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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL
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- Is there Life after Football? : Surviving the Nfl
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A human face on the realities of professional football, from the challenges players face after leaving the NFL to the factors that can enable them to continue to find success 2016 Best Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Is There Life After Football?draws upon the experiences of hundreds of former players as they describe their lives playing the sport and after their football days are over. The "bubble"-like conditions of privilege that NFL players experience while playing, often leave players unprepared for the real world once they retire and must manage their own lives. The book also reveals the difficulties affecting former NFL players in retirement: social isolation, financial concerns, inadequate career planning, psychological challenges, and physical injuries. From players who make reckless and unsustainable financial investments during their very few high-earning years, to players who struggle to form personal and professional relationships outside of football, the stories in the book put a very human face on the realities of professional football. George Koonce Jr., a former NFL player himself, weaves in his own story throughout, explaining the challenges he encountered and decisions that helped him succeed after leaving the sport. Ultimately, Is There Life After Football? concludes that, despite the challenges players face, it is possible for players to find success after leaving the NFL if they have the right support, education, and awareness of what might await them. Instructor's Guide
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New York University Press
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1479868302
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9781479868308
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Publication Name
Is there Life after Football? : Surviving the Nfl
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
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Gv951.H582 2016
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In their new book, James Holstein, Richard Jones, and George E. Koonce, Jr., discuss the discovery of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy as well as other physical problems that afflict former NFL players. Yet the most stunning finding of their research is not how life in football affects players' health, but rather how it affects their ability to find and hold a job, to maintain relationships, even to engage in basic social interactions...[A] candid look inside the 'bubble of NFL life and then the difficulties experienced by former players--men in only their late 20s and early 30s--when they leave that isolated, abnormal world., "In their new book, James Holstein, Richard Jones, and George E. Koonce, Jr., discuss the discovery of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy as well as other physical problems that afflict former NFL players. Yet the most stunning finding of their research is not how life in football affects players' health, but rather how it affects their ability to find and hold a job, to maintain relationships, even to engage in basic social interactions...[A] candid look inside the 'bubble of NFL life and then the difficulties experienced by former players--men in only their late 20s and early 30s--when they leave that isolated, abnormal world."- Newbooksinsports.com, "It is timely considering the financial settlement the NFL reached in August 2013 with retired players for head injuries sustained at work, and the ongoing discussion over the physical dangers that football at all levels presents….Both sports enthusiasts and concerned readers can profit from the insights and lessons offered in this informative and prescriptive work."- Choice, "This is a book fans should read before the next game-or before they let their own son suit up. If you've ever wondered 'What ever happened to….'' then Is There Life after Football? is a book you shouldn't pass."- Real Times Media, The authors provide a unique perspective that is only possible through the combination of scholarly knowledge and the real-life experiences of George E. Koonce, Jr. and other athletes whose testimonials were used to illustrate their points., A timely exploration that will be of interest to football fans looking to better understand the complex culture of the NFL., Finally someone tells it like it is! This book does an incredible job detailing the real life of an NFL player. This is a must read for every athlete, no matter the sport, This is a book fans should read before the next gameor before they let their own son suit up. If youve ever wondered 'What ever happened to.?'then Is There Life after Football? is a book you shouldnt pass., Is There Life After Football? offers fresh and insightful answers to a long-standing, difficult question, namely why some former NFL players languish while others thrive. The authors eschew oft-made assumptions and convenient explanations in favor of original, probing analysis based on thorough research and scores of interviews. Any examination of football, its joys, its ills, and the fate of its retired players would be incomplete without reading Is There Life After Football?, "Perhaps the cruelest irony of an athlete's life is that he must 'retire' just as most guys' careers are taking off. How they make sense of their life course, and sustain their masculine identity is the subject of this engaged and entertaining study. What emerges is a different question from the book's title: given the demands of time and commitment, the violence and injuries, and the sacrifice of anything resembling a normal family life that defines professional athletics, the real question is 'is there life during football?'"-Michael Kimmel,author of Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era, Is There Life After Football? brings us inside the lives of NFL players to show why so many wind up in dire straits after their time on the field, from depression to debilitating lifelong injuries to catastrophic financial mismanagement. [] The book seeks, among other things, to dispel the myth that everyone who plays in the NFL is financially set for life., We are used to thinking of NFL players as larger-than-life figures who do great deeds, earn huge salaries, andwere coming to realizerun terrible risks. But Is There Life After Football? reveals these men as life-sized, as people who face tough choices throughout their lives. The various ways they cope make fascinating reading., Is There Life After Football? provides a sobering and insightful view of this transition through the personal anecdotes of Koonce and the research of Holstein and Jones. Most jarring is Koonce's admission of a reckless act at the end of his career...the authors do a great job of distilling difficult material into a digestible form. It's also a treat to read for anyone who enjoyed watching those plucky Packers of the 1990s., "A timely exploration that will be of interest to football fans looking to better understand the complex culture of the NFL."- Booklist, "This is a book fans should read before the next game-or before they let their own son suit up. If you've ever wondered 'What ever happened to....'' then Is There Life after Football? is a book you shouldn't pass."- Real Times Media, "Entering the so-called real world after years in the bubble of special treatment and privilege is the focus of the authors' study, which draws on the experiences of many ex-NFLers, including co-author George Koonce, who spent nearly a decade with the Green Bay Packers." - Christian Science Monitor, It is timely considering the financial settlement the NFL reached in August 2013 with retired players for head injuries sustained at work, and the ongoing discussion over the physical dangers that football at all levels presents.Both sports enthusiasts and concerned readers can profit from the insights and lessons offered in this informative and prescriptive work., "Three academics from Marquette University, one of whom (Koonce) is a former NFL player, apply some sociological techniques to analyzing the situations of ex-NFL players...[T]he information and insights engage in a rousing race for the end zone."- Kirkus, "Is There Life After Football? offers fresh and insightful answers to a long-standing, difficult question, namely why some former NFL players languish while others thrive. The authors eschew oft-made assumptions and convenient explanations in favor of original, probing analysis based on thorough research and scores of interviews. Any examination of football, its joys, its ills, and the fate of its retired players would be incomplete without reading Is There Life After Football?"-N. Jeremi Duru,author of Advancing the Ball, "The book is well written, with clarity and insights not available in similar popular accounts. It would be useful and of interest to students in sport studies classes, providing much material for discussion."- Journal of Sport History, "Is There Life After Football? brings us inside the lives of NFL players to show why so many wind up in dire straits after their time on the field, from depression to debilitating lifelong injuries to catastrophic financial mismanagement. […] The book seeks, among other things, to dispel the myth that everyone who plays in the NFL is financially set for life."- New York Post, "Is There Life After Football? provides a sobering and insightful view of this transition through the personal anecdotes of Koonce and the research of Holstein and Jones. Most jarring is Koonce's admission of a reckless act at the end of his career...the authors do a great job of distilling difficult material into a digestible form. It's also a treat to read for anyone who enjoyed watching those plucky Packers of the 1990s."- Ensuring Chapters, The trio of authors gives readers a detailed explanationcomplemented by personal accounts from Koonce and other former players, coaches, and wivesabout how lonely life outside the locker room and off the football field can be for NFL exes., "The authors provide a unique perspective that is only possible through the combination of scholarly knowledge and the real-life experiences of George E. Koonce, Jr. and other athletes whose testimonials were used to illustrate their points." - PsycCRITQUES, "Finallysomeone tells it like it is! This bookdoes an incredible job detailing the reallife of an NFL player. This is a mustread for every athlete, no matter the sport." -Tim Brown,Heisman Trophy Winner, NFL 1990s All-Decade Team, and AFC Champion, "The poignant fate of the former athlete, revered then forgotten, is a theme in Western literature that goes back to the ancient Greeks. The NFL today has created its own up-to-date version of that mythic figure--the millionaire football hero and celebrity at 25, a lost and bankrupt cripple ten years later--but also a more complicated reality, and that story has never been told more fully than in this deeply researched and insightful book."-Michael Oriard,author of Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport, "We are used tothinking of NFL players as larger-than-life figures who do great deeds, earnhuge salaries, and--we're coming to realize--run terrible risks.But Is There Life After Football? reveals these men aslife-sized, as people who face tough choices throughout their lives. Thevarious ways they cope make fascinating reading."-Joel Best,author, Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype over Teen Sex, The poignant fate of the former athlete, revered then forgotten, is a theme in Western literature that goes back to the ancient Greeks. The NFL today has created its own up-to-date version of that mythic figurethe millionaire football hero and celebrity at 25, a lost and bankrupt cripple ten years laterbut also a more complicated reality, and that story has never been told more fully than in this deeply researched and insightful book., "The trio of authors gives readers a detailed explanation-complemented by personal accounts from Koonce and other former players, coaches, and wives-about how lonely life outside the locker room and off the football field can be for NFL exes."- Pulse Magazine, "We are used tothinking of NFL players as larger-than-life figures who do great deeds, earnhuge salaries, and-we're coming to realize-run terrible risks.But Is There Life After Football? reveals these men aslife-sized, as people who face tough choices throughout their lives. Thevarious ways they cope make fascinating reading."-Joel Best,author, Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype over Teen Sex, Entering the so-called real world after years in the bubble of special treatment and privilege is the focus of the authors study, which draws on the experiences of many ex-NFLers, including co-author George Koonce, who spent nearly a decade with the Green Bay Packers, "I'mnot quite ready to leave the game I love yet, but this is exactly the kind ofinformation I need as that time approaches."-Charles Woodson,Oakland Raiders, Heisman Trophy Winner, and Super Bowl Champion, "The poignant fate of the former athlete, revered then forgotten, is a theme in Western literature that goes back to the ancient Greeks. The NFL today has created its own up-to-date version of that mythic figure-the millionaire football hero and celebrity at 25, a lost and bankrupt cripple ten years later-but also a more complicated reality, and that story has never been told more fully than in this deeply researched and insightful book."-Michael Oriard,author of Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport, The book is well written, with clarity and insights not available in similar popular accounts. It would be useful and of interest to students in sport studies classes, providing much material for discussion., I'm not quite ready to leave the game I love yet, but this is exactly the kind of information I need as that time approaches., Three academics from Marquette University, one of whom (Koonce) is a former NFL player, apply some sociological techniques to analyzing the situations of ex-NFL players...[T]he information and insights engage in a rousing race for the end zone.
Table of Content
CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction: "It's All Over!" 1 1 Pursuing "the Dream" 11 2 Inside "the Bubble" 45 3 The End 83 4 A Lifetime of Hurt 105 5 "All That Dough: Where Did It Go?" 139 6 What's Next? 169 7 Playing without a Playbook 199 8 Trials of Transition 217 Appendix 1: Methodology 251 Appendix 2: Retirement Benefits 255 Notes 261 Index 303 About the Authors 321
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
Sociology / General, Football
Dewey Decimal
796.3320973
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Social Science
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