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>> Bomani: TIGER WOODS GAVE IT
HIS BEST SHOT, LEBRON HAS
LOOKING AT WHICH TEAMMATES
HE WANTS TO SHIP OUT.
AND PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
FORGOTTEN IT'S BASEBALL SEASON.
DROP THAT JUST BLAZE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU.
I JUST ACCIDENTALLY CLAPPED FOR
MYSELF.
MAN, DID YOU KNOW THAT SINCE
2020, THE NCAA MEMBER SCHOOLS
ARE ALLOWED TO PAY ATHLETES
BONUSES FOR ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE?
UP TO $5,980 A YEAR.
THIS WEEK, ESPN PUBLISHED A
REPORT ON WHICH COLLEGES ARE
PAYING AND WHICH ARE NOT.
THIS WILL SHOCK YOU, BUT SOME
SCHOOLS DON'T WANT TO PONY UP.
>> MORE THAN A THIRD OF FBS
SCHOOLS SAY THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED
WHETHER THEY'LL PAY THESE
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO ATHLETES.
>> Bomani: COME ON, MAN.
FIRST OF ALL, SIX GRAND ISN'T
LIFE CHANGING MONEY.
SIX GRAND IS WHAT YOU SPEND WHEN
ONE THING HAPPENS TO YOUR
ALREADY SHITTY CAR.
BUT SECONDLY, 80% OF
THESE SCHOOLS AREN'T EVEN PAYING
THEM A DIME.
I RECOGNIZE THE GAME THEY'RE
RUNNING.
>> I KEEP 'EM BROKE.
WAKE UP ONE MORNING WITH SOME
MONEY SUBJECT TO GO CRAZY YOU
KNOW?
I KEEP 'EM LOOKING GOOD, PRETTY
AND ALL THAT BUT YOU KNOW.
NO DOUGH.
>> Bomani: NO DOUGH.
THAT'S RIGHT PRETTY TONY.
THE PIMPS IN THE MACK AND THE
ADMINISTRATORS OF FBS SCHOOLS
ARE USING THE SAME PLAYBOOK.
I KNOW YOU THINK I'M TAKING IT
TOO FAR COMPARING WHAT THE NCAA
DOES TO PIMPING?
GOLDIE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER FOR
THESE KIDS THAN SOME OF THESE
SCHOOLS.
>> YOU WENT TO SCHOOL, RIGHT?
>> I WAS THERE.
>> OKAY.
FOR THE LITTLE MAN.
>> Bomani: THAT'S ALL I'M
SAYING.
THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP THEM IN
SCHOOL.
NOW, IF THERE IS ANY NEW WAY TO
RIP OFF THESE ATHLETES, THE NCAA
AND THESE PROGRAMS WILL TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
IT'S THE SAME WAY AMAZON COULD
GIVE WORKERS BATHROOMS INSTEAD
OF MAKING THEM PISS IN WATER
BOTTLES, BUT THAT MIGHT MEAN
CUTTING INTO JEFF BEZOS'
PRECIOUS LITTLE SPACE ADVENTURE!
AND THAT BIG BIG BOY WANTS TO
SEE HIS WITTLE WITTLE STAWWRRSS.
SO, YES, THESE 130 FBS SCHOOLS
COULD PAY ATHLETES FOR BEING
SCHOLARS.
BUT THAT'S LIKE PAYING YOUR
ACCOUNTANT TO DANCE FOR YOU.
THAT AIN'T WHAT HE HERE FOR.
PLUS, THAT'S JUST NOT AS FUN AS
SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS THEY LIKE
TO SPEND THEIR CASH.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS OUR NEW
RECOVERY ROOM.
WE GOT A SLEEP POD
THAT DREW IS IN.
>> THEIR DAY IS SO HECTIC.
CLASSES, MEETINGS, PRACTICE.
IN THESE ROOMS ARE SENSORY
DEPRIVATION CHAMBERS.
>> DON'T TELL ME Y'ALL GOT YOUR
OWN SALON IN THIS ARENA.
>> THIS IS THE DARIUS RUCKER
RECORDING STUDIO.
PLAYERS AND OTHER PEOPLE JUST
COME IN AND HANG OUT AND TRY TO
MAKE THEIR OWN MUSIC.
>> Bomani: LOOK, MAN,
YOU CAN'T HIDE MONEY AND THESE
SCHOOLS HAVE IT.
YET, THE MAJORITY OF THE
ELIGIBLE FBS SCHOOLS ARE ON THE
FENCE ABOUT THESE PAYMENTS.
IN FACT, 15 OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE
NO PLANS TO DOLE OUT ACADEMIC
BONUSES AT ALL.
THESE SCHOOLS ARE SAYING THEY
JUST CAN'T FIND THE BREAD TO
BREAK THE KIDS OFF.
BUT YOU KNOW WHO DID?
EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> AS OF TODAY, ATHLETES CAN
TAKE SPONSORSHIPS FROM COMPANIES
AND AUBURN'S BO NIX DIDN'T WASTE
ANY TIME.
BY 12:01 AM, HE'S PARTNERING
WITH MILO'S TEA.
>> PAIGE BUECKERS IS PARTNERING
UP WITH CHEGG, THE TEXTBOOK
RENTAL COMPANY.
>> TWINS HANNA AND HAILEY
CAVINDER SIGNING A SPONSORSHIP
DEAL WITH WIRELESS PROVIDER
BOOST MOBILE.
>> WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
BOOST MOBILE.
>> MY NAME IS DJ UIAGALELEI.
>> IT'S BO TIME, BABY!
WHOO!
>> Bomani: IT'S BO TIME, UNLESS
YOU GET THERE 30 MINUTES BEFORE
CLOSE.
THEN IT'S JUST DIRTY RICE AND
PINTOS TIME.
AND THIGHS.
THEY ONLY GOT THIGHS LEFT.
SHOUTOUT TO THE 919.
NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS DEALS
MAKE FANS FEEL LIKE PLAYERS ARE
GETTING MONEY FROM COLLEGES.
BUT REALLY IT'S LIKE THE NCAA
ALLIGATOR ARMED THE CHECK AFTER
DINNER AND LET BOJANGLES COMP
THE BILL.
AND SURE, THESE ATHLETES ARE
GIVEN SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION
FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED
SCHOLARSHIP!
BUT A SCHOLARSHIP IS NOT MONEY.
YOU EVER TRIED TO PAY FOR A DATE
WITH A SCHOLARSHIP?
SO WHO IS REALLY BENEFITING FROM
THESE ATHLETES' ACADEMIC
SUCCESS?
THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES
ON CAMPUS:
THE COACHES!
IN 2020, USA TODAY REPORTED JUST
HOW MANY COACHES GET THESE KINDS
OF ACADEMIC BONUSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, KENTUCKY MEN'S
BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI
RECEIVED A $50,000 BONUS
FOR HIS TEAM'S ACADEMIC PROGRESS
RATE.
WHICH IS HOW THE NCAA MEASURES
TEAM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST COACH CAL
GETTING PAID FOR HIS STUDENTS'
HARD WORK.
ARIZONA STATE'S ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR RAY ANDERSON AND HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH HERM
EDWARDS GOT A TOTAL OF 925,000.
TENNESSEE'S MENS BASKETBALL
COACH RICK BARNES GOT A 100K
BONUS.
AND MICHIGAN FOOTBALL COACH JIM
HARBAUGH GOT 150K FOR HIS KIDS'
GRADES, AND JUST THIS FEBRUARY,
A BRAND NEW CONTRACT WORTH
37.5 MILLION.
WHAT THE FUCK DO ANY OF THESE
OVERSEERS HAVE TO DO WITH KIDS'
GRADES?
IMAGINE BRINGING HOME AN "A" TO
YOUR MOM AND DAD, AND YOUR
PARENTS BOUGHT THEMSELVES A NEW
CAR TO CELEBRATE YOU.
HERE'S THE THING: THERE ARE
PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PAY
ATHLETES FOR THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE FIELD.
THEY'RE CALLED BOOSTERS.
BOOSTERS LOVE TO MAKE IT RAIN
ON COLLEGE STUDENTS JUST TRYING
TO PAY TUITION!
THEY WANT TO GIVE THE PLAYERS
MONEY SO BAD THEY RISK GOING TO
JAIL TO DO IT.
THEY'RE LIKE THE GRANDPARENTS
TRYING TO SPOIL THE GRANDBABIES,
AND THE NCAA IS THE MOM SLAPPING
CANDY OUT OF THEIR HANDS.
SOUNDS LIKE THIS SITUATION COULD
USE A LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED
REGULATION.
BUT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
FOR ONCE.
THE NCAA NEEDS TO FORCE THESE
SCHOOLS TO RUN THESE KIDS THEIR
MONEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN OTHER NEWS, THIS WEEK,
CIARA AND BRONCOS QUARTERBACK
RUSSELL WILSON WERE MINDING
THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
NOT US!
WE WERE MINDING THEIR BUSINESS,
TOO.
>> ONE THING YOU BROUGHT UP IS
RUSSELL AND CIARA.
YEAH, IF RUSSELL AIN'T HAD THAT
BREAD, CIARA AIN'T GONNA BE WITH
HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
RUSSELL'S SQUARE.
>> Bomani: HE'S SQUARE,
YOU HEARD THE MAN!
FORMER DOLPHINS LINEBACKER
CHANNING CROWDER RUFFLED SOME
FEATHERS AND BLEW UP A QUIET NFL
OFFSEASON WEEK BY TELLING THE
TRUTH.
NO, SHE WOULDN'T BE WITH RUSSELL
IF HE WAS BROKE.
SHE WOULDN'T BE WITH HIM
OR IDRIS ELBA OR AQUAMAN OR
NOBODY ELSE IF THEY WERE BROKE.
I'M NOT SAYING SHE'S A GOLD
DIGGER, BUT SHE...
CIARA IS 36 WITH KIDS.
MESS WITH A BROKE BOY FOR WHO?
FOR WHAT?
SOME DUDE'S BUYING HER AN
ANNIVERSARY GIFT AND ASKING FOR
HER CREDIT CARD NUMBER FIRST.
BUT WE CAN STOP ACTING LIKE THE
WORD SQUARE IS A SLUR.
PLUS, IT'S NOT LIKE SHE MARRIED
THIS GUY...
>> IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE MOMENT
FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MY
WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE.
YOU KNOW, THE LORD IS SO GOOD.
>> Bomani: NO, THAT'S WHO HIS
FIRST WIFE MARRIED.
NO, RUSSELL'S KIND OF LIKE THIS
GUY NOW.
>> WASSUP, WILL?
NOT MAN ENOUGH TO SWING WITH THE
BROTHERS?
>> Bomani: CLASSIC TELEVISION,
BABY.
BUT FORGET CROWDER,
YOU KNOW WHO'S GOOD AT BREAKING
DOWN RELATIONSHIPS?
THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS
BUT CHANNING CROWDER SAID
RUSSELL WILSON WAS A SQUARE.
IS THAT OKAY FOR HIM TO SAY?
>> DEFINITELY NOT.
>> HE IS HATING BUT THE WORD
SQUARE, PEOPLE ACT LIKE IT'S A
SLUR.
>> IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT,
I AM A SQUARE TOO.
>> I USED IT TO BE CALLED A NERD
SO IF RUSSELL WILSON WANTS TO BE
A SQUARE, LET HIM BE A SQUARE.
>> Bomani: YOU CAN TELL WHO
WAS CALLED A SQUARE WHEN THEY
WERE YOUNGER.
>> I AM ALL FOR THAT.
I AM A SQUARE TOO.
>> Bomani: WHAT MAKES YOU
SQUARE?
>> I ENJOY ANIME, READING MANGA.
>> Bomani: YOU COULD BE
WHATEVER SHAPE YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU COULD BE A RHOMBUS.
HE'S A SQUARE BUT WITH A LITTLE
LEAN >> SQUARES STAY OUT OF
TROUBLE.
SQUARE AGE.
IT'S TIME TO SETTLE DOWN.
GET YOU A MAN THAT NEEDS TO TAKE
A NAP BEFORE HE GOES OUT.
>> Bomani: COULD YOU SEE
YOURSELF HANGING OUT WITH
RUSSELL WILSON?
>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bomani: MY GUEST TONIGHT IS
A COMEDIAN LIVING IN ATLANTA.
HE'S A MEMBER OF THE 85 SOUTH
SHOW, AN OLD SCHOOL CAR
CONNOISSEUR, AND HE INVENTED THE
PHRASE "BLACK MEN DON'T CHEAT."
GIVE IT UP FOR KARLOUS MILLER.
PLUS[APPLAUSE]
DO YOU DO THE ATLANTA SPORTS
THING?
>> I TRIED TO.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ABOUT
LIVING IN ATLANTA IS WAKING UP
EVERY SUNDAY AND TRYING TO
SUPPORT THE FALCONS.
SPEAK ONE I GOT OFF THAT.
>> THEY ARE RIGHT THERE.
>> Bomani: YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST
SAY NO.
>> NO, MAN.
NO MATTER HOW BAD THE GAME GOES
A WEEK BEFORE, THE NEXT WEEK WE
THINK NOW THEY ARE GOING TO DO
IT.
>> Bomani: I AM TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT.
WHEN THE MAN OF THE YEAR WENT TO
JAIL FOR SOLICITING A THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL, THE
QUARTERBACK GOT FIGHTING DOGS,
THAT'S WHEN I JUMPED OFF BOARD.
>> THOSE WERE ALL THE THINGS
KEEPING US IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> Bomani: 223, I WAS ALREADY
GONE.
>> YOU NEED A LITTLE
CONTROVERSY.
KEEP THE MORALE UP.
IT'S THE SUPER BOWL.
AT LEAST IT WASN'T WEEK SIX.
YOU'VE GOT TO REWARD YOURSELF
FOR THE HARD WORK.
>> SHOUT OUT TO THE BRAVES.
THEY NEVER LET US DOWN.
THEY HAVE THIS NEW STADIUM.
THEY HAVE A PORK CHOP SANDWICH.
THE BRAVE IS LIVING GHETTO
FABULOUS.
>> Bomani: THE BOYS HAVE ALL
THE CHAINS.
>> DID YOU SEE THE RING?
>> Bomani: I DID SEE THE RING.
RONALD ACUNA YOU, ASKING IF HE
WAS GOING TO MISS FREDDIE
FREEMAN HE SAID NO.
HE SAID THAT THEY TOOK HIM AND
SAT HIM DOWN AND MADE HIM TAKE
OFF HIS EYE BLACK.
THEY WERE TRYING TO HUMBLE HIM.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
A DUDE NAMED FREDDIE FREEMAN
HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ANYBODY
ELSE TO DO SOMETHING IT WAS LESS
BLACK.
>> A LOT OF STORIES COMING OUT
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAD
TEAMMATES.
THEY SAY THAT SHAQ HAD A BUCKET
THAT HE PEED IN AND HE THREW IT
ON PEOPLE.
IT MIGHT JUST BE AN INTERNET
RUMOR.
>> Bomani: THE PROBLEM WITH
THAT IS I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD'VE
ALL KNOWN IF IT WAS TRUE.
IF SHAQ THROWS A BUCKET OF PISS
ON YOU, WHAT IS YOUR RECOURSE?
>> YOU CAN'T TELL ON SHAQ.
>> Bomani: YOU CAN'T TELL
NOTHING TO SHAQ AND YOU CAN'T
FIGHT HIM.
HE'S GOT TO QUIT.
>> A LOT OF BAD TEAMMATES OUT
THERE.
WE ARE SEEING THAT.
EVERYBODY'S GETTING TRADED AND
DRAFTED.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
MISS YOUR TEAMMATES.
NO REASON TO MISS THEM.
>> Bomani: YOU JUST DON'T MISS
THEM.
>> ACT LIKE HE GOT TRADED AND
NOW HE'S PLAYING HOCKEY.
YOU'LL SEE THEM AGAIN.
SMALL CIRCLES.
>> Bomani: WILL BE AROUND
EVERY DAY.
THERE IS INTERACTION AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
>> WE ALL HAVE JOBS.
WE WORK WITH PEOPLE.
HE WOULDN'T CARE IF SOMEBODY,
IT'S COOL.
YOU DON'T LOVE EVERYBODY YOU
WORK WITH.
>> THEY DEPENDS ON WHO SAW US
COMING TO WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, EVERY
TIME PEOPLE GETS TRADED, YOU
FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT.
BUT WHAT YOU THINK.
I'VE BEEN ASKING THEM TO DO THAT
SHIT.
>> FINALLY.
>> Bomani: HE WAS A LITTLE BIT
MUSTY ANYWAY.
>> WE HAVE GUESTS ON THE SHOW
AND I ASKED HIM WHO IS THE
MUSTIEST PLAYER IN WHATEVER
LEAGUE, THE NBA, OR THE NFL.
I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF THOSE
PLAYERS ARE LIKE REALLY HARD TO
GUARD BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST
MUSTY LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
WE HAVE ALL BEEN AROUND PEOPLE.
>> Bomani: THERE IS A MUSTY
PERSON IN EVERY JOB THAT I
HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT --
>> THERE USUALLY SO NICE.
SP>> Bomani: THEY HAVE TO BE.
>> YOU CAN'T COME TO WORK DIRTY.
>> Bomani: PEOPLE DO.
I CAN GO BACK THROUGH EVERY JOB.
THAT WAS THE TRICKLING MUSTY AS
FIRST THAT WORKED THERE.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO COVER
THAT UP.
THE MUSTY PERSON AT THIS JOB.
>> Bomani: THE PERSON WITH THE
BAD BREATH.
>> THAT RIGHT THERE, THE DENT'S
PARKING LOT IS FULL.
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS ALL DAY,
THEY REALLY GOT TO KNOW
THEMSELVES.
>> Bomani: THIS IS HOW I HAVE
BEEN SHOWING UP?
THAT'S HOW THEY FOUND OUT?
>> ONE DUDE, TALKING AT HIS
MASK.
HIS EYEBROWS.
HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING WITH
YOURSELF?
>> Bomani: CHECK OUT 85 SOUTH.
KARLOUS MILLER.
APPRECIATE YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
WHAT DOES YOUR DAD DO?
HOW LONG THE BETTER DOCTOR?
>> I'M NOT.
I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE.
>> Bomani: THAT'S DEFINITELY A
GOOD REASON NOT TO BE A DOCTOR.
>> MY MOTHER IS A MEDICAL
CONSULTANT.
>> Bomani: SO YOU ALSO ARE A
MEDICAL CONSULTANT?
>> I AM NOT.
>> YOU DON'T THINK IT MADE YOU
GENETICALLY PREDISPOSED?
>> I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING IN
MY BLOOD.
I KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF
GINGER RAIL THAT I NEED TO DRINK
TO GET OVER MY STOMACH ACHE.
>> Bomani: GINGER ALE WHEN
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WE TALK ABOUT NEPOTISM ON OUR
SHOW.
WHAT KIND OF SKILLS DO YOU THINK
GENETICALLY PASSED DOWN TO DO
THE JOBS.
>> Bomani: MONEY.
>> Bomani: I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT COUNTS IS A SKILL.
>> I GUESS INTELLIGENCE COULD BE
GENETIC.
>> MOST LIKELY SOMETHING
PHYSICAL.
IF YOU ARE A WEIGHT LIFTER.
YOUR DAUGHTER MIGHT BE INCLINED
TO PICK UP SOME WEIGHTS.
>> Bomani: YOU TOOK UP THE
DAUGHTER.
HERE FUTURISTIC.
WHAT ABOUT BEING AN NFL COACH?
>> NO.
>> THE KID IS NEVER ANY GOOD.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE GOOD AT
SOMETHING.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AT IT.
I DON'T NEED TO SHOW UP TO THE
GYM.
WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY ALREADY.
>> Bomani: EARLIER THIS YEAR
FORMER DOLPHINS COACH BRIAN
FLORES BROUGHT A RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE NFL.
AND JUST LAST WEEK, HE GOT SOME
BACKUP.
>> TWO MORE BLACK COACHES
JOINING BRIAN FLORES IN SUING
THE NFL.
STEVE WILKS WAS THE HEAD COACH
OF THE ARIZONA CARDINALS BACK IN
2018, AND RAY HORTON IS A
LONG-TIME NFL DEFENSIVE
ASSISTANT COACH.
>> Bomani: I AIN'T SEEN SUITS
FROM THIS MANY BLACK MEN SINCE I
STOPPED SHOPPING AT K&G.
THESE NEW PLAINTIFFS HIGHLIGHT
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK COACHES
AND RACISM.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIRING,
THEY'RE GONNA JERK YOU AROUND AT
EVERY STEP OF THE JOB.
>> WILKS DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A
BRIDGE COACH AND HE WAS NOT
GIVEN ANY MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY
TO SUCCEED.
HE ALSO CONTRASTS HIS SITUATION
WITH THAT OF GENERAL MANAGER
STEVE KIME WHO WAS CONVICTED OF
A DUI DURING THE OFFSEASON AND
WAS EVENTUALLY GIVEN
A CONTRACT EXTENSION.
>> Bomani: BLACK COACHES IN
THE NFL WANT WHAT THE WHITE GUYS
HAVE, THEY HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS
HARD TO BE HALF AS DRUNK.
THESE COACHES GOT RECEIPTS SO
LONG EVEN THE WHITE DUDES WHO
GOT THE JOBS THEY
SHAM-INTERVIEWED FOR ARE
ADMITTING IT, LIKE FORMER TITANS
COACH MIKE MULARKEY.
>> THE OWNERSHIP THERE TOLD ME
I WAS GOING TO BE THE HEAD
COACH IN 2016 BEFORE THEY WENT
THROUGH THE ROONEY RULE.
AND SO, I SAT THERE KNOWING
I WAS THE HEAD COACH IN '16 AS
THEY WENT THROUGH THIS FAKE
HIRING PROCESS.
AND I'VE REGRETTED THAT
SINCE THEN.
IT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO.
I'M SORRY I DID THAT.
BUT IT WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO
ABOUT IT.
>> Bomani: NOW THE TITANS SAY IT
WAS A BUNCH OF MALARKEY, BUT IT
-- I AM NOT EVEN A DAD.
BUT IT STILL MAKES ME
ALL WARM INSIDE
TO HEAR A WHITE MAN GENUINELY
APOLOGIZE.
BUT HERE'S HOW I KNOW THE LEAGUE
DOESN'T CARE.
THAT INTERVIEW WAS FROM 2020!
HE ADMITTED IT IN THE OPEN TWO
YEARS AGO, AND ALL IT DID WAS
PROVE, LISTEN EVERYBODY,
NOBODY IS LISTENING TO ALL
THESE PODCASTS!
INCLUDING YOURS.
YES I JUST PROJECTED.
ANYWAY, BLACK COACHES KEEP
GETTING PIECEMEAL PROGRESS, BUT
ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THESE
TEAMS WOULD HIRE WHITE GUYS.
BUT AIN'T NOT NEWS.
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING
PASSED OVER FOR JOBS SINCE OUR
JOBS BECAME JOBS AND NOT
AMERICA'S FIRST UNPAID
INTERNSHIPS.
RACISM IN THE NFL IS JUST AN
OFFSHOOT OF RACISM IN AMERICA.
AND THAT SHIT IS TOO BIG FOR ONE
EPISODE.
THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW I WANT TO
TALK TO THE WHITES BECAUSE THE
MAIN VICTIMS OF NFL HIRING
PRACTICES ARE Y'ALL.
YES, YOU, BRYSON.
PUT DOWN THAT QUINOA.
LET ME BE YOUR ALLY.
THERE IS A SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE
WHERE YOU ARE IN THE GROUP
THAT'S MISTREATED!
THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM:
RIGHTEOUS ANGER!
I'M MAD FOR YOU.
SEE, GETTING AN NFL COACHING JOB
ISN'T JUST ABOUT BEING WHITE OR
EVEN YOUR GREAT RESUME.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR LAST NAME.
>> WHILE HIS GIVEN NAME IS JOHN
GRUDEN JR., EVERYONE JUST CALLS
HIM DEUCE.
ONE OF THE THREE GRUDEN BOYS.
DEUCE WAS RECENTLY HIRED AS AN
ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH,
WORKING FOR HIS UNCLE JAY WITH
THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS.
HE TOOK THE FAMILY PATH OF
FOOTBALL FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT
CAROLWOOD DAY ONTO COLLEGE BUT
IS NOW MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF
IN THE WORLD OF POWERLIFTING.
>> THE LAST NAME, IT'S WHY I AM
WHERE I AM, IT'S HOW I GOT IN
THE DOOR, BUT MY DAD ALWAYS
SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE ABLE TO
GET ME IN THE DOOR, IT'S MY JOB
TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THAT LANE.
>> Bomani: LET ME GIVE YOU A
PRO TIP.
YOU WANT TO FIND THE NEPOTISM
HIRE IN THE OFFICE?
JUST LOOK OUT FOR A DUDE WHO
GOES BY "DEUCE."
IN THE BATTLE OF THE "ISMS,"
NEPOTISM DEMOLISHES THE
COMPETITION.
IT DOESN'T SEE RACE, NATION, OR
CULTURE.
IT IS EVERYWHERE.
THE ONLY "ISM" MORE POWERFUL
THAN NEPOTISM IS BADUISM.
OVER 100 COACHES IN THE NFL LAST
YEAR WERE RELATED TO ANOTHER
COACH.
THAT'S ALMOST TWO FULL NFL TEAMS
OF KINFOLK!
AND YOU SHOULD BE FURIOUS,
MR. WHITE MAN.
IMAGINE YOU'RE AN HONEST,
HARDWORKING, NO-NAME ASPIRING
COACH...
AND THAT COACHING JOB GOES TO
DEUCE GRUDEN.
DEUCE IS IN THE NFL BECAUSE HE
WAS RELATED TO HEAD COACHES.
IN HIS DAD'S CASE, A HEAD COACH
WHO IS NO LONGER THE HEAD COACH,
BECAUSE WHEN HIS EMAILS LEAKED,
IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THOSE
OLD-TIMEY RACIST JOKE BOOKS THAT
ARE SO RACIST THEY BRAG ABOUT IT
ON THE COVER.
THOSE ARE REAL JOKES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE.
AND FOR EVERY DEUCE THE NFL
DROPS IN THE COACHING POOL,
A JOB DISAPPEARS THAT COULD HAVE
GONE TO A MORE QUALIFIED PERSON
WITH A RANDOM LAST NAME.
AND BY NOW, I HOPE YOU ARE MAD,
WHITE PEOPLE.
NOT BECAUSE I LIKE ANGRY WHITES,
BUT WHEN YOUR SELF-INTEREST IS
AT STAKE, YOU GET SHIT DONE!
REMEMBER THE WAY YOU MADE SURE
EVEN IF HE GOT ACQUITTED ONCE,
YOU WERE EVENTUALLY GONNA GET
O.J.
AND GAVE THAT MAN 33 YEARS FOR
STEALING HIS OWN SHIT.
NOT SAYING I'M COOL WITH IT.
BUT YOU GET IT.
NEPOTISM IN THE NFL RUNS DEEP.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, DEFECTOR.COM
CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS ON
NEPOTISM,
AND THEY FOUND OUT THE NFL
FAMILY TREE IS ALL KINDS OF
ROTTEN.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
LET ME SHOW YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HERE ARE THE NFL HEAD
COACHES FROM 2021 WHOSE FATHER
OR GRANDFATHER WORKED IN THE
NFL.
HERE'S HOW TANGLED THIS SHIT
GETS WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE
BRANCHES.
I KNOW THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME
Q-ANON SHIT, ALLOW LET ME
TO EXPLAIN.
THIS ISN'T EVEN A MAP OF EVERY
NFL COACH.
THIS IS ONLY COACHES RELATED TO
EACH OTHER BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE.
AND DON'T GET IT TWISTED, Y'ALL,
THERE'S SOME BLACK PEOPLE ON
HERE, TOO.
NOT THEY FACES.
WE DON'T GET THOSE JOBS.
BUT IN THE MIDDLE,
WE'RE THERE.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE
SAYING THAT NEPOTISM IS
EVERYWHERE, IT'S JUST PART OF
HOW BUSINESS WORKS.
BUT THIS AIN'T A SMALL-TOWN CAR
DEALERSHIP WHERE THE OWNER HIRES
HIS KIDS TO WORK THE SALES
FLOOR.
THIS IS THE NFL.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE NFL ISN'T
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE
CONCEPT OF NEPOTISM IN COACHING.
DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
COACHES EXERCISING THEIR
PREROGATIVE, AS THEY FILL OUT
A STAFF, TO GIVE A JOB TO ONE OF
THEIR KIDS OR AS A FAVOR TO A
BUDDY WHO COACHES ANOTHER TEAM,
THAT GUY'S KIDS?
>> Bomani: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE
THAT GUY ANSWERS, I WANT TO
TELL YOU WHO THAT GUY IS.
HE'S FORMER NFL
QUARTERBACK-TURNED-BROADCASTER
CHRIS SIMMS, SON OF FORMER NFL
QUARTERBACK-TURNED-BROADCASTER
PHIL SIMMS.
HE'S A HARDWORKING BROADCASTER,
BUT IT IS POSSIBLE HE DOESN'T
HAVE THE MOST BALANCED
UNDERSTANDING OF NEPOTISM.
BUT LET'S HEAR IF HE HAS AN
ISSUE WITH IT.
>> I DON'T.
IT'S A TOUGH SUBJECT.
NOW, DO I THINK IT AFFECTS,
YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF, THE FACT
OF, MAYBE LACK OF MINORITY HEAD
COACHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT?
YEAH, I DO.
BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU'RE
HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS TAKE JOBS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS, FOR THE
MOST PART, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY
BUSINESS FOR A LOT OF THESE
COACHES.
>> Bomani: THE SOPRANOS
IS A FAMILY BUSINESS.
COACHING IS NOT.
NOBODY ROLLS UP TO GILLETTE
STADIUM AND SEES A BIG NEON SIGN
THAT SAYS "BELICHICK AND SONS."
TALKS ABOUT COACHES SOUNDS LIKE
THEY WORK HARDER THAN THOSE
WITHOUT A HEAD START.
THEY TALK ABOUT THOSE KIDS LIKE
THEY DRAINED FROM THE DAY THEY
WERE BORN.
WATCHING GAME TAPE THE SET OF
CARTOONS.
LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES
DEDICATED TO FOOTBALL.
>> IT'S WHAT THEY GREW UP AROUN
AROUND.
THEY ARE EXPERIENCED.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND THAT WAY OF
LIFE.
THEY ARE NUANCED AND SOME OF
THESE TINY DETAILS WE WOULDN'T
EVEN THINK ABOUT AS OUTSIDERS
AND WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN AN
ORGANIZATION AND BE A HEAD COACH
THAT WAY.
>> Bomani: YOU DON'T THINK OTHER
PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE
DETAILS OF FOOTBALL?
YOU REALLY THINK DEUCE GRUDEN IS
MORE DEDICATED TO THE GAME THAN
FIREMAN ED?
THAT DUDE EATS, SLEEPS,
AND BREATHES THE JETS.
VOLUNTARILY!
YOU HEAR THIS KIND OF
"BORN FOR IT" SHIT ALL THE TIME.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM
WITH IT: NONE OF IT TRANSLATES
INTO MORE WINS.
WATCH THIS.
ON THE LEFT ARE ALL THE NFL HEAD
COACHES FROM THE PAST 5 SEASONS
WITH AN OLDER RELATIVE WHO WAS
AN NFL OR D1 COACH.
AND ON THE RIGHT ARE ALL THE
OTHER GUYS.
NOW HERE'S THEIR WINNING
PERCENTAGES OVER THE LAST FIVE
SEASONS.
THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TIED.
I'M AIN'T SURE WHAT THAT
"EAT BREATHE SLEEP FOOTBALL"
GETS YOU, BUT IT SURE AIN'T
WINS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT
A BUNCH OF THOSE LEGACY
WINS ARE JUST FROM BILL
BELICHICK.
WE GOT TO STOP TALKING ABOUT
THESE GUYS LIKE THEIR DNA HAS
THE SECRET RECIPE FOR WHEN TO GO
FOR TWO.
BECAUSE HERE'S THE TRUTH.
THERE ARE LOTS OF SKILLS THAT
PASS DOWN FATHER TO SON.
DELL CURRY'S SHOOTING MOTION.
VLAD GUERRERO'S POWER.
TOM HANKS' FAMOUS PATOIS ACCENT.
>> BIG UP THE WHOLE ISLAND
MASSIVE.
IT'S YA BOY CHETNA COMING
STRAIGHT FROM THE GOLDEN GLOBES
AWARDS.
ME FINNA FATHER TOM HANKS
PRESENTING AN AWARD.
>> Bomani: CHET
TRYING TO LICKY BOOM BOOM DOWN.
THOSE THINGS THAT GET PASSED
DOWN, STRATEGY ISN'T ONE OF THE
THEM.
THAT'S NOT JUST TRUE ON THE
FOOTBALL FIELD.
IN THE ALL-TIME HISTORY OF CHESS
GRANDMASTERS, YOU KNOW HOW MANY
PARENTS AND KIDS HAVE BOTH
SHARED THAT TITLE?
THREE.
OUT OF ALMOST 2,000.
0.15% OF THESE MASTER
STRATEGISTS WHO GREW UP AROUND
THE GAME USED THOSE GENETIC
SKILLS TO BECOME A GRANDMASTER.
BUT PRETENDING THAT DNA BEGETS
COACHING TALENT IS HURTING EVERY
SINGLE COACH WHO WASN'T
CONCEIVED ON TOP OF A PLAYBOOK.
COACHING HIRES SHOULD BE BASED
ON MERIT.
THINGS LIKE WIN-LOSS RECORD,
HOW GOOD YOUR OFFENSE OR DEFENSE
ARE.
NOT WHOSE HOUSE YOU PULL UP TO
ON THANKSGIVING.
AND PERK UP THEM CAUCASIAN EARS
WHILE I RUN IT BACK AGAIN:
EVERY ONE OF THESE NEPOTISM
HIRES HURTS WHITE COACHES!
BLACK COACHES?
THEY'RE GONNA FIND A WAY TO MESS
WITH US REGARDLESS..
THEY ARE DRIVEN.
NO MATTER WHAT RULES YOU CHANGE.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.
BUT Y'ALL?
THESE DUDES ARE MAKING THE
GRIDIRON INTO THE IVY LEAGUE,
GETTIN' IN ON LEGACY ADMISSIONS!
IT'S ALL BAD!
BUT THERE ARE A FEW COACHES IN
THE LEAGUE WHO ARE SHOWCASING A
BETTER WAY TO HIRE.
GUYS LIKE SUPER BOWL WINNER
BRUCE ARIANS.
IN 2021, ARIANS' BUCCANEERS WERE
THE ONLY TEAM IN THE NFL TO HAVE
THREE MINORITY COORDINATORS AND
HIS STAFF WAS THE ONLY ONE TO
HAVE TWO WOMEN IN ASSISTANT
COACHING ROLES.
ON THE OTHER COAST, YOU'VE
GOT THE GUY WHO COACHED THE
NINERS TO THEIR MOST RECENT
SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE, KYLE
SHANAHAN, SON OF NFL HEAD COACH
MIKE SHANAHAN.
>> I TRY TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT I
WORK WITH THAT ARE PREPARED
FOR IT.
AND FORTUNATELY, THAT HAS WORKED
OUT WELL FOR ME.
I'VE GOT A MUSLIM COACH.
I MEAN A MUSLIM COORDINATOR,
A BLACK COORDINATOR,
WE HAVE A LESBIAN ON OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE
WE'RE TRYING TO BE DIVERSE.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
AROUND THESE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE
REALLY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO AND
WE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT THESE
PEOPLE.
>> Bomani: HE DEFINITELY SAID
MUSLIM.
HE FORGOT WHERE HE WAS FROM.
IS ARABIA A COUNTRY?
HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE
FOR THE JOB.
YOU DO IT AND WE SOLVE A HELL OF
A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS ON THAT
BOARD.
AND COACHES, DON'T WORRY, WE GOT
THE PERFECT SOLUTION FOR WHAT TO
DO WITH YOUR KIDS.
>> ARE YOU AN NFL COACH WHOSE
SON WANTS TO BE YOUR ASSISTANT
RECEIVERS COACH EVEN THOUGH HIS
DUMB ASS CAN'T TELL THE
COVERAGE.
WHAT IF I TOLD HER THERE WAS A
PLACE HE CAN GO TO LEARN TO WORK
FOR EVEN A SECOND OF HIS ENTIRE
FUCKING LIFE.
THE ROB AND REX RYAN SCHOOL.
WE TEACH THE CHILDREN OF NFL
COACHES THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO
SUCCEED ON THEIR OWN.
SO COACHING JOBS CAN GO TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP THEIR TEAM
WIN MORE THAN HALF THEIR FUCKING
GAMES.
SKILLS LIKE NOT COACHING.
TYPING.
WASHING SHIT.
WEARING A HAT THAT IS NOT A
VISOR.
CAR REPAIR FOR ANYTHING BESIDES
DESTROYING YOUR HARD-EARNED
LEGACY.
HOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE
BECAUSE YOU ARE 24 AND IT'S TIME
TO FUCKING MOVE OUT.
AND MICROSOFT XL.
SO MANY CAREER PATHS WHERE YOUR
CHILD'S MEDIOCRITY WON'T
SABOTAGE A FRANCHISE FOR YOUR
KID COULD BECOME THE OFFICE
FUNNY GUY, THE ONE PERSON WHO
KNOWS HOW TO PRINT USING WI-FI.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS SO
IF YOU'RE AN NFL HEAD COACH
INTERESTED IN WHAT'S BEST FOR
YOUR TEAM, YOUR CITY AND YOUR
CHILD'S INDEPENDENCE, GET YOUR
KID A REAL ASS JOB.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: THAT IS OUR SHOW
FOR TONIGHT.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR WATCHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS.
>> IT'S BO TIME, BABY.
WHOO!
>> Bomani: THE THING ABOUT THE
FUTURE, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE
DON'T ACT LIKE THE FUTURE IS IN
38 YEARS OLD.
>> HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO DO
THAT?
>> Bomani: WHAT IS THE RIGHT
AGE TO SETTLE DOWN?
>> THE RIGHT AGE TO SETTLE DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW.
EARLY 30s?
>> Bomani: I LIKED THAT ANSWER
A LOT BETTER TEN YEARS AGO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT
AGE TO SETTLE DOWN?
>> LIKE HAVE KIDS AND BE
MARRIED?
30 IS WHEN YOU KIND OF GET OLD.
>> 32.
>> Bomani: HIGHER.
KEEP GOING.
>> 50.
>> Bomani: THAT SOUNDS A
LITTLE BETTER.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Bomani: NEITHER DO I.
>> WHENEVER YOU FIND THAT RIGHT
PERSON.
PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO
SETTLE DOWN.
THE PARTY YOU LEFT AT 10:00
COULD OF GOT SHOT UP AT 11.
>> IF THEY SHOOT IT UP AT 11,
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT IS YOUR MAMA SAY?
>> SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED THREE
TIMES.
>> I AM AT THE AGE WHERE I JUST
NEED PEACE.
COLLEGE DAYS, I LOVE ME SOME
TOXICNESS.
NOW I'M DIFFERENT.
I'VE GOT A DOG.
MATCHING PAJAMAS.
>> NOT JUST ON CHRISTMAS.