Super Bowl: Emotional Jason Bell praises Osi Umenyiora for ‘changing lives’ with NFL Africa work

Emotional Jason Bell praises Osi Umenyiora for NFL Africa work: 'Changing lives'ITV

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00:00 Congratulations mate, to be involved in that program is extraordinary and I know it's very emotional for all of you because

00:05 It's changing lives. It's changing lives around the world, but particularly in a place that means an awful lot to you. Tell us more about it

00:12 Don't do this Jason. I can't stop crying

00:16 Tell us why. I remember when he made a call and said he was gonna do this

00:21 And he has and it's changed so many lives and I'm just so proud of him. I

00:26 Saw how hard he worked. He's worked so hard at this. He's given so much of his time, his money, so much effort to this

00:33 It means so much to so many people and he does it

00:35 Heartlessly, he doesn't expect anything and now the world gets to see it was all him man. I just I can't, it's overwhelming

00:44 It is overwhelming and it's a beautiful thing and you speak with such passion about it all the time Osi

00:49 How many players from Africa, from Nigeria are in the league now? Many of you brought through

00:56 There's a lot but

00:58 We need more, we need more and I'm

01:04 Really glad that the NFL has backed this initiative. There's a lot of people who need this

01:09 There's a lot of incredible athletes over there and across the world who need this opportunity

01:14 And this is just so incredible to see all the hard work and all the people who

01:19 have backed this from the beginning. Jason was the one of the first people who I told the idea and

01:24 He's seen the entire thing happen. There's so many people behind this who have made this work. FA, you've been around

01:29 You're part of the international player pathway. You're also from Africa. It's just it's a lot going on right now