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ATLANTA (AP) — Retired Dallas Cowboys safety Dextor Clinkscale gets a chance each year to re-experience the camaraderie of playing in the NFL when the Super Bowl Gospel Choir convenes to perform in the city hosting the league’s marquee game.The choir provides about 60 players — mostly retired and a couple of current ones — a different type of team atmosphere Diontae Johnson Jersey , one that combines a love of gospel music and pro football.During rehearsal at the annual reunion , this time for Thursday night’s performance in the 20th Super Bowl Gospel Celebration at Atlanta Symphony Hall, Clinkscale said he felt his spirit being rekindled in the same way it does each year.“It is part of the electricity and … the power of it,” Clinkscale said Wednesday evening. “It moves through everything, and I think that’s a big reason why so many of the guys come. You see some guys that you didn’t even realize were on a roster, but the spirit of the Lord brings us together, and it just happens.”Max Garcia, a Denver offensive lineman, and New Orleans receiver Austin Carr are two active players in the choir. Former stars such as Tim Brown, Emmitt Smith and Matt Forte and current stars Larry Fitzgerald and Russell Wilson are listed as presenters or honorees.Carr grew up singing in the church and got the itch to perform after visiting Broadway in high school. He started acting, playing piano and taking vocal training. He performed with the Super Bowl choir last year Justin Layne Jersey , but is not this year.He said he joined the choir because “I love to sing. I love God. It was just this opportunity to get involved.”The NFL-sanctioned choir will perform two songs at the sold-out event that’s being televised on BET Saturday. The event also will feature performances by Kirk Franklin, Koryn Hawthorne, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and The Winans.For Orlick Johnson, a former linebacker who played parts of two seasons and ended his career in 2000, the choir is a means for players to minister to each other.“This career can be over in three years, sometimes less,” Johnson said. “Can you make a lot of money in three years? Of course you can. Can you be a millionaire in three years? Of course you can, but can you make that money and lose it all? Yes, you can.“And can you make a lot of money and destroy your life? Yes, you can, but we want to that guiding light for each other and we always can learn something from each other.”Longtime choir director Myron Butler Benny Snell Jr. Jersey , a gospel star who’s recorded five albums with Motown, said anyone with NFL experience is welcome.“Just to have played in the NFL,” Butler said is all the qualification a player needs “and I do the rest.”The group will perform “I’ll Make It,” with songwriter Hezekiah Walker, and “Jesus Can Work It Out,” written by Dr. Charles Hayes and the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer.“You want something that’s high energy,” Butler said. “You want something that displays their ability and you want something they can have fun with. I try to find music to accomplish those goals.”The Broncos’ Garcia, who is performing this year, found out about the choir from a teammate and was put in touch with Johnson.It was an easy decision for the 6-foot-4, 309-pound guard, who writes poetry Zach Gentry Jersey , sings his own songs and performs karaoke nearly every Monday night in Denver. He has deep Christian faith and a love for the arts.“You get to express yourself,” Garcia said. “I like to dance, sing, I like to draw. Any way I express what I’m feeling inside I think it’s necessary. I think it’s healthy, especially what’s going on with our mental health issue in America. I think it’s important for someone to find an outlet they enjoy doing. Singing is definitely one of mine.”Johnson will never forgot how veteran players helped him adjust to the NFL by keeping their faith first.“Either the first or second year, I was part of an organization called CAUSE — Christian athletes used for spiritual empowerment,” the former linebacker said. “That was started with Reggie White and Cris Carter and Randall Cunningham. Those guys, my rookie year, they just took me in as a Christian. They showed me the ropes and let me know I wasn’t alone.”He still isn’t.As Johnson headed back to rehearsal, he had some new friends to meet.“It’s about that revolving door,” he said. “There are always different cities Nick Bosa Jersey , there are always different people. There’s always people that can’t make it. Life happens, but we want a revolving door of encouraging people.” Panthers owner David Tepper has been talking about bringing an MLS team to Charlotte since before he was the Panthers owner.Now he’s going to get his chance to make his pitch directly to MLS.According to Brian Straus of SI.com, Tepper’s group is expected to meet with the domestic soccer league’s expansion committee (which includes familiar NFL faces Jonathan Kraft and Arthur Blank) in mid-July.“We’ve had a lot of engagement already,” Panthers team president Tom Glick said. “We’ve been consulting with them and doing our homework here, and we’re now in a position to say that this is going to work incredibly well and we can play earlier or later to best suit their needs. We’ll be meeting with the commissioner and perhaps the expansion committee very soon.”Competing groups from Sacramento and St. Louis are scheduled to meet with the expansion committee the week of July 15, before the league’s board of governors meets for the All-Star Game in Orlando. Unless the expansion committee plans to gather more than once, it makes sense that the Charlotte presentation will be made then as well.While MLS has long preferred soccer-specific stadiums, the Panthers can offer Bank of America Stadium without waiting for construction. They’ll be renovating the place soon anyway, and have sent out surveys to locals regarding soccer-specific seating options.While MLS might like a smaller building that doesn’t need tarps, they might also enjoy having someone in their club who is already the richest single owner in the NFL.And Tepper is clearly not one to dawdle. When he was in the process of buying the Panthers, he threatened to pull out of that bidding in mid-stream L.J. Collier Jersey , only to be approved for the sale despite offering Jerry Richardson the lowest bid of the finalists.By having a building ready to go, and cash on hand, he could put a team on the field as soon as 2021.“We’re in their hands on the process. We will now be emphasizing that we are turn-key,” Glick said.Glick was hired by Tepper in part because of his familiarity with the soccer industry, having worked for Manchester City as they became one of the biggest brands in world sport.The Panthers also just put nearly 60,000 fans in Bank of America Stadium for Gold Cup games Sunday (between Mexico-Martinique and Canada-Cuba), suggesting the market is ready to support the team, whenever MLS is ready.Tepper clearly is, and has been for some time.