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(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - Bwestfield - 10-24-2017
Like this post implies, no one person can play forever. Whether you are a human like 99% of the league or if you are a robot, time will take its toll. Bodies break down and joints seize up. Everyone must have a plan after football. Living like a millionaire will catch up with you quite quickly if you keep up old spending habits. I tend to spend money frivolously so I give half of all my earnings to my wife so she can plan our future after football. She is so much better with money than I am. My life is in her hands. I hope she didn't spend it all. That would suck. So right now the plan is live off of my earnings and not do a damn thing. Maybe relax by the pool or maybe coach a high school football team. It truly is all up in the air. I’m going into my fourth season now and I just renewed my contract. I may not be getting as much as other wide receivers but I know if I keep up my production I will have a big pay day. First goal is to win the ultimus with a team that hasn't already won.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - dustyatters - 10-24-2017
Not every football player is like Tom Brady and can have a career spanning three decades and dating back to the late nineties. Some of us need time to rest. I've never been the type of person to stay in one place for too long, constantly on the move. Even at the tender age of twenty, I found myself switching colleges half way through my experience and moving onto better things after finding minimal success with Texas A&M. Sometimes you roll with the punches in life. When I was in college, I made sure that football wasn't my only focus and was able to complete my schooling and obtain a bachelor's in business.
Now here's the big idea. I've always loved watching how fashion develops, and seeing small brands become big makes me crazy happy. It's the typical underdog story. So my plan for my post football career is to anonymously start a clothing line and grow it from a seed into a forest. I want to stay anonymous so that it recognized for having come into it's own by virtues and hard work and not because it had a famous figure head at it's helm. I'm not sure to it's name or type of work, but one thing is for certain.
It WILL be fabulous.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - ralz9 - 10-24-2017
When Nicholas Pierno’s football days come to an end, his days as an athlete in another sport—sailing—will continue. It’s a little-known fact that Pierno competed for NC State’s sailing team during the spring, competing in numerous ICSA regattas during spring weekends. When he’s done playing football, the goal is to sign up to crew as many offshore boats as possible and see the world. Who knows? Maybe he makes a lot of money in the NSFL and can afford to buy his own boat and hire crew.
It’s likely that Pierno will live more of a lowkey life. He’ll be involved and visit his hometown to give back, but don’t be surprised if he sets his roots down in Eastern Europe. After being one of sport’s biggest online/social media personalities during his playing days, he plans to unplug for a bit after following retirement.
If he still has a will to work, becoming a basketball agent is another path that Pierno has considered after learning the ins and outs of the sport after working for NBA player sponsored AAU programs while in college. He wants to bring ethics back into agent work and make it more about the players as people and less about numbers.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - Dahorner - 10-24-2017
Brandon Carter always promised his father that he would get a college degree when he went to college. By entering the draft, Carter finishes one year short of his degree and will have to return for it in the future. While attending the University of Arkansas, Brandon Carter pursued a degree in Business Administration. His future plans include going back to school to get a Masters in Supply Chain Management.
Brandon also has a girlfriend, named Terra, who he has been dating since his freshman year of college. They plan to one day marry and start a family. He says he would prefer a small, quiet wedding as opposed to a large open affair. Who knows if this will happen, now that Carter is beginning a new stage in his life, but as of now he plans to have a long happy life with Terra and hopefully have two, maybe three, kids.
He knows that football is a young man’s game, and that in his later years he will need a career to turn to when it ends. He would like to work for a major company, such as JB Hunt or Walmart, that would secure him a good paycheck and an easy living for him and his family.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - MacTonight - 10-24-2017
William Ridley hopes his playing career lasts for a long time into the future; however he knows he cannot play forever. There are a couple of options swirling around in his head at the moment, the first option is moving into coaching; giving back to the game which has already given him so much. A less conventional path Ridley is considering taking is to move from playing into moving into a team’s head office. He has seen the great job performed by the Liberty management group and would like to leverage a role, ideally with Philadelphia, although nothing is certain in this business, and he would certainly like to help a team build their way towards and Ultimus (hopefully after winning a few of his own).
Not to put all of his eggs in one basket though Ridley has been reaching out to NSFLN reporter Rich Thighsen for information regarding launching a media career at the end of his time as a player; hoping to get into the Play-by-Play space or potentially as a media pundit like Thighsen himself. Thighsen has recommended Ridley to his NSFLN superiors stating, “that beard of his could be mostly removed to find a strong moustache underneath all that fuzz, which everyone knows is the secret to winning an ESPY as a broadcaster.”
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - Yurt6 - 10-25-2017
After football, Clifford Rove plans to live a quiet life as a small time farmer on some property he bought after being drafted. Right now it serves as his offseason getaway, but once he is retired he plans on making a small farm, complete with animals, and a couple vegetable fields. He doesn’t want to do anything large scale, that is not the goal. His goal is to be able to relax for a while after a life of football, and this will allow him to do just that. He knows that it won’t be lucrative, or likely even profitable for that matter. That is why he has been making some investments and diversifying his stock portfolio, and also left money in the bank so that by the time he is retired he should be set.
Rove is helped by the fact that he is modest. Only two suits, no flashy cars, and a modest home are some of the reasons that he knows he will be financially able to relax like that on his farm with little to no income. If he does ever need an income, his 4 years at college getting a degree in finance should be helpful, and he would also likely be on the shortlists of many companies looking for a brand spokesperson.
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(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - White Cornerback - 10-25-2017
It's no doubt that Lavelle wants to stay within football circles long after his retirement. It's been a dream of his (a pipe one currently) to own the Dublin Shamrocks franchise. Whether they end up a future NSFL or DSFL expansion team is irrelevant. Regardless if it's dealing with rookies , veterans or a mix, Lavelle would love to head the franchise.
Unfortunately as it stands, Lavelle's post in Head Office means he would have to resign from his position in order to head the franchise of his dreams. When the time comes following Lavelle's retirement, he will have a tough choice to make but regardless it will be supported by all his friends and family, including his son Dermot Lavelle Jr. who is said to share his fathers passion for the game.
Alternatively Lavelle may slot in to a possible NSFL agent role, by helping players negotiate their contracts and earn what they are worth. His job would also be to prevent future NSFL lockouts as well as rookie holdouts following their drafted position , similar to what we seen with the S2 Gregor Clegane situation. While an agent role might be interesting Lavelle could even end up in a talent agency role, guiding new rookies to reach their full potential in the league.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - AsylumParty - 10-25-2017
A post-football life for Dustin Evans sounds bleak, indeed. Perhaps he will fulfill his childhood dream and become a ninja turtle. Perhaps, more realistically, he will make plans to do many things. Perhaps these plans never come to fruition; day in, day out he makes promises he never intends to keep, as if he knows something that we do not. Perhaps as the days fall between his fingertips like sand bleeding from an hourglass he begins to resent the very structure of our civilization and society. For currency, which has always been plenty to Mr Evans, is now more precious than it deserves to be. Understandably, of course.
Perhaps, there is nothing more valuable than the nostalgia of a life in which we were once the center of the universe; of anybody's universe. When people knew our name, when we were useful, and when mothers handed us their babies. But now, Dustin Evans has none of that. He cannot pay his way to the top, nor can his body withstand the pressure of everyday life. He can hear his bones resist the necessity of another day. Perhaps fatigue and the abyss await Mr Evans. Or perhaps, just maybe, if the stars align, he will be...
...a dog sitter.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - Roly - 10-25-2017
Darren Morris is not excited for life after football. He doesn’t have many special skills, he’s not big into going back to school, and he doesn’t know what his undergraduate degree in some social sciences art mashup will take him career wise. He imagines that staying within the realm of football would be interesting: perhaps with the league, helping younger players develop, maybe scouting or even management? Maybe he’ll just get paid to talk about football, players and the league with a media gig for a big network out there. That seems like a good idea; he likes already talking about players and development, team strategies and whatnot. It’s more of a cop out though: not really leaving the football world.
If he did leave the football world he’s probably open a bar with friends. Call it the Crossroads, or King’s Landing, or Puzzles, or some other pop culture reference that would allow him to not spend ridiculous amounts of money on marketing and advertising. Cocktails specialized to a theme maybe? The possibilities are endless for Ice King Martinis, Mosby Margaritas, or beer.
Fortunately, at this point he doesn’t need to worry too much: there’s a long and fruitful football career ahead of him as he just starts his journey.
(S4) - PT #1 - Life after football - mking22 - 10-25-2017
Eric Forman thought he would give this football thing a try after years of playing many other sports besides football (which will be touched on in his presser being released later). Football is a violent sport that tends to create short careers for its athletes, so, if he's still young enough (and football hasn't completely destroyed his body), Forman plans to make an attempt to play one of his many other sports professionally. If this doesn't work out (let's face it, his body will be decimated), Eric plans on opening a furniture store. And not just any furniture store, a furniture store that only sells the finest Amish, hardwood furniture money can buy. If you've ever been in one of these types of furniture stores, you know that, with most of the items, you can literally place your vehicle on top of them, and it'll hold. You could probably build a house with a dining room chair under each corner as the footer, and it would hold just as well, if not better, than a block or concrete foundation. This may not be the most elegant of post-football careers, but it'll be an honest days work and will, in no way, break down his body while doing it (the Amish children slaving in a cold barn during a snowy winter's morning can't say the same, however).