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Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

Buddy Baker

Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

NFL Business

Sports News, News

4.7626 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

NFL Agent Buddy Baker lost both of his parent to Covid-19 within 6 minutes of each other. Buddy joins Andrew on a bonus episode of the Business Of Sports to talk about his loss & the fund he set up in their memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I want to welcome everyone to a bonus edition of the Business of Sports with Andrew Brand.

0:04.0

I have a special guest I'll talk about in a second. As always, we're presented by betonline.org.

0:09.3

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0:14.6

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0:19.8

This special podcast is with Buddy Baker.

0:24.7

Buddy is an agent. It's been around the NFL quite a while representing players. Some of

0:28.8

his clients include the Griffin Brothers on the Seattle Seahawks. It's former Seahawk,

0:33.5

Doug Baldwin, Indianapolis Colts, tight end Jack Doyle, and Washington Redskins receiver, Terry McLaren.

0:40.6

But he is a respected agent, works hard for his clients.

0:44.2

He has suffered unspeakable tragedy amid this COVID-19 crisis.

0:49.2

Last week, he lost both parents in a matter of six minutes apart.

0:55.9

It is a heart wrenching story and it is one that I hope you will enjoy hearing though,

1:02.1

however sad it is.

1:04.2

And he has a message for those about the virus itself.

1:08.6

Without further ado, someone who just suffered unspeakable loss, Buddy Baker.

1:13.6

Buddy, thanks so much for coming along and so sorry for your loss of this.

1:18.6

I appreciate that, yeah. Hopefully just trying to pass a message so another family doesn't have to suffer the way we are right now.

1:25.6

I appreciate you having me on.

1:29.8

Yeah, and I appreciate you going through this.

1:34.6

I know it's a painful memory, but maybe before we get into what would happen over the past month,

1:38.0

but give you a chance to talk about your parents. And I read in Sports Illustrated my colleague writing about their love since, I believe, high school or college and how it's

1:46.3

gone on for 50-something years, let you just sort of talk about your parents right now.

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