Former NFL Player Reveals How The NFL Controls The Media When A Player Gets Arrested | John Moffitt

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Ian Bick

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Former NFL Player John Moffitt candidly recounts his journey to the NFL, navigating through controversies on the field, brushes with the law, grappling with the effects of CTE, and shedding light on the profound influence of the NFL on media narratives. Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Connect with John Moffitt: https://www.instagram.com/moffitt74/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:55 - Embracing Differences and Overcoming Bullying 00:09:37 - Personal Growth and Change 00:14:17 - The Swedish Prison System and Prison Content Creation 00:18:56 - The Inversion of Common Law 00:28:12 - The Impact of Football on Life and Career 00:32:48 - Quitting the NFL due to a degenerative brain disease 00:37:29 - College Experiences and Getting Into Trouble 00:42:10 - The Roller Coaster of My Personal Life 00:47:07 - Arrest and Jail Experience 00:52:03 - Recovery 00:57:04 - Addictive personality and gambling 01:01:59 - Channeling Addiction into Business and Football 01:06:51 - Disappointment in the NFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got arrested in Chicago with like a ton, a ton of drugs, you know? So that was like, like ESPN picked up the story. Like, NFL didn't really like me at that point. And people have no clue how much like leverage the NFL has in the media. Like the sports media, like they're dying to help the NFL because they don't get those contracts. They're not going to make any money. So there's a lot of times where the NFL can easily say like,, hey, pick this story up. It was national news, like before I even got out of jail.
0:22.0	Welcome back to the Locked-in with the Invick podcast.
0:33.5	On today's episode, I have John Moffat, a former NFL player to share his story, including
0:40.2	his run-ins with the law.
0:42.0	I had an interesting and amazing conversation with John, and I'm so excited to share it with
0:46.7	you today.
0:47.7	So sit back, relax, and get ready to lock in with John Moffat.
0:51.8	Well, John Moffat, welcome to Lockton. Absolute pleasure to have you here today. Thanks to Patrick and, you know, for connecting us and having you on the show today. Yeah, man, thanks for having me. I haven't done a podcast. I'm like, I feel like a long time, you know. So it's cool to be back on one. Yeah. This is a little bit different, you know, a little different setting.
1:11.3	And it's in Connecticut.
1:12.3	Who would have thought?
1:13.0	You're from Connecticut.
1:14.2	Did you grow up in Connecticut?
1:15.1	I did. I grew up in Guilford. Guilford. Yeah. Shoreline town. It's like right outside New Haven. Who was your guys like rivalry back in the day? Madison. Madison. The next, next town over.
1:08.7	That's where Patrick lives, right? Madison.
1:10.3	He lives in Madison.
1:11.0	Okay.
1:11.7	Interesting.
1:12.4	What was childhood like growing up?
1:15.0	Um... next town over. That's where Patrick lives, right? Madison. He lives in Madison. Okay.
1:27.6	Yeah.
1:28.1	Interesting.
1:29.0	What was childhood like growing up? Good. Good. Generic. Like, you know, that's like a deep, that's like a psychology question. Let's go over your child. Draw some pictures. Like, I got to start off strong. Damn. Do you lead in with that a lot for people? always yeah yeah. Because it makes a connection to, you know,
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