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Carl
Weathers
The
world
lost
an
icon
in
Carl
Weathers
last
week,
but
fans
will
still
see
the
late
actor
one
last
time,
thanks
to
a
FanDuel
Super
Bowl
commercial.
Spotted
on
Variety,
FanDuel
says
it
will
still
air
the
Super
Bowl
spot
featuring
Carl
Weathers.
Leading
up
to
this
weekend’s
big
game
between
the
Kansas
City
Chiefs
and
San
Francisco
49ers,
the
sports
betting
company
has
been
airing
teasers
for
its
big
game
spot
that
stars
Weathers
alongside
retired
NFL
tight
end
Rob
Gronkowski.
The
teasers
follow
the
NFL
champion
as
he
gears
up
for
the
Kick
of
Destiny
2,
where
viewers
can
watch
him
attempt
to
make
a
25-yard
field
goal,
and
America
can
bet
on
if
he
either
misses
or
makes
it.
Last
year,
Gronkowski
missed
the
kick,
but
in
the
teasers,
he
gets
some
encouragement
from
Weathers
in
the
teaser
where
he
scoops
up
the
NFL
analyst
on
a
motorcycle
with
a
sidecar.
Some
Changes
To
Commercial
Will
Be
Made
Variety
reports
that
after
initially
saying
it
would
make
adjustments
to
the
commercial,
FanDuel
says
it
will
run
the
ads
and
make
some
changes
so
that
it
will
be
appropriate.
“The
family
has
been
very
supportive
that
they
would
still
like
to
see
Carl
in
the
work,”
Andrew
Sneyd,
FanDuel’s
executive
vice
president
of
marketing,
said
after
consulting
with
Weather’s
family.
Sneyd
continues,
“We
need
to
change
what
we
are
doing
in
the
Bowl.
The
live
event
itself
carries
forward
and
as
is.
Rob
will
kick
the
field
goal,
and
he
will
be
even
more
inspired
to
make
it.
He
really
enjoyed
meeting
Carl
and
found
him
to
be
such
an
optimistic
and
energetic
person.”
“We
had
built
a
master.
One
is
an
edit
if
he
makes
the
kick,
and
we
have
an
edit
if
he
misses.
That
content
we
had
in
those
masters
wouldn’t
be
appropriate
for
us
to
do
anymore,”
Sneyd
adds.
“Since
the
news
of
Carl’s
passing
came,
we
have
been
working
with
editors
to
help
us
get
back
to
something
that
does
make
sense.”
FanDuel,
he
adds,
is
in
contact
with
Weathers’
family
“to
make
sure
they
are
comfortable.”
He
continues,
“Such
work
has
been
difficult.
We
have
been
viewing
edits
through
tears.
We
really
enjoyed
the
short
time
we
had
to
work
with
him.
He’s
a
wonderful
man,
and
he
genuinely
is
an
inspiration
and
had
such
a
positive
outlook
on
the
world.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
try
to
meet
this
moment
with
the
respect
it
deserves.”
