Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Boxe-Sextine Show Podcast.

We're going to get into just a little bit later this hour. The latest on the ending of some

COVID restrictions in some places is this likely to be a forever situation or not. We'll discuss

that. I think the answer is no. We have to keep this fight going. But in the meantime,

we want to get into a discussion with our friend Jay Glazer right now. He is a National Football

League insider for Fox Sports's NFL pre-game studio show. He's also the founder of Merging Vets

and Players, a nonprofit organization that connects combat vets and former professional athletes.

Jay, thanks so much for being with us. Absolutely, man. Thanks for having me.

First, I mean, I'm fascinated by and obviously it just sounds like such an important mission.

This founding that you've done of Merging Vets and Players, the Merging Vets and Players,

this organization, what are you doing? How does this work and how can people get involved?

Well, it's, you know, MVP for sure. Basically, taking former combat vets who are, you know,

in transition, which transition sucks for anybody who's for a lot of us who are pro athletes or veterans.

So we're taking former combat vets and we're merging them together with former pro athletes,

started with just NFL and fighters because of my two worlds. But now it's branched out to

everything and look, it's basically, it's a community, you know, it's a mental healthy and I'm trying

to show both sides. Like you playing in the NFL, man, when the uniform comes off, your greatness

doesn't suddenly just leave you, right? It's what's behind your ribcage. I got you to beat out

millions or millions to get to that level if you're an Olympian or a fighter or baseball player,

whatever it is. But the same thing with our combat vets, they go overseas and they do such great

things. They have great, under fire, encouraged under pressure and they, man, they save a lot of people.

And, you know, they make us feel safe over here. But that really even knowing us,

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