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Trevor Pryce on 'Happening Now'
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- Date Apr 25, 2012
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FL draft starts tomorrow just over a 130 days from the first game of the -- and and what an off season it's been right with all the hype over the spying cases you have Downey -- the controversies of passions Tim Tebow that's a whole separate subject.
This next story really caught our attention as successful NFL player fourteen years in the league -- last season healthy controversy free.
But after a few months in retirement in a very public way -- asked his former -- to give him his job back -- joining me now.
Is Trevor -- former all pro.
Football star Trevor I said in studio to remarks saying about your said he and your story in the New York Times this week you had a great con -- he said Rex Ryan hey.
I give me a call to Begin he'll call.
He hasn't yet but I think the thing that people and that governor realizes.
Every year thirteen -- -- some of the occasion.
And about three months in sort of like -- want to go back to school -- Than three -- in the school's little -- when the summer vacation so I don't wanna be that guy he calls no Mike -- wanna come and also an income.
-- -- from -- I'm done with.
The use your article was -- it was very charming non person hazy fourteen years -- -- -- great career and -- saying hey it isn't enough.
-- you know it's it's enough and not enough for the same time because what happens is the longer you do it.
You life's also revolve and six month increments at six months of football -- six months office -- wants a -- ball and all of a sudden you have the rest of your life off.
It can be a little unsettling at first specially the first.
You know probably 23 months of ideological my gosh what am I going to have no reason really get up in the morning -- in the rush to.
And so you get -- missed the trauma of going through that they have today we're seeing some pictures -- you what what does your main reason for writing this this piece.
-- -- -- Do it was a it was kind of like come.
Few balls that smear someone in the streets of some finesse football friends would be doing now what do what are you doing -- -- like -- -- the same thing most retirees.
Are doing at 66.
Which is nothing that 36 at 36 not thirty more years to -- to -- point I can say that without without you know smirking or whatever but.
You know when you -- -- that -- is 66 to kids or audio house -- traveled the world.
I have three to Northrop -- have to travel on Baltimore and you don't read what you if haven't seen and I know -- so called before.
I don't know that I don't know what their resolve to be he could be a bad reason say don't put -- -- an article.
Well we're gonna put that our governor let's say to people can check it out as a very fun.
Now if they can't have retirement at least at this stage -- hope.
And that is that people that not even -- in -- football.
Take kind of -- so I think a lot of -- wow that's that's that's -- CD -- so much else.