 games at a point where everybody says how ridiculous it is, but now for the guys that are coming into the league, the young guys, they've been hearing it so long, they know it's coming, and it's not as big of a deal to them.

And so that's the genius of the league. Introduce 18 games at a point where everybody says how ridiculous it is, but now for the guys that are coming into the league, the young guys, they've been hearing it so long, they know it's coming, and it's not as big of a deal to them.

Yeah, also have all the letters.

Yeah, also have all the letters.