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I got to thinking about how Neil and Andrew will be retired in their mid-thirties, early-fourties at their latest (although as a striker counting on speed I can’t imagine Neil hits 40 in that position), and how mind-blowing that is to be so young and done with their careeers, and what are they going to do with all of that time on their hands???

Then I got to thinking about how much that deal with the Moriyama’s could mess with the decisions Neil makes about his career. He can’t just retire when he wants. He has to be useful to them. Imagine the sports commentary about how Neil should have retired years ago and yet keeps playing, etc.

And in a moment of panic, I wondered how Neil was going to be useful to the Moriyamas after he retired. Or would they take him out as a liability?

But then I remembered he has Andrew, who is smart enough to make sure he makes the right endorsement deals, participates in the right advertising campaigns, and makes public appearances for the Moriyamas’ benefit. 

Now I can sleep better at night.

But Neil is a restless guy. What’s he going to do for the rest of his life? I really, really want to see him in an ESPN commentator position. We know he can’t keep his mouth shut, but Neil Josten-Minyard attracts thousands of new fans to exy with his scathing bullshit. Even people who hate sports tune in for things when he’s involved. Everybody loves him. He’s one of those celebrities you see everywhere just because he’s a huge entertaining drama factory. He narrates the Rose Parade before the exy Rose Bowl and it’s everybody’s favorite New Year’s for years to come. He gets bored of the floats and talks about his cats until they have to cut to another anchor.  Fuck, maybe he becomes a much adored actor and internet presence Dwayne the Rock Johnson style and the best part is he has no fucking clue. He thinks all these people are getting into exy because they finally came around to the best game in the world, not because gifs of him ripping some jackass apart on live television have made the rounds on every social media website ever invented and the words that come out of his face are a meme on par with Gordon Ramsey, who himself is a fan and got Neil’s signature for his kid. 

Andrew is fucking delighted to give him a push in any direction that will cause the most excitement. The ESPN gig is even better than those Japanese commercials where Neil had to sing about squid.