Is There Life After Football? (49 page)

Alcohol

Aldridge, Lionel

ALS.
See
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Alzheimer's disease

American Dream

American Football League (AFL)

Amnesia

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Anderson, Donny

Anderson, Elijah

Annuity program

Anomia

Anomie

Anti-Defamation League

Arrington, Michael

Asomugha, Nnamdi

Athletes.
See
Student athletes

Athletes in Action

Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
study

Autograph signings

employment after football and

Autopsies

Ayanbadejo, Brendon

Baltimore Ravens

Band of brothers

Bankruptcy

Barber, Tiki

Bart Starr Award

Beale, Jillian

Beals, Alan

Behaviors, acceptable

Belcher, Jovan

Belotti, Mike

Benchmarking: bubble and

employment after football and

jobs as falling short with NFL salary

problematic

Benefits: health insurance

post-career

post-career disability

retirement plan

severance pay

Benson, Duane

Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retirement Plan

Best, Kevin

Billick, Brian

Black, William “Tank”

Blackburn, Andre

Black college players.
See
African Americans

Blake, Jeff

Blogs

Blumer, Herbert

Boyd, Brent

Bradshaw, Terry

Brady, Tom

Brain (head) injuries

Brandt, Andrew

Brees, Drew

Brody, Anita

Brooks, Derrick

Brown, Jerome

Brown, Jim

Brown, Tim

Bryant, Bear

Bubble

adulation and adoration of

being above laws when in

benchmarking and

either in or out of

employment sought with elements of

flamboyant nicknames in

going all in and

isolation and dependency in

livin' large in

locker room culture and

nature and diversity of game in

NFL player ethos instilled by

NFL players as living in

outside of

privileges of

serious challenges leaving

spoiled and loving it in

sports media careers and

structure and control

treatment as extraordinary in

wives managed lives in

wives outside of

Buddy culture

Bullying

Bush, Reggie

Butler, LeRoy

Butowsky, Ed

Byrd, Dennis

Caldwell, David

Camaraderie/friendships

locker room culture as workplace

locker room for

loyalty, masculinity and

as missed and lost post-career

Campbell, Earl

Canady, Walter

Cannon, Billy

Cap allotments

Career: average length of

Hollywood

injuries as ending

Koonce's

management of

Oriard's

players as not stagnating during.
See also
Employment after football; Media Careers; Post-career

Carter, Chris

Caruth, Rae

Caution

CBA.
See
Collective bargaining agreement

Celebrated self

Celebrity

Chapman, Hakeem

bad investment comments by

on employment success after football

field hits compared to car crashes

on self-discipline

Charitable foundations: former players livin' large running

NFL players and questionable

philanthropy and appearance fees for

Charity

Chicago Bears

Chicago Cardinals

Childhood aspirations

Child support

Chronic pain, injuries and

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

Cincinnati Bengals

Clabo, Tyson

Clemmer, Donald

Clothes Nazis

Coaching: as employment after football

high school

Koonce on

long hours and hard work of

media careers' aspects of

salaries and levels of

transition

visions and facts of high school

Coakley, Jay

Collateral consequences: of alcohol usage

of being burden to wives and family

drug abuse in

financial disasters as

functional disabilities as

to injuries

limited insurance windows as

Collective bargaining agreement (CBA)

College experience: academic support and

conveyor belt

elite student athletes'

financial support and

football as centerpiece in

Koonce's

Koonce's belief of football as diminishing

Koonce's schedules and

Oriard's

recruiting process

scholarships

special treatment during

student athletes' schedules and

time demands

Compensation

Concussions

definition and symptoms of

dementia and

injuries' crisis of

settlements and controversy of

unreported

Contracts, non-guaranteed

cost of living in NFL/expenses

extravagant spending

Koonce and

Contracts in NFL: average salary

compared to winning lottery

guaranteed payment

salary scale.
See also
Contracts, non-guaranteed

Conveyor belt, college experience

Cornwell, David

Corporate world

Cosell, Howard

Cost of living in NFL/expenses, non-guaranteed contracts

Crain, Kurt

Crime/criminal activities

cover ups and

NFL players involved in

white collar

Cromartie, Antonio

CTE.
See
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Cultural environment

Cultural-structural disjuncture

Culture.
See
Buddy culture; Culture shock; Locker room culture; Workplace culture

Culture shock: NFL players experiencing

personal bearings lost causing

post-career living and

transition troubles and

Curtis, Mike

Dallas Cowboys

Dampeer, Jesse

Daniels, Phillip

Data collection

Davis, Al

Davis, Stanley

Davis, Willie

Defensive back (DB)

Degrading slurs

Degree completion

Dementia

concussions and

injury and

Dental insurance

Denver Broncos

Department of Defense

Dependency.
See
Social isolation and dependency

Depression: injuries and

pain of

post-career

Detmer, Koy

Detmer, Ty

Dickerson, Eric

DiFonzo, Luigi

Director of Player Development (PD)

Disability

Disculturation

Disjuncture

Division I and II football scholarships

Divorce

Domestic distress

Dormitories

Dowler, Boyd

Drafts.
See
Military draft; NFL Draft

“The Dream”

African Americans and

feeling adrift without

football as centerpiece of college and

Koonce's focus and efforts for

NFL Draft and

as not consisting of money

pathway to

restrictions

sacrificing and

Dress codes

Drinking: Koonce and

livin' large with drugs and

Driver, Donald

Drugs

collateral consequences and abusing

drinking and

Toradol

Duerson, Dave

“Dumb jock” image

Dungy, Tony

Durkheim, Emile

East Carolina University (ECU)

Easterling, Ray

Ebaugh, H. R. F.

Economics

ECU.
See
East Carolina University

Education: difference of obtaining degree or

as employment barrier yet solution

Koonce on success paths by

student athletes' sentiments about

Edwards, Braylon

Edwards, Herman

“88 Plan”

Eisen, Rich

Ellerson, Gary

Elliott, Lin

Elway, John

Employment after football

autograph signings and

benchmarking, problematic and

benchmarking NFL salaries and

cashing in on celebrity status as

challenges and solutions for

Chapman's success and

coaching as

Dampeer's success and

data scarce for

Davis, W.'s perfect transition into

education as barrier yet solution for

ego sacrifices and

elements of bubble sought in

entertainment field jobs sought in

feelings of having fallen behind for

flashy, exciting, and fun for

former players' status of

generational differences for

high public profile desired in

internships as solution for

job bouncing and

Koonce's reaction to initial offer of

media careers as

memorabilia and autograph signings as

myths

old-timers as better prepared for

old-timers not finding stable

philanthropy and

poor figures for

preparation and experience for

Profit's success in

self-employment as

self-improvement programs for

severance pay more than

studies

teaching as

time off instead of

waiting for football jobs as

working in off season

wrestling, professional as.
See also
Career; Media careers; Post-career

Employment/jobs, present

off-season

toughness for keeping

Engulfment, in roles

Entertainment field

Entitlement

Esiason, Boomer

ESPN

Ethos: book titles revealing

code and principles of

commitment, competition, and excitement in

contradiction and paradox in players'

former players insider

NFL players'

sports ethic and

winning

Excitement

starting over after NFL

Exit/disengagement

Extravagant spending, non-guaranteed contracts

Facebook

Faggot

Fainaru, Steve

Fainaru-Wada, Mark

Family: atmosphere

bad investments and

consequence of being burden to

financial spending of

Koonce on finance and

obligations

sense of entitlement

supportive and sensible

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Favre, Brett

FBS.
See
Football Bowl Subdivision

Fear

Federal Graduation Rate (FGR)

FERPA.
See
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FGR.
See
Federal Graduation Rate

Film studies

Finances: collateral consequences of

family and

former NFL players' status in

investments and bad advice for

as managed conservatively

retirement benefits' context of

symposiums for managing

unprepared in handling

Financial support: college experience and

scholarships

Fines

Finley, Jermichael

Flacco, Joe

Flynn, Mike

Football: affording life after

benchmarking NFL salaries after

as centerpiece of college experience

complexities of modern

as controlled violence

as diminishing college experience

former players' interests outside

future viability of

as high testosterone game

as intellectually demanding

Koonce thriving after

life after

machine

NFL player's problems exiting

Oriard defining essence of

post-career work as hard as

self

social support in

sports ethic of heroic qualities in

starting over after

waiting for jobs in.
See also
Employment after football

Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)

Football Performance Center

Foote, Edward

Forgery

Foundations.
See
Charitable foundations; NFL Player Care Foundation

Free agent era

complaints from retirees before

NFL salaries and

Freeman, Mike

Friday Night Lights

Functional disabilities

Gardner, Devin

Garrett, Clifton

Gates, Bill

Gatlin, Darryl

Gays

Generational differences

Ghetto economics

Gladiator battle scars

Gladiator self

Gloried self

Goffman, Erving

Gold, Brandon

on post-career

vague aspirations of

Gold diggers

Golic, Mike

Goodell, Roger

Grabowski, Jim

Greedy institution

“Greedy Players” myth

Green, Trent

Green Bay Packers

adulation and

Jolly's reinstatement by

Koonce released by

media stories of livin' large and

military draft and

Greenberg, Mike

Grimsley, John

Gronkowski, Rob

Grounded theory strategy

Groupies, starstruck

Gruden, John

Guyland

Harbaugh, Jim

Harrison, James

Hawk, A. J.

Headington Hall facility

Head (brain) injuries.
See
Brain (head) injuries

Health concerns

Health insurance: benefits

retirement plan and

Heisman Trophy

Helmet syndrome

Henderson, Thomas “Hollywood”

Henry, Travis

Hernandez, Aaron