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>>> FROM THE END ZONE TO THE 
BOARD ROOM, THAT'S THE PATH OF 
OUR NEXT GUEST.
JOINING US IS FORMER SUPER BOWL 
WINNER AND SIDE RECEIVER PHIL 
McCONKY.
THE BROKER STAFF IS STAFFED BY 
POST-MILITARY 9/11 VETERANS, 
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
>> BECKY, IT'S MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> I KNEW YOU AS THE FORMER 
GIANT SUPERSTAR, WHAT I DID NOT 
REALIZE IS THE LAST DECADE ON 
WALL STREET.
YOU ARE A MILITARY VETERAN, NOT 
JUST A MILITARY VETERAN.
YOU WERE A NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
TRANSSHIPMENT PILOT.
IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDE VARYING 
BACKGROUNDS I HAVE SEEN FROM 
ANYONE, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT 
FOOTBALL THAT LED YOU INTO THE 
SECURITY INDUSTRY AND ARE THERE 
SKILL SETS THAT MATCH UP IN BOTH
THOSE INDUSTRIES?
>> THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO 
CORRECT YOU ON, BECKY, I WAS NOT
A SUPERSTAR, I WAS A ROLE 
PLAYER.
I WAS A SUPERSTAR, I WASN'T ONE 
OF THEM.
THERE WAS A CONNECTION.
>> SUPER BOWL 101. 
>> I HAD A GOOD DAY, A LONG TIME
AGO.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
MILITARY, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECURITY 
INDUSTRY THE COMMON DETOM NATOR,
IT IS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE 
ENVIRONMENT.
SO ALL THE SKILLS THAT I LEARNED
AND THAT I PRACTICED IN MY FIRST
TWO CAREERS REALLY APPLY HERE IN
THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND 
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING FOR 
VETERAN TO THE FILL EVERY ROLE 
WITHIN OUR COMPANY AT ACADEMY 
SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES 
INDUSTRY IN CORPORATION AMERICA 
ON THE WHOLE ARE DOING THE SAME 
THING, TRYING TO REPLENISH THEIR
WORK FORCE WITH HIGHLY TRAINED, 
HIGHLY MOTIVATED, INCREDIBLE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING 
FROM THE MILITARY TO CIVILIAN 
LIFE. 
>> WHAT IS IT FROM THE MILITARY 
THAT MAKES THEM SO WELL SUITED 
FOR THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY?
>> WELL, THINK ABOUT IT.
IN THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY, ARE 
YOU PICKING STOCKS, MAKING SALES
CALLS, ORGANIZING.
YOU HAVE TEAMS YOU HAVE TO GET 
IN PLACE.
WHO BETTER TO EXECUTE THAT 
BUSINESS PLAN THAN PEOPLE THAT 
HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR THAT OVER 
THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
THEY ARE DOING IT WHILE THEY ARE
EVADING LANDMINES, BEING SHOT AT
T. STRESS THEY ARE UNDER.
THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER 
THOSE INCREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES, 
WE THINK, MAKE THEM VERY SUITED 
NOT ONLY FOR ACADEMY BUT J.P. 
MOGEN OUR MENTOR, THEY ARE 
SUITED FOR CNBC.
THEY CAN MAKE ANY ORGANIZATION 
BETTER BUS OF WHAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH.
THIS MILITARY WE HAVE NOW IS 
DIFFERENT THAN I WAS IN A 
GENERATION AGO.
IT'S HIGHLY TECHNICAL.
THEY HAVE TO PERFORM UNDER 
STRESS.
THEY GOT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
WITH THEM COMING BACK INTO THE 
WORK FORCE, WE ARE ALL POSITIVE,
OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AS
VETERANS, WHEN YOU SEE THESE 
PEOPLE, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, 
COME BACK INTO THE LONG HAUCHL 
WE TALK ABOUT THE MARKET, THE 
SHORT TERM THE 94 TERM.
THE MARKET WITH THE ASSIMILATION
OF THESE KIND OF PEOPLE, IT CAN 
ONLY BODE WELL FOR US AS A 
COUNTRY AND OUR MARKS AND OUR 
ECONOMY.
THE THING YOU GOT TO REMEMBER 
ABOUT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE THAT 
ARE COMING BACK RIGHT NOW, THEY 
JOINED THE MILITARY AFTER WE 
WERE ATTACKED ON 9-11, AFTER THE
WAR IN AFGHANISTAN STARTED.
AFTER THE WAR IN IRAQ STARTED.
THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO 
KNOW ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND 
THEIR CHARACTER.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DOUBTS ABOUT 
WHERE WE ARE GOING AS A COUNTRY.
GO MEET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
BETTER YET, HIRE SOME OF THESE 
PEOPLE, CHANGE THE CULTURE OF 
YOUR COMPANY WITHIN. 
>> YOU MAKE EXCELLENT POINTS.
I HEARD THE SAME POINTS BROUGHT 
UP BY J.P. MORGAN, WHERE THEY 
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE 
THINGS.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY 
IS IT VETERAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT 
LEVELS RUN TWICE THE NATIONAL 
AVERAGE IS. 
>> IT IS RUNNING TWICE.
WHATEVER NUMBER YOU LOOK AT, 
IT'S AN UGLY NUMBER.
PEOPLE ARE DOING, THE PUBLIC 
SECTOR ARE REACHING OUT, TRYING 
TO ATTRACT THESE KIND OF 
VETERANS TO THEIRENTTIES.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS FOR THE 
VETERANS THEMSELVES, THE STILS 
SKILLS THEY LEARNED, THE PROBLEM
SOLVING, THE DISCIPLINE, THE 
TEAM WORK, THE LEADERSHIP VLGS 
FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE
SKILLS AND TRAITS DO TRANSLATE 
INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INTO 
CORPORATE AMERICA.
EVEN ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL, 
GETTING THEM UNDERSTANDING.
HELPING THEM, TRAINING THEM.
J.P. MORGAN, WHO IS OUR MENTOR 
PROPERTY JAY PROGRAM.
MATT ZANES AT THE COO OF J.P. 
MORGAN.
THEY GOT PROGRAMS THERE TO HELP 
THESE PEOPLE UNDZ UNDERSTAND HOW
THEY FIT INTO CORPORATE AMERICA.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, BECKY, 
GETTING THE CORPORATIONS TO 
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE GREAT 
PEOPLE CAN ENHANCE AND GIVE THEM
THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
AS A FORMER ATHLETE, I HAVE BEEN
HIRED SO MANY TIMES TO GO TALK 
TO THEIR PEOPLE, TALK TO THEIR 
MANAGEMENT ABOUT LEADERSHIP, 
ABOUT TEAMWORK.
WHO BETTER TO EXPLAIN THAT AND 
BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE SKILLS AND
CHANGE A COMPANY FROM WITHIN 
THAN A MILITARY VETERAN. 
>> HEY, PHIL, IT'S BEN WHITE 
FROM POLITICO HERE.
I'M A HUGE RED SKINS, YOU DROVE 
ME NUTS GOING OVER THE MIDDLE.
BUT A QUESTION FOR YOU IN TERMS 
OF MATCHING UP THE SKILLS WITH 
THESE VETERANS WITH WALL STREET 
FIRMS, THERE IS A LOT OF 
PROGRAMS ON WALL STREET, BOOT 
CAMP THAT'S GET POST-COLLEGIATE 
FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW THE INNS 
AND OUTS OF THE MARKET, BUT HAVE
LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
IS THERE A WAY TO FUNNEL THEM 
INTO TRAINING PROGRAMS TO SKILL 
THEM UP WITH THE THINGS THEY 
MIGHT NOT KNOW EVEN THOUGH THEY 
HAVE THOSE LEADERSHIP AND 
MANAGERIAL SKILLS?
>> YEAH, THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS
RIGHT NOW.
ACADEMY, WE'RE A SMALL COMPANY, 
HOPE TO BE BIG AS WE GO FORWARD.
OUR GROWTH IS VERY RAPID RIGHT 
NOW.
WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP TRAIN 
THESE PEOPLE.
WE CAN ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE 
BARELY MOVE THE NEEDLE.
WE ARE ACTING AS A CONDUIT TO 
SOMETHING BIGGER, J.P. MORGAN 
HAVE A 100,000 JOBS MISSION TO 
TRAIN AND HIRE VETERANS AND YOU 
ARE STARTING TO SEE THIS 
THROUGHOUT CORPORATE AMERICA 
WHERE LARGE CORPORATIONS ARE 
STARTING PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO 
THAT AND YOU GO DOWN TO THE 
GRASS ROOTS LEVEL, ROGER 
STALBACK, MY HERO AND LEGEND IN 
DALLAS HAS HIS OWN ENTITY HE 
STARTED TO HELP TRAIN AND HIRE 
VETERANS.
SO YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE A LOT
MORE OF THIS IN OUR COUNTRY 
RIGHT NOW T. RECEPTION IS 
TREMENDOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU 
COMPARE IT TO THE LAST COUPLE 
WARS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM AND 
KOREA.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
GREATEST GENERATION EVER, WHAT 
THEY DID AFTER WORLD WAR II, 
SAVING US FROM TYRANNY, 
PROVIDING US GREAT FREERNLGSD 
COMING BACK, RISING TO LEVELS 
UNSEEN IN THE CIVILIZED WORLD.
WE BELIEVE THESE RETURNING 58 
VETERANS WILL HAVE THAT ABILITY.
OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT. 
>> TO ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION 
WHEN YOU ARE HERE, THERE HAS 
BEEN SO MUCH FOCUSED ON THE 
CONCUSSIONS FROM FOOTBALL 
PLAYERS.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THIS?
YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO 
DO TO CHANGE THE GAME TO PROTECT
OUR CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR?
>> YEAH.
I ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THE NFL
THE FINDING WAYS TO PROTECT THE 
DID FROM HEAD INJURYS FROM 
CONCUSSIONS.
IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I JUST FEEL AWFUL FOR THE GUYS 
THAT I PLAYED WITH, THE GUYS 
BEFORE ME AND AFTER, THE GUYS 
THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF 
CONCUSSION, LAWSUITS OUT THERE.
I'M NOT A MEMBER OF ANY OF THOSE
SUITS RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH IN MY
OWN HEAD, HOW DO I BEST SUPPORT 
MY COLLEAGUES, THE GUYS THAT ARE
REALLY SUFFERING.
DOES IT HELP IF I'M A MEMBER OF 
A LAWSUIT OR NOT.
I GUYS 
SUFFERING AND THEY NEED REAL 
HELP RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN.
THE LEAGUE, I THINK, IS DOING A 
GOOD JOB WITH IT.
BUT IT IS A VIOLENT GAME.
A VERY VIOLENT GAME.
SO, HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE TWO, 
PROTECT PLAYERS AND HAVE THIS 
EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PRODUCT 
THAT MAY BE THE MOST POPULAR 
SPORT IN OUR COUNTRY?
>> WELL, PHIL, WE WANT TO THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING 
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING 
WITH VETERANS AND WE HOPE WE GET
TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECKY.
APPRECIATE IT. 
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