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Death, Sex & Money

The NFL Made Me Rich. Now I Watch It... Sometimes.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Two and a half years ago, former NFL cornerback Domonique Foxworth told me about leaving football behind. Now, it's a part of his life again—in a way he didn't see coming.  Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Follow the show on Twitter @deathsexmoney and Facebook at facebook.com/deathsexmoney. Sign up for the Death, Sex & Money newsletter at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter! Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every other phase in my life was very clear that I wanted one thing and I just got off of the treadmill so to speak and then there was no like clear like I need to go there.

0:15.0

This is death, sex and money.

0:21.0

That's death walking on the beach.

0:22.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think

0:25.2

about a lot. So that's where my priorities are right now. Sex. And need to talk about more.

0:30.0

Keep the small bills on the outside and call me if anyone gets drunk.

0:33.0

I'm an sale.

0:35.0

Dominique Foxworth used to play in the NFL.

0:41.0

I talked to him about leaving football behind about two and a half years ago and it stands as one of my favorite episodes we've ever done.

0:49.0

With the Super Bowl coming up we thought we'd share that with you again, along with an update about what

0:53.9

Dominique is up to now.

0:56.2

Because when we talked before, Dominique was about to start his last year at Harvard Business

1:00.9

School.

1:01.9

He was in his early 30ss and he was looking ahead to life

1:04.8

without football at its center for the first time since he suited up for Pee Wee football as a little boy.

1:11.3

Turns out, Dominique says now, hopping off that track was harder than he thought

1:16.0

it would be. We'll have that update at the end when he tells me, among other things, why he

1:20.9

quit the high-paid executive job he landed right out of business school.

1:25.0

When we first spoke, Dominique was in Baltimore, his hometown.

1:31.0

I was in New York, but I told him we'd been in the same place before.

1:36.4

I was at the 2004 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, and I was rooting for West Virginia.

1:43.0

Sorry about that.

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