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Introduction
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Young NFL retirees Bruce Davis and Jarrad Page discuss the following topics:
- From teammates to podcast co-hosts
- TBT session reminiscing about the good ol’days at UCLA
- Going from the light (pro sports) to the dark side (the media!)
- Grading the 2015 UCLA football team
- Humanity vs. Business: Steve Sarkisian and substance abuse in sports
- Personal experience with substance abuse in the NFL and getting help
- NCAA and NFL responsibility to create substance abuse and mental health protocols
- The Greg Hardy and Jerry Jones debacle
- Mental health and the NFL
- Life after football for Bruce: battling health issues and making it as an actor in Hollywood
- Life after football for Jarred: professional baseball, battling health issues and becoming a financial advisor for athletes
- Turmoil with Todd Haley in Kansas City
- "The Patriot Way" in New England
(56:14)
San Diego Padres first baseman Cody Decker talk all-things baseball including:
- “The Call” up to the Majors
- Big league experience yields and empty stat sheet
- Differences between minor and major league life
- Minor league baseball: Out with the old, in with the “new boy’s club?”
- Major league baseball: Still the good old boys club
- Starring in and producing short films
- Being a part of “Team Israel” in the World Baseball Classic
- Life as a religious minority (aka Jewish) in professional baseball
- Bridging the diversity divide and integrating the clubhouse
- Grading instant replay and attempts to make baseball faster
- Chase Utley’s slide: kosher or not?
- Calling out a dirty teammate: fair or foul?
As always, thanks for listening. Please rate and review the podcast in iTunes and feel free to send me questions or comments on Twitter @Jackie_Pepper or via email at PepperOnSportsPodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Illustration by Lauren Purves
Voice Over intro by Chaz Kelly
