A Huskies Health

Former UConn Football Star, host of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy, Mental Health Advocate, Champion for Father rights, Chris Bellamy is here for A Huskies Health. We talk about athletes who want to get help, and who to approach. Many kids commented asking questions about who they should be going to if they have mental health issues. Chris does a phenomenal job as always giving out advice. Check out this great episode

Former UConn football star, mental health advocate, and host of All Black Men Need Therapy — Chris Bellamy — for a raw discussion on mental health in college football. 
In this Episode we discuss:
• Brendan Sorsby update: The Texas Tech QB drops his NCAA lawsuit, tries the rare NFL Supplemental Draft… and gets denied. What’s next for him?
• The new 5-for-5 eligibility rule is official — athletes now get a full 5 seasons. But for 2026, athletes are being denied because the policy doesn’t begin until 2027.
• Plus, insights on mental health for athletes, leadership, responsibilities for Captains, and the evolving landscape of college sports.
Tough talks, real talk, and Huskies perspective you don’t want to miss. 🔥
Drop your thoughts below 👇 Should Sorsby head to Canada or stay at Texas Tech?
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Former UConn Football Star, Host of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy, Mental Health Advocate, Champion for Fathers rights, Chris Bellamy returns. We explore how athletes can be ready for when their careers come to an end. Regardless of that being in college or professionally, it is still a huge way we identify ourselves. Not being a football, basketball, gymnast, swimmer, softball player anymore can be a major hurdle to overcome. All our lives, we have seen, our defined ourselves by a sport we competed in since childhood.

Chris said identity has many layers to it, not only in sports, having a plan before the time comes, can help people transition. He shared his own experience with finding his identity. A great athlete, Chris was a dynamic Running Back at UConn, he was so gifted, put up outstanding statistics, he pursued the NFL.

After college, while working out for teams, he found financial services, which checked off all the boxes he was looking for. A competitive job, where good money can be made and your performance incentives how much you will make. Chris started on this path when he was called to try out for a team in the CFL. Midway through, he questioned what he was doing. Chris had been chasing an NFL Dream for 2 years at this point. In the middle of the try out with Saskatchewan, Chris felt ready to move on, never looked back. Chris has a lot more to say on this topic, he believes to have an end game in mind while you are playing.

Find a career of interest, where your skillset matches. Feeling passion, enthusiasm, and happiness are important. Explore options , put together your next move, as athletes we all understand sports will end, and often it's not our choice.

Chris discusses how he can tell a difference from normal stress to heading towards depression. Not being a mental health counselor, in his opinion, self-awareness is critical. You know yourself best, feeling something is off, or out of character, can be signs of more going on. Stay proactive, see a professional, having awareness is powerful. If a problem exists, you are receiving help, staying on top of things. Not doing anything or waiting can cause symptoms to grow worse, making recovery longer.

We also discuss Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby having an injunction against the NCAA approved, allowing him to play this season. A judge in Texas ruled in his favor, however, the rest of the NCAA was furious. Recent developments show the NCAA filed suit in Federal court, saying the Big 12 Conference can govern themselves how they choose. Which changed Sorsby's course, he now dismissed his lawsuit and will enter the NFL Supplemental Draft on June 22nd

Former UConn Football Star, Host of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy, Mental Health Advocate, Champion for fathers rights, and a really great friend, Chris Bellamy is here for A Huskies Health.
I mentioned seeing my cousin for the first time in 20 years, she is a mental health counselor in college, I was shocked by the number of kids who seek treatment. Chris said this is great to hear for the most part and spoke about how much society has changed since we were in school. The internet is a gift and curse, students will go online or talk with a friend about problems. They learn buzz words without knowing the meaning, like social anxiety, being on the spectrum, they diagnose themselves.
Nobody heard of social anxiety, depression, and we talked about a huge struggle with identity. Chris always knew who he was as a person, football didn’t define him. He shared being indicted into New Britain’s Hall Of Fame, his hometown. Chris didn’t attend the ceremony, he focuses on his future. Too many of us look back on past glory days and don’t make progress.
Athletes can have tremendous identity problems after college. As Chris was explaining, I know I definitely did. Instantly, I played pro football, I jumped at even a small opportunity starting in the arena league because I didn’t have a clue who I was without this game. After, I coached in college right away. For a decade coaching college football, I have been impulsive, made more bad decisions than I can remember, Chris analyzing why athletes crumble from identity issues was compelling. I see football defined me as a person, I should have moved on sooner, I loved coaching but it may have been more damaging.
We finish on QB Brendan Sorsby ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA. This country, NCAA legalized gambling, a punishment without any tiers, this severe he said was wrong. A brilliant example Chris gave a great analogy about the crack epidemic in the 80s. Harsh, mandatory sentences were created. When the opioid epidemic hit, people were sent to treatment, not thrown in jail for years. Gambling is treated like being a crack addict. Only we legalized it!

My man, Former UConn Football star, Mental Health advocate, Champion for fathers' rights, host of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy, and now he can add another to the list, A Huskies Health, Chris Bellamy does it all.We all deal with struggles, setbacks, and questions came in about Brendan Soresby, Texas Tech QB who is under investigation for gambling, which could cost him his final year of eligibility. On Bloodlines and Betrayal with Dave Schuman, we broke down the case as well,I explain to Chris how I believe the NCAA is culpable and has to accept some responsibility here. Chris agreed, but he gave a deeper answer because it's not a simple situation,Without debating the fact that 18–19-year-olds don't even have a fully developed brain, this is a problem the NCAA brought on themselves. Chris agreed with what our I.C.O.N. Legendary Voice Of The Huskies Joe D'Ambrosio said, Iceberg, meet tip.Chris talked about how we can't watch a college or pro sports game without ads for draft kings or Fan Duel. The NCAA have sponsorship agreements with them because they saw dollar signs. Just like the rest of our country, gambling is legal in over 30 states. The argument for Sorsby being deemed ineligible is when he was a redshirt freshman at Indiana in 2022, he bet on his own team. Chris said the NCAA should not have legalized gambling at all. College athletes can bet, as long as it's not on their own sport.We discussed college athletes having access to mental health resources. Chris said he doesn't get into March Madness or do brackets because we had a great compliance department at UConn. Bill Shultz instilled in us it was against the rules, compliance stayed on top of things making sure we could play.Athletic Departments are businesses; kids go from school to school chasing money. Not everyone can play professionally. Chris knows a mental health crisis will arrive in 5 years when kids will enter the real world and be unprepared for life.You can call Chris, his team from All Black Men Need Therapy at 860-410-6160. They listen to you, your problems, and offer support. Anyone struggling can reach out

Former UConn Football Star, Champion for Fathers rights, mental health advocate Chris Bellamy is here for A Huskies Health. We talk about College athletes who continue receiving extra years of eligibly and the domino effect it will have. High school recruits are struggling because there are less scholarships available. Recruiting classes are smaller for them with everyone using the transfer portal. Top talent who would be snatched up 8 years ago will be reclassing, attending junior college or prep school in the hopes of being signed in the future. Others are playing at lower levels, trying to prove their worth and move up. Mental health for athletes will become a crisis. Kids want to stay in college longer because in most cases, they make more money than they would as an NFL rookie. Chris believes a storm is coming, when the money is gone, players who don't last in the NFL are not prepared for life.

Former UConn Football Star, mental health advocate, champion for fathers' rights, star of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy Chris Bellamy is back for A Huskies Health.
We talk about how the transfer portal is out of control, mental health issues will be running rampant. Parents, agents, are giving out bad guidance, only 38 percent of players who went into the portal were signed. The money is becoming more and more extravagant.
Chris predicts we are on the precipitous of a mental health crisis happening soon because most will not make the NFL. Along with struggling to get a college degree transferring so often. This has become way out of control.
Chris shares his own experiences coming to UConn, redshirting, not playing as much or soon as expected, which left him in a dark place. I have been there many times myself and we don't even think we are going through depression.
Kids who don't make it big will not know how hard you have to work in order to get a job, build a career, and move up the ladder for success. A great episode and Chris offer's outstanding insight into the near future.

A Huskies Health finally returns with new episodes. UConn Football Legend, mental health advocate, and champion for fathers' rights, star of the hit podcast All Black Men Need Therapy, Chris Bellamy is back. Chris has been doing incredibly well, traveling, having continued success. Tonight, we talk about the madness of the transfer portal, coaches being fired, and only 15 days for kids to find new homes. The NCAA changing rules and deadlines has made the portal remarkably worse.

A Huskies Health is back with Chris Bellamy, Former UConn Football star, now a mental health advocate and champion for father’s rights. We talk about the resources available at colleges for athletes struggling with mental health issues. Many are having trouble or long waits to be seen. We also look at CTE after the recent shooting in NYCChris understands the need for athletes to have access to mental health treatment and universities do not have enough staff to accommodate everyone. It is great that coaches are recognizing when their players are having problems off the field and are working to provide help. We received questions from viewers about kids having long waits to get into see a sports psychologist or therapist/clinician. If there isn't an opening for several weeks, most will decide it isn't worth going at all.Chris offered an excellent solution, which is how his hit podcast, All Black Men Need Therapy. After the George Floyd Execution, Chris and his friends were dealing with a lot of emotions, but not able to express them. His podcast became a platform that was a safe same for black men to share their feelings and open up. Chris believes something similar can happen at colleges with students or athletes. Forming small groups, talking, supporting each other, discussing issues or pain they are having mentally. Providing an outlet in a group setting, meet once a week or every two weeks, can do wonders because now people are starting conversations, discussions, and talking is the biggest step towards healing, We talk about the transfer portal and look back on the guys we played with at UConn who left that we literally never saw again. How difficult it must be for transfers to build relationships when they may be on a team for only a year. We finish by sharing some fun memories when we played together at UConn and meeting up on the 20th.

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