Toucher & Rich: Ted Johnson’s Comments on Concussions and a Visit From Mark Gemelli (Hour 4)
Toucher & Hardy
Beasley Media Group
4.3 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In this hour: We replay the candid comments from Ted Johnson on Wednesday regarding his history with concussions as a result of playing football in the NFL… Plus, it’s a very special treat for us as we get a visit in studio from Nick’s dad, Mark Gemelli!...
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| 0:00.0 | B-Pod Studios |
| 0:03.0 | Toucher and Rich are back on TV. |
| 0:08.7 | I really didn't know that. |
| 0:10.0 | Quage. |
| 0:10.2 | TV. |
| 0:11.1 | Follow the Sportsup. |
| 0:12.2 | Watch and react with 985. |
| 0:14.2 | The Sportsup. |
| 0:24.8 | 985 of Sportsup at Touch up, it been touch for Enrich and Adam Jones in studio. |
| 0:28.7 | But there's something that I just, I haven't been able to shake for the past couple of days. |
| 0:32.1 | So we had Ted Johnson in a couple of days ago. |
| 0:35.3 | And out of nowhere, I don't even know how it came up. |
| 0:36.2 | It was organically. |
| 0:38.5 | Ted Johnson, we started talking about his life playing football and some of the concussions he's had. And I've never heard |
| 0:43.0 | anyone describe what life is like having multiple concussions better than Ted Johnson did. And it just |
| 0:50.2 | got me thinking. And, you know, as a father, thinking about, you know, my kids wanting to play football and different sports, you know, it was probably one of the more important discussions I've had, things I've heard from somebody in a while. |
| 1:02.1 | And the thing about Ted Johnson is he's been very open about his struggles with dealing with concussions, the type of medication he's had to take because of it, and I spoke for |
| 1:13.2 | about 15, 20 minutes with a group of friends about it. Everyone keeps asking about it. So there's some |
| 1:17.7 | people might not have heard it, but if you missed it, I just want to play a little bit of it here |
| 1:21.5 | because especially if you're thinking about sports today or if you have kids or anything |
| 1:26.8 | like that, or you are someone who is dealing with concussions this is coming straight from a guy who has really |
| 1:31.4 | been on the forefront of it you lived during the one of the toughest times in the NFL's hard hits |
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