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Hey, guys, just 'cause AJ's here,
so you don't really have to do anything,
A.J. but at least say hello.
- Yeah.
- AJ, who runs Vayner Sports,
obviously you guys know who AJ is.
well, a lot of you don't.
Nonetheless, something I want to do more of is
make some video content that goes a little bit deeper
into the insights of things that don't get shown.
So I want to make this video as a little
state of the union of Vayner Sports.
Some content of different meetings
and different things I can show.
Some updates, some highlights.
- Yep.
- Just a fun little Vayner Sports video.
You'll probably see more about this from
Sasha from Wine Library, from Empathy.
Starting a series of insight depth
looks into the other things that are going on
by putting together a conglomerate of four months
worth of stuff that leads to one video.
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♪Whoa, yes, swear to God I'm with it ♪
♪I don't see nobody in my lane ♪
♪ It's quiet, go get it like me, whoa ♪
- So Snapback is one of our partners at Vayner sports.
They make an amazing piece of apparel
that not only looks good but also helps
athletes recover and warm up their bodies.
Both hot and cold therapy.
And they wanted to partner with us
on our client list and one of those clients,
in particular, is Leonard Williams.
Obviously Leonard's a tremendously talented individual,
has charisma, has a great look, and also plays in one
of the biggest markets of the world, New York City.
- We've taken basically three modalities that,
as an athlete, you're accustomed to.
Compression, hot therapy, cold therapy.
Simplify those and put it into a single garment
so that you can have full mobility.
So while NormaTec, Game Ready and those products
are great products, you can't be ambulatory.
Yeah, you are stuck there, right.
So how can we increase the likelihood that we can
get our athletes to incorporate cold therapy after training?
And, like right now, in these recovering weeks
how do we get guys sleeping in tights?
How do we make the best compression garment in the world,
fabricated with the best materials,
that would increase the likelihood
that you'll wear this compression,
that you'll just incorporate either
our therapy pods, which can be used
for the heat or ice, or you can use real ice,
so when you don't have access.
You weren't at the event around the ESPYS.
I know you were traveling.
But we had all the athletes using real ice
to ice after the workout.
But the way that the product works is you've got
- [Leonard] Little pockets for them.
- [A.J.] It's even better!
- [Kevin] Yeah even better than
pockets is that you've got 360 degrees.
So you don't know where you're gonna to be sore right?
- Yeah.
- So somebody cut blocks you and
you have a contusion on your quad.
How are you gonna wear ice on your quad?
- Right.
- Saran wrap, Ace bandages, makes no sense.
You're not gonna do it.
- It eliminates your mobility a little bit.
- Yeah, you have no mobility.
And then, the trainer would love you at home
sitting there for 25 minutes icing,
but I'm gonna guess you probably have better things
to do than sit for 25 minutes at a time.
So you can take these pods, they can
go anywhere within the garment.
It's a compression garment, right?
So when you have it on these micro grips
come through the mesh and you can run, jump,
do whatever you want and the ice is not gonna move.
If you don't have access to a freezer
grab a Ziploc bag, real ice in there,
chuck it in to the product and you can remain ambulatory.
Throw some basketball shorts on over it.
- How do you heat them up though.
- You put them in the microwave.
- Oh, okay.
Or like in the training room, we have a lot of guys,
a lot of training staff that are using these pods
putting them in the hydro collator.
So where they typically have the water, the heat bag.
- Oh the heat bag.
- So these will be at 160 degrees
coming out of a hydro collator.
Throw them on the muscle areas
that you want to warm up before your training.
Take them out, train in the garment,
when your done throw in ice.
So this is a...
- How has adoption been?
How has this season been?
You got a lot of people using it?
- Yeah, so it's actually been really,
we're proud to say we have 100% adoption rate.
So once we meet with an athlete,
introduce the product to them, they incorporate it.
Some guys just for travel cause this is
a properly graduated compression garment.
So guys that are on the road, especially baseball,
sitting on a plane.
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You've got 70% of your blood is beneath your heart.
You're working against gravity.
You've got to get all of that blood that's pooling
back to your heart to get oxygen delivered
and redistributed to your muscles.
That's how you recover.
But, typically, people who don't have
compression products that actually work
'cause a lot of the stuff in the marketplace
is not designed to actually perform for you.
But yeah, so it is a different experience,
and obviously, probably not going to try it on today,
but I'll text you some other information
if you have a specific question.
- And Leonard you do what everybody else does?
Just like ice packs and shit?
- Yeah man, like you said, if we do want
to do a specific area like my quad
or something like that, we end up wrapping it
with all these bandages and stuff and I'm limping
to my car 'cause it's so hard to walk with it.
You know what I mean?
So that definitely makes a lot of sense.
And then we tried that compression type of thing
for traveling one time in college before
because we're on flights for so long
we tried these compression pants.
- That USC budget.
(group laughing)
- The school gave it to you?
- Yeah the school gave it to us yeah.
So I weren't able to keep them.
We just did it when we traveled.
- Just when you traveled?
- Yeah.
- And you liked that?
- Yeah I liked it.
So it would definitely help like being able to travel
since I'm gonna be sitting there for so long anyways.
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- [Announcer] Pressure's coming on Allen.
Fires into the back in the end zone!
Touchdown Panthers it's Curtis Samuel!
- [Announcer] Daniel with the fake.
Robertson touchdown!
- [Announcer] Rodgers the other way from the end zone.
Touchdown Geronimo Allison!
- [Announcer] Fumble it was recovered
by Jalen Reeves-Maybin.
So back-to-back weeks as you noted, big plays by Agnew.
- So Keith Smith is one of our clients.
He plays fullback for the Atlanta Falcons
and he is somebody who I just love riffing with.
He always has ideas and, one idea in particular,
we were really excited to bring to life
and help Keith see his vision through.
And you know what, I'm particularly happy about
with what Keith has done here it's just done so well
because of how much he cares, how authentic it is to him
and how he's also gotten other fullbacks involved.
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♪ Yeah, I know that I'm winnin' ♪
♪ I'm winnin', I'm winnin', I'm winnin', wow ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, uh, I know that I'm winnin' I'm winnin' ♪
♪ I'm winnin', I'm winnin', yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm rare, I'm rare, I'm rare ♪
♪ That shit hard I'm rare ♪
- Going into my third year in the league
I was taking it very serious
so I changed the way I was training
and where I was putting my energy.
I was focusing everything, it was on football,
perfecting my craft.
So I went back to the basics as far as training.
I was focused on balance, stability, core training.
Everything like that instead of lifting heavy.
As far as like mental and knowledge for the game,
I started meeting with my coach more,
going over plays, spending extra time
just showing how committed I really was.
I was ready for that opportunity I had in front of me.
So going in to the first day of camp I was excited.
One on ones, didn't have any team peers or anything.
Ended up getting hurt and it was just
very, very disappointing and I just
didn't understand why at the time.
Come to find out it was a blessing in disguise.
It gave me more time to really focus
on what I wanted to do outside of football
as far as starting an athletic apparel line
and opening a gym with my boy Robby.
So the name of the brand is Rectifyd.
This is our logo.
We went to L.A. and we met with a lot of manufacturers
and a lot of people that could help us with marketing,
building our own website and just doing the whole thing.
So that's what I have been working on now.
And, after this, we're also planning on
opening a gym called Rectifyd Fitness.
So this little six month period
I'm taking my time and energy and putting it
elsewhere instead of being depressed
and moping around and not using my time wisely.
That's something that I would just encourage
people to do if they have to face adversity.
And that's what Vayner Sports is all about.
That's something that Gary and A.J. preach a lot
is just the athletes being successful
off the field as well and using their platform
to be marketable and just take advantage
of being in the NFL and using your platform
to the best of your abilities.
- So ESPYS is kinda like the Grammy's or Oscars for sports.
It's in July every year.
And it's just a great opportunity for us
to get our guys together in L.A.
and just have a really good time.
Maybe sometimes clients haven't met yet
and we always have a good time out there.
Just throw one of our own parties.
It's just a rare opportunity before training camp
and a great blend of entrepreneurs,
Hollywood music and sports.
- When I hear the question "What's next?"
the reality is it's a framework of being ready
to move on something tomorrow if that email comes in
or that dinner happens and it seem right.
So I think of myself far more as a counter puncher
or a halftime adjustments head coach
than the one that works all week or plans.
I have one business objective, to buy the New York Jets.
When I consume information opportunities
if I feel like that can advance it,
whether it's financial like a big investment
or starting a company or whether it's just
optically like the Topps deal is a money loser
from what I'm getting from Topps,
but it continues to penetrate me
into the sports consciousness
which gives me leverage in the long term.
So some of it's brand, some of it's dollars.
But what's next is the continuation of a framework
that allows me to respond quickly to an opportunity
that I think is viable.
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