Not for Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete

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The NFL is the most well liked professional sports league in america. Its athletes receive multimillion-dollar contracts and almost endless media attention. The league’s most important game, the Super Bowl, is practically a national holiday. Making it to the NFL, on the other hand, is not about the promised land of fame and fortune. Robert W. Turner II draws on his personal experience as a former professional football player in addition to interviews with more than 120 current and former NFL players to reveal what it means to be an athlete in the NFL and give an explanation for why such a lot of players struggle with life after football.

Without guaranteed contracts, the majority of players are forced out of the league after a couple of seasons. Over three-quarters of retirees experience bankruptcy or financial ruin, two-thirds live with chronic pain, and too many find themselves on the incorrect side of the law. Robert W. Turner II argues that the fall from grace of such a lot of players is no accident. The NFL, he contends, powerfully determines their experiences out and in of the league. The labor agreement provides little job security and few health and retirement benefits, and the owners refuse to share power with the players, making change difficult. And the process of becoming an elite football player–from high school to college and through the pros–leaves athletes with few marketable skills and little preparation for their first Sunday off the field.

With compassion and objectivity, Not for Long reveals the life and mind of highschool, college, and NFL athletes, shedding light on what might best help players transition successfully out of the sport.

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