WATCH: @TheKendallBaker and @NialaBoodhoo host a conversation on systemic racism in sports, featuring @JalenRose and @Chargers running back @J_ManPrime21.
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@TheKendallBaker @NialaBoodhoo @JalenRose @Chargers @J_ManPrime21 .@JalenRose: “[Muhammed Ali] would have been the first billion dollar athlete. So with money comes power. It gives you an opportunity for ownership, it gives you a chance to control your narrative. That’s what players today have, along with social media.” 
@TheKendallBaker @NialaBoodhoo @JalenRose @Chargers @J_ManPrime21 .@JalenRose on investing in young people: “I feel like the 8 most important years of a young person’s life are the 4 that they’re in high school or the 4 that they could be in college. You ask any adult where their goals or dreams went awry, it’s during that 8-year period.”
@TheKendallBaker @NialaBoodhoo @JalenRose @Chargers @J_ManPrime21 .@Chargers running back @J_ManPrime21 on the team's decision not to play a scrimmage in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: "In that moment in time, we wanted to use [our] platform to illuminate the issues that we face outside of outside of sports."
@TheKendallBaker @NialaBoodhoo @JalenRose @Chargers @J_ManPrime21 .@J_ManPrime21: "We need to make sure that we're pushing for equality within sports as well. And that doesn't just mean having a Black player base, but also having more Black coaches, having more Black owners."
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