50 Years Ago Tonight
July 23, 1976
An epic storm ends the 42nd and final edition of the Chicago College All-Star Game — between the College All-Stars and the reigning Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh #Steelers.
With Pittsburgh ahead 24-0, officials permanently suspend the contest with 1:22 remaining in the third quarter due to the nasty conditions and subsequent fan pandemonium that ensues at Chicago's Soldier Field.
This is why I want to be rich. I’d hire a team to go out once a month and hit like 10-15 grocery stores in low income neighborhoods. Food delivery to places with food deserts. This gets my blood moving.
Kevin Garnett says turning down a $122 million contract taught him the importance of knowing his worth.
Quentin "Q" Richardson : “How was it for you to turn down 102 million when you were dealing with your contract at 21?”
Kevin Garnett : “I actually turned down 122 million. And at that point, Nook had just signed for 105, so the scale was jumping.”
“One, always know your worth. Two, know the people that came before you and what they made to understand how the market is moving.”
“The problem was I never actually got to deny anything, my agent did it without telling me. So the first thing I did was fire him.”
“Being able to speak for myself was huge for me. I didn't want somebody else speaking for me.”
“I probably would’ve taken the 122, but then I started learning the business side of basketball and what was actually possible.”
“We started making a wishlist of incentives,private charters, flight time, vacation packages and we implemented them.”
“Out of ten things, I got eight of them just because I asked and had the leverage. I wanted to be the one to say I knew my worth and went for it.”
When young Black men swim.
These young kings did the damn thing. Just when they thought we couldn’t swim! 😄 WATCH THIS…
Congratulations to them! Black excellence on display.
#BlackYouth#SwimMeet#Swimmers#BlackExcellence
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The SPLIT between Brandon Marshall’s iAmAthlete & now Owners of “The Pivot” Fred Taylor & Channing Crowder stemmed from a business and equity dispute after the show gained MASSIVE popularity!
Fred Taylor has been asking BMarsh to provide financial records of iAmAthlete for a YEAR to verify equity, business metrics, & revenue splits. Fred stated he wanted everything to be split fairly.
They all continued with the show & has eventually BLEW UP in MASSIVE popularity. Fred told BMarsh he wanted 25% ownership stake. However, Brandon Marshall declined stating that the company's valuation had grown substantially from its initial bootstrap phase & didn’t want to give up equity.
BMarsh came back to offer Fred 4% ownership. Fred felt was a slap in the face after helping CARRY the show. Fred is known as a Jax Jaguars legend w/ a Dominant 13-yr “Hall of Fame” type of NFL career, which is why his takes held weight on iAmATHLETE.
BMarsh didn’t take Fred’s significant presence on the show in account, stating that the company's valuation had grown substantially from its initial bootstrap phase, so BMarsh stated that his wife has ownership in the company as well but wasn’t as open handed on giving out equity to a respected 13yr NFL Vet that played a bigger part on the show.
BMarsh claims he personally invested $500,000 to $1,000,000 into the brand. Instead of equity, Marshall offered a revenue-share model or a per-episode talent fee, which the talent ultimately rejected, leading to their departure. Fred & Channing realized BMarsh was treating them as employees rather than a potential owner.
Fred & Channing eventually realized THEY WERE the talents that made the show successful, especially Channing, he was undeniably the breakout star who had people tuning in. Fans heavily gravitated toward him because of his unfiltered honesty, wild locker-room stories, that was CONSISTENTLY going VIRAL which brought serious traffic to the show.
They both eventually left & started a new Podcast with Former NFL Steelers player, Ryan Clark called “The Pivot” which has QUICKLY surpassed iAmAthlete in size, scale, and influence & is also generating $10,000,000+ annually and is growing significantly.
Prominent athletes such as Shaquille O'Neal, Alex Rodriguez, Floyd Mayweather, Odell Beckham Jr., Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, & Charles Barkley have sat & did amazing interviews with The Pivot. The platform has successfully recruited these massive names that iAmAthlete wasn't able to garner, which spoke to the talent & respect they had from other athletes that BMarsh overlooked.
Fred & Channing went from asking BMarsh for 25% split w/ iAmAthlete to now starting a more successful platform w/ Ryan Clark they now split equity down the middle as each owning 33% of the company with a higher valuation that iAmAthlete.
iAmAthlete episode views SIGNIFICANTLY dropped roughly 60% to 80% & don’t consistently posts anymore since the departure of Fred & Channing. Some say this was BMarsh’s “BIGGEST FUMBLE” of his career both on & off the field.
ROUGH!
America is under attack. A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains.
Watch Homestead on Angel today!
Kenan and Kel couldn’t stop laughing while Kel acted out celebrities they’ve met over the years, including Shaq, Keke Palmer, Ariana Grande, and Nick Cannon, and somehow Kenan guessed every single one perfectly 😭🤣💀
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This is how we live. This is how all of us live. This isn't some random street in Peoria, Illinois..
This is the entire world.
As you watch the video you'll feel the tumblers click into place, one by one, over and over, it will be reinforced. As you become angrier.
Consider..
Consider how desperately the one group fights to save the other. Consider how much resources and effort and punishment and pain one exerts to save the other.
How the one actively sabotages the other and then blames them for failing to act becomes enraged when they fail to act..
In response to a wound they inflicted on themselves.
And it's not just this one night. It's every night. It's every hour, of every day. It's constant.
At no time in history has one group voluntarily shouldered the burdens of another in this capacity, to this degree. This is an event unique to the human story.
And they hate you for it.
Which is the most important part of the story here. They're only sorry when they're in the supine position. They're only sorry in the face of power. Then they squall. Then they weep. Then the discussion becomes about how I can't breathe, those magic words.
They do not fear performative displays of violence, because that is a constant in their culture. They will punch you in the face and once you have them down, say "No, I didn't bro" as you bleed.
This is the entire world. This post is about the entire world. This video is the entire world.