Not for Long
The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 11 October 2018
- ISBN 9780199892907
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 163x239x27 mm
- Weight 499 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Drawing on personal experience as a former pro and interviews with over 120 current and former NFL players, Robert Turner gets behind the bravado to reveal what it means to be an athlete in the NFL and why so many players struggle with life after football.
MoreLong description:
The NFL is the most popular professional sports league in the United States. Its athletes receive multi-million 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, however, is not about the promised land of fame and fortune. Robert Turner draws on his personal experience as a former pro and interviews with over 120 current and former NFL players to get behind the bravado and reveal what it means to be an athlete in the NFL and why so many players struggle with life after football.
Without guaranteed contracts, the majority of players are forced out of the league after a few seasons. Over three-quarters of retirees experience bankruptcy or financial ruin, two-thirds live with chronic pain, and too many find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Robert Turner argues that the fall from grace of so many players is no accident. The NFL, he contends, is a total institution, powerfully determining their experiences in and out of the league. The labor agreement provides little job insecurity and few health and retirement benefits, and the owners refuse to share power with the players, making change difficult. Even more, the entire process of becoming an elite football player--from high school 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 the NFL athlete and provides a guide on what reforms and policies might help players transition successfully out of the sport.
Table of Contents:
Prologue: NFL Means Not For Long
Preface: The Athletes' Journey through the National Football League
Chapter One: Broke and Broken
Chapter Two: The Star, the Journeyman, and the Dedicated Spectator
Chapter Three: The Field of Goals and Dreams
Chapter Four: College Football
Chapter Five: The Totalizing Institution
Chapter Six: Masking the Pain
Chapter Seven: Making it to the Big Show
Chapter Eight: Eye in the Sky
Chapter Nine: The Owner's Playbook
Chapter Ten: Billionaires vs. Millionaires
Chapter Eleven: Forced Out
Chapter Twelve: Preparing for, Surviving and Thriving beyond the NFL
