Ron Rivera on his role as the first GM of Cal football, Coaching Peanut + Roman
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut Tillman and Roman Harper are joined by their former head coach Ron Rivera. Ron was a Super Bowl winning linebacker, defensive coordinator, and head coach who took the Carolina Panthers to Super Bowl 50. Ron explains what he does in his current role as the first general manager of the California football program and shares his vision for the future of the team. He speaks out about the downsides of NIL and how he would like to see college football’s payment structure change. Ron also discusses his experience coaching Roman and Peanut on the Carolina Panthers and whether he would come back to coach in the NFL again.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | The NIL stuff is a bunch of BS. |
| 0:06.5 | Okay? |
| 0:06.9 | Because when people are basically laundering money so to be given to kids, that's what |
| 0:11.6 | we get in trouble. |
| 0:12.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.7 | I mean, let's look at the NFL model and say that's where we need to be. |
| 0:16.3 | When a Nike or a USAA or somebody call you up and say, hey, we want you to do a commercial, now we're talking real, because this is for us. Same thing for us. You had a contract. You had a contract. I had a contract. Somebody from McDonald's calls you and asks for something. You know, somebody from Little Caesar's calls you to do something, that's great because that's beyond your |
| 0:39.0 | contract. |
| 0:39.9 | Yes. |
| 0:40.0 | Right. |
| 0:40.5 | And that's what it's supposed to be. |
| 0:41.8 | It's not supposed to be somebody paying you to play. |
| 0:44.1 | That's the truth. |
| 0:45.0 | And that's what really bothers me because I hate to see it ruin the sport. |
| 0:48.9 | And we're kind of headed in that direction right now. |
| 0:57.0 | What's up everybody? |
| 0:58.1 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL players second acts podcast. |
| 1:02.9 | And with me as always as my trustee co-host, Roman Harper. |
| 1:07.1 | Everybody's in our nice blues today. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm really excited about our next guest. He's one of my favorites. He's definitely my top two coach in the NFL. Absolutely. Because I only had two. But he's in there and he's great and he deserves all the accolades. So, you know, let's jump into it. I can't wait to talk to him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's a Super Bowl champion, played on the great 85 Bears defense. |
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