J.C. Tretter

The idea that these owners actually think players can walk into their office and tell them, like, hey, I think you're being cheap and you're not spending enough money on us, and there wouldn't be any retribution— is a little crazy to me.

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

There are some players that do, and a lot of it's the star quarterbacks who are untouchable or players that have guaranteed money and feel like they're safe and they can go in there and they can try to drive change for their teammates because they're a little more protected than the average player. But that was one of the reasons about making it anonymous.

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

It was allowing everybody to voice what they've seen without fear of retribution. The survey covered eight categories.

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

I didn't want a category that I felt could be too tracked to like wins and losses. I really wanted to stick to standard of care. Like, hey, where do you spend most of your time? The locker room, the training room, the weight room, the cafeteria? Like what staff is around you most of the time? The training staff, the strength staff? How do you travel? How do they treat your families?

Like those are the core issues that impact their daily life. And I didn't want it to become like, hey, this is a good coach because we win a bunch of games. That's not telling us anything. There's some coaches that have a leadership council of older players that meet once a week and then acts on those recommendations. And I think that's what a good workplace looks like.

Like those are the core issues that impact their daily life. And I didn't want it to become like, hey, this is a good coach because we win a bunch of games. That's not telling us anything. There's some coaches that have a leadership council of older players that meet once a week and then acts on those recommendations. And I think that's what a good workplace looks like.

Like those are the core issues that impact their daily life. And I didn't want it to become like, hey, this is a good coach because we win a bunch of games. That's not telling us anything. There's some coaches that have a leadership council of older players that meet once a week and then acts on those recommendations. And I think that's what a good workplace looks like.

That was something probably 15 years ago in the NFL, there wasn't any of that. It was very much, we're doing this because I'm the coach and I'm the boss and I say we're doing it. And now I think more and more of the younger coaches are coming in, being much more receptive to hearing feedback and acting on that feedback.

That was something probably 15 years ago in the NFL, there wasn't any of that. It was very much, we're doing this because I'm the coach and I'm the boss and I say we're doing it. And now I think more and more of the younger coaches are coming in, being much more receptive to hearing feedback and acting on that feedback.

That was something probably 15 years ago in the NFL, there wasn't any of that. It was very much, we're doing this because I'm the coach and I'm the boss and I say we're doing it. And now I think more and more of the younger coaches are coming in, being much more receptive to hearing feedback and acting on that feedback.

That was one where I had to reach out to several people to make sure I was hearing it correctly of like, wait, I just want to make sure like for the fourth time, is this true?

That was one where I had to reach out to several people to make sure I was hearing it correctly of like, wait, I just want to make sure like for the fourth time, is this true?

That was one where I had to reach out to several people to make sure I was hearing it correctly of like, wait, I just want to make sure like for the fourth time, is this true?

Because that is so preposterous in a job where what you fuel your body with is so important to almost push them out of the building, to push them to fast food, to push them to poor nutrition is such like a backwards way of looking at our industry. It was crazy. And why do you think those teams do it? Is it just it's the way it was always done? Are they really trying to save money? I don't know.