>> pamela poe: i'm his mom, of course i do. tell him he's got to have speed and get out of the way. ( laughter ) >> safer: two years ago, ms. poe sent her son from nashville to los angeles to live with the clarkson family. a lot of mothers are going to look at you and say, you know, "what gives with her?" i mean, the dangers of the game- - after all, it's only a game. and isn't it a bit excessive? >> pamela poe: this is a passion that m.c. has had. and when i have a child that had the opportunity to come out to california and train to develop himself into being a better quarterback, i do not feel that it was excessive because it was what... it was the right thing for m.c. >> safer: but what people might find excessive is you took him out of school and sent him to california to live with steve. >> pamela poe: m.c.'s a different child. here he is, 14 years old, left his family, his brothers, his friends, but he knew he wanted to do this. he was that driven, that's the kind of child m.c. is. >> safer: m.c. still trains with clarkso