PA Radio – Episode 201: Fred Willis

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4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2017

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Getting the Word Out These days contact sports, namely football, are on the chopping block for their propensity to cause serious brain injury. Luckily Fred Willis has stepped in as an advocate for players and is dedicated to combating the machine that pumps out TBI’s, CTE’s, and undiagnosed concussions any given Sunday. A former NFL… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into Power Athlete Radio.
0:10.8	These days contact sports, namely football, are on the chopping block for their propensity
0:15.4	to cause serious brain injury.
0:17.7	Luckily, Fred Willis has stepped in as an advocate for players and is dedicated to
0:21.5	combating the machine that pumps out TVIs, CTEs, and undiagnosed concussions any given
0:27.1	Sunday. A former NFL veteran, Willis considers himself lucky to have the capacity to fight for
0:32.5	those athletes who have suffered from not only their irreversible head trauma, but from being
0:37.3	ostracized by the very institution that employs them.
0:40.7	No matter your opinion on whether the NFL owes these players anything,
0:43.8	one thing is for sure.
0:45.8	Hearing Willis speak of the complex politics surrounding the issues
0:48.6	reminds us that these men really are the gladiators of our time and deserve treatment.
0:53.5	This is episode 201.
0:59.1	Power Athlete Nation, it's that time again.
1:06.2	You have Luke and John sitting around our kitchen table in, we'll call it Austin. Well, until we
1:12.0	build a proper office, which we're right, right. I mean, if it wasn't raining so much, we probably already would have had a proper office, but in the meantime, we're here from, you know, Austin, proper. Yeah. And then, uh, we have Tex who's over in, uh, what, uh, Astro's, Astro City, Superdome City, what is it, Texas?
1:09.7	Crush City.
1:10.9	Crush City.
1:11.5	I thought it was... in what, Astros, Astro City, Superdome City, what is it, Texas?
1:24.6	Crush City. Crush City. I thought it was Clasp City. I don't know what you're talking about, but yeah. All right. Let's roll. All right. Well, anyways, we are giving you another episode of the Premier Podcast in Strength and conditioning.
1:44.6	I can't believe of the premier podcast in strength and conditioning.
1:48.9	I can't believe we have effects.
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