On May 31, 2000, Survivor premiered on American televisions, changing the landscape of TV programming, and instituting a new reality TV show era in pop culture. The 34th season of the show, Survivor: Game Changers, finished Wednesday night, and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Brad Culpepper was one of the final six players in the game.
Pro athletes on Survivor isn’t anything new, dating all the way back to the show’s 11th season, Survivor: Guatemala, when former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Gary Hogeboom competed in the reality show.