Andrew

The elite of the elite of people who have ever played football like in this country.

And I think everything about this, too, is like that's really important.

This is an unbelievably, unbelievably skilled labor force.

And in order to develop these skills, you have to devote your entire life to it.

Yes.

And then what you get from devoting your entire life to this thing that is killing you.

Because you're getting injured constantly and you're getting head trauma from all of this every single time.

Like we start from like high school.

You're starting to get brain damage from concussions and from like you're starting to get CTE.

Yeah.

And then you have a couple of years to like make money from having devoted your life to this thing.

Right.

So think about like it's March of 2011 now.

Gene Upshaw has been passed away for a couple of years.

They were fully in the Demore-Smith reign of union leadership.

And the first move that the owners make, like now that the CBA is officially over following the 2010 season, they lock out the players.

Which, as we just said, if your career is two years, the idea that you would miss one of those years is kind of unfathomable.

Yeah.

your earning power is just like demolished.

And let's say you're 24 years old.