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Aaron Rogers goes down last night and it is a catastrophe, of course, for everyone involved. And David Bakhtiari and the NFL Players Association and even a couple other players wanted to take a look at the turf at MetLife Stadium. They wanted to look at the turf and talk about how it's not fair. David Bakhtiari said on Twitter, on X, whatever the hell it's called today, two more players have to get hurt on artificial turf. You care more about soccer players than us. You plan to remove all artificial turf for the World Cup coming up so clearly it's feasible. I'm sick of this. Do better.

Wow, okay. And he's not the first person to kind of crap on the turf. 14 out of the 30 NFL stadiums currently in use utilize an artificial surface.

If you need help with math, that's about half of the damn teams utilizing an artificial surface, okay? And he's not the first person to talk about the turf. Specifically, let's take a look at the turf at MetLife Stadium and it's a new turf for 2023.

It's a new surface that they installed. But if we go back two seasons ago, the 49ers, just the 49ers, they had five dudes go down to season ending, let me not say season, game ending injuries because of that turf at MetLife Stadium. Nick Bosa, who just got all that money for the 49ers, he tore his ACL. Solomon Thomas as well.

And how about this? He tore his ACL playing for the 49ers at the stadium. He is a current New York Jet and so he ain't worried about the turf too much. He's a favorite of Rob Salah from when Rob Salah was there with the 49ers. Jimmy Garoppolo hurt himself.

But what else is new? Jimmy Garoppolo hurts himself everywhere. But I want you to take a listen to this because Derrick Henry is a bull of a human being. We see him all the time. He's running through people. People are bouncing off of him.

Derrick Henry, he was on Busting It with the Boys on that podcast. And he talked about how everybody, everybody hates playing on that turf. What are your thoughts on playing on turf fields? Man, it's the same sentiment is like I got hurt on turf field. So you know how I feel about it. There's been so many injuries that's happened on turf fields.

I mean, it's just proven. I mean, it's not really good for the league and, you know, for our bodies. If you ask any player in the league about turf, they're just like, it's not going to be an automatic answer. They're just going to think about it and be like, nah. And there's so many people that's been like, you're going to turf fields that, you know, I think it's a time where we all play on grass.

Right. But at the end of the day, it's the NFL. So it's all about business. So you're telling me, you know, how owners probably think, you're telling me I got to pay you and then pay to keep the field going.

Where I can just put turf out, have a football game. I got to make this a field, which I know is probably a headache. But at the end of the day, players are the ones that bring your best players.

You're not going to have brain. I was going to push, though. We're all about player safety. And that's something that's like the narrative.

If they're following that narrative, then that's something where they should listen to. Really? Really? I think for players and I think we're just trying to see if people get hurt on turf. Look, it's true. I think anyone who's participated in any sport, if you've been on grass, you understand that grass and the dirt has more give. You play on turf. I don't care how artificial it is or how many blades of grass that you weave into the turf. It ain't it ain't grass. It doesn't have the same type of give. And so we haven't reached a point yet where you can just automatically say, oh, my God, this this turf feels exactly like grass because it's not. It feels like glorified concrete. That's that's what it is.

My apologies. But that's that's exactly what it feels like. And so for years, the NFL Players Association has taken the position of. Please, please put grass down at every stadium.

And this is real simple. It boils down to the money, the maintenance of the field. But more specifically, how many events can you cram into a stadium that has an artificial field that doesn't need the same type of upkeep? It's as simple as that.

And here's also a newsflash. Not every NFL team owns a stadium. A lot of the stadiums are owned by the city, the county, the state. Not every NFL team owns its facility. And so, for instance, that the New York Jets and Giants with MetLife, the New York Sports Exposition Authority owns MetLife Stadium. And just before the game, before Aaron Rodgers game, the Giants played the night before.

Two nights before that, there was three nights of concerts. And even if the Jets and Giants have a piece of the action, man, it's not beneficial for them to say, oh, well, let's just let's just rip up the field. They're thinking long term. They're thinking about the cash. And so, yes, David Bakhtiari, you can complain and say, oh, my God, they care about the soccer. You're damn right. You're damn right. Because the entire world is going to come over and participate in the World Cup. All eyes are going to be here. The soccer players, man, they ain't playing on no turf.

You should know that already. Maybe that's your union's problem. Maybe the NFLPA needs to just pitch an entire fit the next go round, which won't be for another, what, six, seven years and say, what are we doing? We're not going to play on this.

But it's true. Even, even Messi coming over here now at this part of the globe, participating in the MLS for Inter Miami. Man, I don't expect to see Messi saying, I'm going to I'm going to make my bones on some, some concrete, be able to have some grass out there for me to run around on.

And so there's there's been kind of a battle back and forth. The NFL Players Association, they've collected data from 2012 to 2018. Players have almost a 30 percent higher rate of non-contact lower extremity injuries when playing on artificial turf. Players have a 32 percent higher rate of non-contact knee injuries on turf and a staggering 70 percent higher rate of non-contact foot and ankle injuries on turf compared to grass.

Understandable. Would make sense because it's glorified concrete. Now, of course, the NFL has has responded to that, especially today.

On Tuesday, I should say. Given the injury to Aaron Rodgers, the NFL says we work very closely with the Players Association on research. They have all the same data that we have. We have stadiums with natural grass where there's a lower injury rate than synthetic surfaces. And we have synthetic surfaces where the injury rate is lower. Our effort is to try to drive down those rates on both surfaces.

Hopefully in the next couple of years, we'll see some progress in those spaces. That is almost the biggest F you that you can legally tell somebody. It's like it don't matter if you want grass, you want turf, you go and get hurt. Suck it up instead of saying, no, we want to have grass. And it's all because of money. And it's just sad because everybody knows that the NFL Players Association has the power here.

But half of their damn players don't even vote when it comes time to digest and ratify the next CBA. And so maybe the NFL Players Association needs to look at themselves as to why a lot of their players are playing on turf as opposed to playing on grass. Now, having said that, I don't know if playing on turf last night contributed to Aaron Rodgers blowing out his Achilles. This is the same injury or the same leg that he suffered a calf strain early on in the season right at the beginning of training camp.

Excuse me, right at the beginning. He suffers a calf strain and then he goes down last night. He's falling forward. He has his foot firmly planted in the ground, in the turf. And Leonard Floyd is falling on him and his foot bends more than it should and he pops his Achilles. If he's in grass, does his foot slide?

Does he pop his Achilles? Does it matter? I don't know.

I might as well try to find out how long it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. I have no idea. I know Aaron Rodgers is old. I know how he felt was unfortunate. And it just sucks. But there's not going to be a damn thing changing. Not a thing. Until the union says we're not playing on it.

And that may never happen because the NFL union, it ain't that strong. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. David is here from Baltimore. You're on CBS Sports Radio where they have grass in Baltimore. What's up, David? What up, Jay? I'm going to be real quick. Now, I got a quick question for you.

Yes. These two receivers, Tariq Hill and Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings, which one of those you think going to have a better season? I know Hill's up right now, but what is your thing? When you say better season, what do you mean by yardage or what? Yardage, catches, touchdowns, you know, everything. That's tough because you've got two dudes who are our number one options.

They're going to be battling it out. They both made it very clear that they want to be the first wide receiver ever to surpass 2,000 yards. And Tariq Hill with 215 yards this past Sunday as Tua just kind of aired it out all over the damn place. I think Justin Jefferson will likely have more catches. I think basically Tariq Hill is a home run threat. I don't know if he's going to go out there and just say, oh my God, here I am and I got 10 and 15 catches. I think that's more of a Justin Jefferson having more of a higher usage rate. That's kind of a flip of the coin, man.

And then also, if you want to factor this in, not that it would matter. Kirk Cousins is probably going to be standing upright to just throw the ball. And Tua Tonga-Velloa, he might be a little less safe of an option. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got that. OK, thank you, David, for calling from Baltimore. What do you want, free fantasy advice from me?

You going to make some money? Cody calling from North Carolina. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's going on, JR? I appreciate you keeping my night shift going. I got two questions for you.

Then I'll listen to them off the phone here. Number one, what do you think? Do you think Brian Burns was resigned with the Panthers? And if you do, what do you think his contract will look like going by Bosa? I personally don't think you pay him what you pay Bosa. I don't think he's as good as Bosa. Hell no. I mean, Chris Jones just came back and has incentives in his contract that move him to about $24 to $25 million.

So hell no, Brian Burns ain't in that space, no. And then the second thing is, what are your thoughts on the Tess Walker situation down here in North Carolina? Do you think anything like that will be resolved?

And how do you think they'll handle that going forward? I appreciate it. And let's go brace.

All right. You asked me about who where, Cody? The Tess Walker situation. The University of North Carolina, he was denied eligibility to play.

Oh, my God. Is that where they're now receiving threats? Is that the same dude?

Yeah. Our coach, Mac Brown, come out and had a pretty stern statement of the way the NCAA was handling things. And I kind of see his point because you got some of these colleges where you got guys in their seventh and eighth year playing college football. And this kid goes to North Carolina Central.

They don't even have a season due to COVID. He transfers out to Kent State. And now his grandmother.

Yeah, I'm familiar with his grandmother. And now he wants a mental health exemption to go ahead and play. Here's what I'm thinking. And this isn't the first time in the first player. We heard this with Deion Sanders, one of his dudes last week. There was another player who dealt with the same thing. This is what I don't understand.

Why are they being so stringent when it comes down to who gets an exemption and who doesn't? They're out there playing football, man. Just let them go play. Like it ain't that big of a deal.

As long as nobody trying to game the system, let them go play. It ain't that big a deal. My biggest thing is he enrolled. He transferred. He was transferred. He enrolled at Carolina. And the rule was changed about a week or a week or so after he was actually enrolled at Carolina.

And then they come out and said he couldn't play. That's what kind of threw me off. Yeah. Well, look, people who sit in some of these positions, man, they it's, you know, people sit around and do busy work.

They got to make it sound like they're doing something. Oh, yeah. I know all about it, man. That's that's all I got. I appreciate it, man. Thank you for giving me to my nice shift. Keep doing what you're doing.

Thank you, Cody, for calling from North Carolina. Yeah, I don't understand why some of these dudes don't get exemptions, whether it be to injury or personal matters. And I know when it comes down to to mental health, a lot of times people will just gloss over it. And it's a mental health issue. So now we're not going to grant the exemption.

Like, wow, who cares, man? Just let him play. It's as long as nobody's just jumping ship. Yeah. Oh, my God. I got to go to another team.

And this mental health this year and mental health this year and mental health that year. Let's just let him play. It ain't that big of a deal. And that's why, unfortunately, you got folks in the NCAA who are saying that they are now receiving outside threats because of some of these exemptions that weren't granted. Like, I don't know if it's that serious.

I don't think it is. But it's a wild world that we live in. Eight five five two one two four CVS.

That's eight five five two one two four CVS. It is a wild, wild world. Let me tell you something. The NFL and its turf isn't the only issue.

The NFL today found out that it's being sued by someone who used to work for the NFL network in the NFL media. And unfortunately, and not surprisingly, a lot of it has to do with race. I'm going to fill you in on the other side of the break. You are listening to the J.R. Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio.

I appreciate you taking my call and love the show and always respect your opinion. Call in now at eight five five two one two four CVS. The J.R. Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Maybe you heard this, maybe you didn't. The turf at NFL stadiums isn't the only news. Aaron Rodgers isn't the only news.

This is something you might hear about over the next several weeks, the next several months. Maybe you're familiar with Jim Trotter. Jim Trotter was a reporter for the NFL network. If you watch the NFL network, there's a good chance that you probably saw him. You haven't seen him because he's no longer with the NFL network. And the NFL says that he was pretty much let go due to budgetary reasons. Now, you might also be familiar with the name because over the past several years at Super Bowl press conferences, Jim Trotter has basically held Roger Goodell's feet to the fire when it comes down to the NFL and its lack of hiring practices for African-Americans when it comes down to the office, the NFL, the league office, NFL media, which runs the NFL network. And he's done this in a very public forum.

You might recall this interaction that took place earlier this season. Listen to this question from Jim Trotter, and then I'll allow you to hear Roger Goodell's response. Tune in.

Listen. You and other league officials have said that the league's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion extend beyond the sidelines and beyond the front offices and is applied to all aspects of the company. I've worked in NFL media for five years.

During those five years, we have never had a black person in senior management in our newsroom. That's a problem because we cover a league who, according to league data, the player population is 60 to 70 percent black, which means that there is no one who looks like these players at the table when decisions are being made about how they are covered. More concerning is that for a year plus now, we have never had a full-time black employee on the news desk, which again is a problem because we cover a league whose player population is 60 to 70 percent black, according to league data. I asked you about these things last year, and what you told me is that the league had fallen short. You were going to review all of your policies and practices to try and improve this. And yet a year later, nothing has changed.

You know, James Baldwin once said that I can't believe what you say because I see what you do. And so I would ask you as an employee, when are we in the newsroom going to have a black person in senior management? And when will we have a full-time black employee on the news desk? And it doesn't doesn't stop there.

It continues on. Listen to this response from Roger Goodell. I am not in charge of the newsroom. So I what I think the. Can I answer your question? As you point out, it's the same question you asked last year. And we did go back and we have reviewed everything we've been doing across the league. And we are looking at everything from vendors that we're working with to partners that we're working with, to ownership where we've seen significant changes in diversity just this year. And I'm not specific.

Do not know specifically about the media business. We'll check in again with our people. But I am comfortable that we made significant progress across the league. I can't answer the specific questions. Some of the data you may have raised there may be accurate, maybe not.

Last year, I was told some of it wasn't. We'll get to you on that. We want to make progress across the board. And that includes in the media room. And so those are things that we'll continue to look at and hopefully make real progress to.

I can't answer because I do not know specifically what those numbers are today. What you just heard was about a two and a half minute interaction. And the majority of it was was Jim Trotter sharing his thoughts and asking the question as Roger Goodell sat on the stage and looked at him uncomfortably, thinking of how he was going to respond to this in the most just just even way to make it go away. But Roger Goodell clearly uncomfortable, especially telling him, hey, man, you asked me the same damn question last year.

Let's let's remember this. This is the same NFL that in 2020 had to have its players rallied up to actually move the NFL forward to say, you know what? We done screwed up when it comes to relationships with African-Americans in our building and out.

They had to do a whole PSA where Roger Goodell just said, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Black people and black lives matter. Like, OK, really? Do you really care? Like we had to watch a guy die in the middle of the street with a knee on his back to figure that out. And so let's let's be clear and let's be real. And the NFL doesn't care. And I felt doesn't it doesn't matter, doesn't change the bottom line. And so what has happened as a result?

Jim Trotter is suing the NFL, alleging longstanding institutional discrimination. And you want to know something? He's right. I mean, there's there's there's no nothing new here. Go go look back at what the NFL said. We have screwed up. Now, look, he did all of this publicly and it's always a fine line.

I don't care. It's it's always most certainly when it comes down to to to issues of race. It's always very touchy and people get upset and people get mad.

Is somebody mad at me for things that I've just said over the past 30 seconds to a minute? But the fact is, when you go up against your employer in any type of way, you're going to get brushback, especially when it comes down to matters of race. Someone brought up the fact that Colin Kaepernick should come through and and play for and save the New York Jets. Not happening. A, due to age, more and more and more so due to distraction and the fact that he would screw up the money. They'd be people ready to scream and yell that he's back even all of these years later, which has now been about six now, about six years that he hasn't been active in the NFL.

And so Jim Trotter, does he have some legs? Is he going to win some money potentially? I think more than likely what they'll probably do is settle. I mean, we can look at comments made by by Gruden in emails.

People show you who they are, even if it's not in public, even if it's not in public. So I wouldn't be surprised if they go ahead and and settle this. If he decides to settle it, he has mentioned comments by Jerry Jones.

And here it's it gets pretty deep. And so this is not going to go away. We've pretty much had the same allegation from the Coaches Association. Brian Flores pretty much said the same thing. The NFL has admitted that it hasn't paid attention or needs to do better when it comes down to issues of how they treat African-Americans and their hiring practices.

As it relates to diversity. And so this is an open admission to being a problem all over the place. So there's no news here. Jim Trotter is just saying, hey, y'all told me you were going to extend my contract. You asked to have your feet held to the fire.

I did it. And now I don't have a job due to budget issues. When prior to that, you told me that I was going to receive a contract extension. And so nothing here really new when it comes down to the NFL. They have been sued by their own coaches. They have been sued by their own media partners or former media hosts and partners, analysts. They have fired coaches for for saying disgusting things.

They've admitted that they have issues. Get this man some money. Let him go away.

That's it. Or he can bang the drum if he wants to die on that sword and call out the NFL further. I don't think he's really going to reveal anything that we're not already privy to and that the NFL hasn't already admitted.

Good luck to Jim Trotter in his suit and whatever he decides to do. He's no longer with the NFL. As I mentioned, he is currently with the athletic 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS.

That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. I'm going to get to your calls on the other side of the break. Unfortunately, yes, I'm going to get into this Kevin Porter Jr. situation in the NBA. You want to talk about people behaving badly.

I he needs serious, serious help. It's the J.R. sport show here on CBS Sports Radio. Your calls on the other side. You're listening to the J.R. sport brief on CBS Sports Radio. J.R. should be called the genius sports brief show. Call in now at 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. It's the J.R. sport brief show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. We've talked about the turf.

NFL stadiums across the country. We've talked about Aaron Rodgers. We've talked about his replacement.

We've taken a look at the Steelers and their injuries. I just told you about a former NFL media journalist who was accusing the league of institutional discrimination, no longer having his job working for the NFL because he called out the NFL and their lack of diversity in hiring practices. And they got rid of him. And so now he filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York City.

Jim Trotter. We'll see what the deal is with him. I think ultimately the NFL will will settle. The NFL is getting sued by its own coaches, by its own media personalities. During 2020 and that terrible covid year, the NFL clearly made an admission that they need to do better. Well, who's going to sue him next year?

And this this obviously is a problem in the league. I don't know. We'll see what happens. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. D.J. is calling from Charlotte.

You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, Gerald, how are you? Great.

How are you? You know, it's a funny thing because today I read the whole article. You know, it's not easy to just not to believe this guy. I mean, it's not hard not to believe this guy.

There's no reason. I mean, Jim Trotter has a good reputation. So Jerry Jones, which you kind of mentioned some of what you didn't say what he said. But in the in the in the in the article, basically, I told you Jones about hiring practices in the league. And Jerry Jones allegedly told him, well, if black people want to have more of a position, they should start their own league. Correct. The same Jerry Jones in 1957 as the Arkansas school. Right. With the picture standing at the segregation situation. That's the same guy that was there and he kind of like, well, I'm not kind of this, you know, I get it. The other owner, I think, was the the Denver from the Buffalo Bills.

Yes. Buffalo Bills, which told him that you can go back to Africa, which is also kind of. So here's I get all that when I go back to you that I don't want to kind of big.

Yeah, of course he did. I don't want to go back or talk politics. But let's let's talk about the NFL at some point to where you mentioned. I'm an African-American.

Sixty, 70 percent of the league is African-American. And going back to Rosa Parks and what happens with the bus situation and why the things kind of like you're not going to let me sit up front. All right. We're going to walk.

You go out of business and then you start begging me to write the money. No, that the answer that the well, you were making a great point until you forgot you were on the radio. Here's what it boils down to. And we have been here and seen this and done that. There is so much money at stake for people to continually speak out.

And it really don't matter who you are, what you do. If you speak out against your employer, you run the risk of not having a job. And the last time I checked, people need money. You need money to pay for bills. You've got to eat.

You've got to have somewhere to live. It's not an easy thing. And so, yes, people abuse power.

They do. People put their thumb on people. They abuse it just so they can hold on to it and keep it. Because if there's one thing that that keeps people in check, that keeps people in line, it's power and it's money. It's an unfortunate, disgusting thing.

That that is how the world has gone round. That is such a bigger issue than the NFL. The NFL just happens to be a prime example here directly in front of our faces as an entertainment property.

That's what it is. So when when do NFL players stand up or refuse to do this? Man, when when they stop needing money, that's it. 855-212-4CBS.

So when they have enough, they don't. 855-212-4CBS. John is calling from Birmingham.

You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, J.R., just wanted to get your opinion on your top three video games for National Video Game Day. Well, you want to say this again? You want my top three? Today is National Video Game Day? Yeah. Are you are you a gamer?

Well, I mean, I play games here and there, but I mean, I just figured what would your top three games be? Well, John, technically it was the 12th. What happened, Chef? Technically the day was the 12th, but I'm sure you'll allow this question anyway.

There's people listening. Still in the 12th. So pick a Super Mario Brothers. Does that count? Yeah. OK.

I like Super Mario NBA Jam. Yeah. You need a you need a third one, right? Yeah.

Throw the original Mortal Kombat out there. OK. Does that work? Is that good?

Yeah. What are your favorite three video games? I just take in Mario Kart and then any of the Resident Evil franchise games.

You made my list. You like Tekken? I love Tekken. Oh, yeah.

That's the only game you can pick up and play any game, any time. What does that got? Jen Kazama and Hiroshi Mishima. Is that the guy's name? Yeah. You didn't think I knew that, did you? You didn't think I knew that. I know you're big on Tekken.

I've been listening to you for some time. Any time you mention Tekken, anything PlayStation 1 genre I know you play. Man, I have only probably mentioned Tekken one time over the past three years.

I think I've heard it like twice. Not to rain on you guys video game for a hero. How do one of you not have John Madden as one of your top three video games?

I don't know. Madden doesn't change. I like football, but I mean, fighting games are pretty much They're the best type of games, I think. Yeah, Madden. Madden. When was the last time you played Madden? I played Madden. No, not you, shut up. Sorry, John. Oh, I mean, I don't play video games, but if I were to play a video game, it would be- Oh, so how can you- Because to me, when you think of video game, the first thing you think of that changed everything in video games is Madden. I mean, it's a cult following, for God's sakes. You just said you don't play.

Correct. I'm 37 years old. I don't know any other 37-year-old that plays video games. I know people who are 50, 60, and 70 who play video games.

No disrespect. Do they have a job? I know plenty of people who make tons of money playing video games, yes. Hey, one more question.

Hold on, John. That is a terrible misconception for gamers, especially as it's grown. People make money playing games, man. It's not, hey, this is somebody playing in their basement, sitting around with Cheeto dust, picking lint out their belly button. I can't remember the last time I ever had time in my life to play a video game.

God bless you both for being able to do that, if that's the case. I don't have time to play, but I'm not going to knock anybody for playing. Not by any stretch.

I don't think that's fair. But when it comes down to Madden, I haven't played Madden, I don't know, in more than 15 years now. I couldn't tell you the last Madden I played or who's on the cover.

I have no idea. I just know that the game has not evolved in 20, 25 years outside of graphically. I don't find Madden to still be a big deal.

I don't think people give a damn too much anymore about it. What was your other question, John? What's the most you spent on, I know now you don't really put quarters in, but before they got, you know, where you can get them on your phone or whatever. What was the most arcade you put money in? I wasn't an arcade guy, man. I ain't playing no arcades. What I had, I played it on the system. I wasn't pushing quarters into the arcade.

There's a couple of spots across the country that I like to roll into, and they have some of the classic ones, but I'm not too much of an arcade guy. One of the ones I made in general, just any arcade, like mine was always, anytime you went to the theaters when they had them there, it was Time Crisis. Oh, Time Crisis was cool.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You had to run around and stuff, right? That's the only one you had to pay like a dollar for it, and you had like three tries, and then before you knew it, you had 10 bucks in there already. Yeah, no, I wasn't spending that much money. Wasn't Time Crisis at one point, couldn't you buy it and play it at home?

I don't think so. I think they made some Wii versions of it, but the actual legitimate Time Crisis, you had to have like the whole arcade machine. Yeah, maybe I was in, was it Dave and Busters years ago? Maybe. No, I think mainly even the theaters had them, I think.

I think back here in Birmingham when the rave was still around, it had it there, and I think one time I skipped a movie and just played arcades instead of watching a movie. You've been living a good life, John. Well, thank you for taking me down a walk down memory lane, okay? I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Thank you.

I didn't know I'd be talking about Time Crisis and Tekken tonight, but thank you. Robert is calling from Charlotte. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Robert? What's going on, Jay? How are you?

Good. Just briefly, as I was listening here, I was listening to Roger Goodell. I haven't been in the corporate world and having to deal with these kind of situations when you're the only minority in the field. I just wonder if he had a straight face when I asked him, when he answered the question, well, I don't know anything about the writers, and then he said, when he talked about the, he said, well, the guy said, well, 60 to 70 percent of the league is black, and he goes, well, I don't know if those facts are correct or not. He wasn't referring to that element. He was talking about the employment inside the NFL media office, not with the amount of black players in the league.

I got to give Roger Goodell that much credit. That's not what he was referring to. Okay. But the fact that he got asked that question last year, you'd have to be, you know, a guy as powerful as he is and for somebody to challenge him like that last year, and then he says he knows nothing about that is a little disingenuous. Yeah.

I mean, how much money did they spend on that commercial in 2020 saying that black people matter? Exactly. Come on now. Have a good one, man. You as well. Thank you, Robert, for calling from Charlotte. Tony from Massachusetts, you're on CBS Sports Radio.

Got to go quick. So this NFL thing, man, and I mean, we can't tell nobody how to spend their money, but, you know, until they get NFL PA, man, it's like one of the weakest ones. But I heard some I don't know.

I think they have like, you know, when the players first come into the league and all that. And I know when you had no money and you get money, you probably don't know how to act with it. But until they get on board with like, listen, you come in here, man, don't be buying like 18 cars and three houses. And just like you said, people need money. But if they learn how to save their money when they first come in, where they don't need it only until they get together and say, this is what we got to do to make change economically, because if we're in a position not to be wanting the money after we make our money, when we get in there, then we can have a change going on. But until that happens, man, it's not going to happen. Correct. Absolutely. Thank you, Tony, for calling from Massachusetts without a shadow of a doubt.

The thing is, you need a concerted effort from everybody to be able to have that much power to do so. It's the JR Sport Reshow here on CBS Sports Ready. I'm going to get some more of your calls on the other side of the break.

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