Football Rising to the Challenge: The Transition from College to Pro

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006 - 366 lappuses
FOOTBALL Rising to the Challenge will help college football and rookie football players who are considering a career in the pros prepare for certain challenges and learn to overcome them. It includes advice on financial career aspects; agent issues; mental and emotional preparation; dealing with the media; balancing personal goals with team interests; and endorsement deals. This volume has forty-seven original essays written by more than thirty-five well-known professional athletes, college and professional coaches, NFL team and league administrators, agents, lawyers, and others who have experience in the field.

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The Business of Professional Football
17
The NFL Players Association
39
Dealing with the Financial Aspects of a Career in Football
50
Sports Agents and Financial
71
The Need for Professional Representation
79
Strategies for Selecting an Agent
88
Make Your Agent Earn Your Trust
105
Strategies Agents Employ and Selecting the Representative Best for You
111
What a Team Looks for in Scouting and Selecting Players
192
Form Good Relationships with Coaches and Trainers
198
Significant Differences Between College and Professional Football and How
211
Money Concerns and Selecting Representation
221
The Big Picture
229
My Journey to the NFL
250
Be Prepared the Day You Walk into Minicamp
258
Study Hard and Learn the Mental Game
260

Moving from College to
117
Choices in the Final Collegiate Season and Survival in the Pros
124
A Realistic View of Talent Perseverance
137
What Is It and How Important Is It?
149
Overcome
155
Take Advantage of Every Opportunity Particularly by Getting an Education
161
Be Realistic About Your Talents and Be Humble
186
Balancing Personal Goals with Team Interests
267
Player Endorsements and
275
The Anatomy of an Athletic Shoe Endorsement Deal
309
Life During
337
The Canadian Football League
351
The Differences Between the NFL and the Canadian Game
358
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