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Till I'm, like, your age.

- [laughing] That's cold.

- [Vince] My bad for being late.

- Did it all go down without me?

- [Gaines] I worked him out pretty hard.

- Nice to meet you, Vince.

- Pretty hard?

- [both chuckle]

- Is he onboard?

See? I told you those highlights

would get the word out. Hmm?

Byron and I talked broad strokes,

but we have details to hammer out.

[Gaines] Sounds good. Byron's right.

You're tall.

- What are you, 6'4"?

- And a half.

- You were a player, too, right?

- [Vince] Three sports.

Yeah, I was all about football.

Wideout.

Well, tight end after I hit my spurt.

I was shorter than him at his age.

Man, he's gonna be tall.

His mama's tall, too.

- That's good. I can't wait to meet her.

- It's gonna be three on one, right?

- Ma won't let me go.

- Don't worry. She's not my first mom.

You ain't her first coach.

[laughing]

All we need is a good game plan.

I can set you up,

but you have to knock it down.

Because the only person

she can't say no to... is you.

You got this?

[Gaines] We're offering your son

a full-ride scholarship,

including room and board.

Liberty's never offered this

to someone so young.

That's how much we believe

in his potential.

Your school is called Liberty?

This says it's...

Liberty Prep is connected to Bishop

Anthony, an elite country day school

that sends its students

to the finest universities.

They prepare him academically,

we prepare for the next level

athletically.

It really is the best of both worlds.

So, Liberty is a high school team.

But Terron is only 14.

He's already playing up.

He's gonna live with older students?

[Gaines] He'll live and train

with the team.

But he'll study with students his own age

at Bishop Anthony.

- [Nia] How far away is this school?

- Just over the state line.

Thanks for the offer.

We'll discuss it as a family.

[Gaines] I understand.

Unfortunately, there is a timing element.

I'm on my way to a tournament

and a player is ready to accept

the roster spot.

Nia, we cannot pass this up.

Is there anything I can do to help you

feel more comfortable with this decision?

If Terron goes to your school, he'd be

one of the smartest kids on your team...

but he also has a condition, dyscalculia,

which is a kind of number blindness.

He told me about it.

He did?

Ma, you think things are getting better?

They will get better.

We need to work harder.

You think I ain't trying?

It's like a... Like another language.

I feel so stupid.

But what else can we do

we ain't been doing?

I mean, like, at his school,

they have learning specialists, tutors.

They even got a whole, um...

What is it called?

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