Since he retired, Clay Matthews has spent a lot of time in the field, but not on the grill.
The legend of the Green Bay Packers is not only part of a legendary football family, but also raised a hunter and is also doing the same for his children.
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Matthews was one of the four NFL players nominated for the Colt Security Impact Award, designed to raise and amplify non -profit organizations that are promoting the envelope in the safety and education of firearms.
Green Bay Packers Clay Matthews, #52, is victorious during the game against the San Francisco 49ers in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on September 9, 2012. (John Biever /Sports Illustrated through Getty Images)
Matthews has backed the Childsafe project, a charity that, according to him, hits near home as the father of three children, all under 10 years.
“This was a natural adjustment to work with Colt to join something that means a lot to me, to give back and promote this firearms security education,” Matthews said in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital.
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“[Project ChildSafe does] Such a surprising job in this integral education, from providing free locks for firearms to real safes, working with the local police, was just an obvious … Project Child Safe really designated with me. “
Fans can vote for their favorite player until Friday in safetyimpactaward.com, and for each vote cast, Colt will donate $ 1 (up to $ 10,000) to the winner. In addition, if security occurs at the Super Bowl Lix, fans will have the opportunity to win $ 100,000.
“This is a competition after all, so I ask you to vote for my beneficial organization,” Matthews joked, since he faces Fletcher Cox, Joe Thomas and Adam Vinatieri.
The external supporter of the Green Bay Packers, Clay Matthews, #52, leaves the field after his game on Sunday, December 30, 2018 in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Red Mark Hoffman / USA Today)
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Matthews said his little 10 -year -old son wants to go hunting deer soon, while his 5 -year -old son “wants to sit blind for the turkey hunting season this next year.” Children also dress with “camouflage and orange Blaze” quite frequently, admits.
“People can guess what kind of family we are,” he joked.
However, with that comes a lot of responsibility, and Matthews gave advice to his fellow firearms owners about how to keep everyone safe.
“First it is having them locked at all times. My children from an early age have been raised around firearms, either hunting, recreational shots, tintineo, whatever, but understand that dad is in charge of that. I have a rein Loose.
The Green Bay Packers supporter, Clay Matthews, on the left, points to the MVP of the Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers, after giving him a championship belt after the victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Super Bowl XLV at the Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas, on February 6, 2011. (Use Today Network-Wis. Through Imagn Content Services, LLC)
“And only security attention, in reality, to know where the barrel is pointed out, with the trigger finger, things that seem easy for most arms owners, but when they are raising children to be in that Lifestyle to shoot firearms, you are just I have to teach and root at an early age.
“My father did a fantastic job with me. I know that I was the child, ‘Dad, can I see this? Can I see that?’ ‘No, no, no.
Before his deer hunting day, Matthews said he will take out his eldest son to practice, probably after a flag soccer game.
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“I was raised in southern California, so I didn’t have the opportunity to be in the field all the time, but I have always had this outdoor trip and firearms,” he said. “Then, for me, I love to share this with them.”
