Jon Halapio can remember a time not so long ago when he was playing for the Boston Brawlers and had to bring his own equipment to games and practice. It was 2014.
“It was two levels below semi-pro football,” Halapio told The Post on Wednesday. “It was a struggle. We had to bring our own tape, our own gloves and everything. High schools are better equipped than what we had. You really had to do a lot of self-talk to keep going to practice every day because it was hard.