Is There Life After Football?
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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
High public profile
High school coaching
High testosterone game
Hinojosa, Ramon
Holland, Johnny
Hollywood careers
Holmgren, Mike
Homophobic slurs
Homosexuals. See Gays
Hornung, Paul
Howard, David
“How (and Why) Athlete’s Go Broke” (Torre)
Humble beginnings
Identity: former NFL players losing
NFL player’s masculinity and
post-career transition and
retirement effects on
transformation
Incognito, Ritchie
acceptable behavior boundaries and
bullying accusations against
college teams dismissal of
Martin exchanging vulgar insults with
racially charged voice-mail of
teammates supporting
Incomes
Injured reserve (IR)
Injuries: brain (head)
careers ended by
chronic pain and
collateral consequences to
concussion crisis
consequences of
CTE and
cumulative effects
dementia
depression and
disability due to
embracing violence and
former NFL players claiming brain
general
Koonce on pain compared to
media and
NFL cover-ups and denials of
NFL players’ positivity despite
pain compared to
players declining protection from
proving causes of brain
returning too soon after
spinal cord
statistics of
toughness and
violence as routine and
Injury, pain compared to
Inside the NFL
Institutionalization
Insurance. See also Benefits; Collateral consequences; Dental insurance; Health insurance; Retirement plan
Internet booking agencies
Internet sources
Internships
Interpersonal skills
Interviews: data collection for
direct observation in
Koonce’s research and
legitimate internet sources used for
pseudonyms used for
Intolerance
Investments: competitions and bad
family and bad
finances and bad advice for
as not sexy
real estate and private equity
IR. See Injured reserve
Irvin, Michael
Ismail, Raghib “Rocket”
Isolation. See Social isolation and dependency
Jacoby, Joe
Johnson, Magic
Joint replacement plan
Jolly, Johnny
Jones, Adam “Pacman”
Jones, Cardale
Jones, Tommy
livin’ large and
starting over dilemma of
Jordan, David
Kannell, Danny
Kansas City Chiefs
Kelly, Jim
Kemp, Jack
Kennedy, John F.
Kiffin, Chris
Kimmel, Michael
Kinship structure
Kirkland, Levon
Knight, Phil
Kocourek, Dave
Koebler, Hank
Koonce, George
adulation and
alcohol use and
background of
battle scars of
career of
childhood aspirations of
claims of best years given to NFL
on coaches and family obligations
college experience
college schedules of
contracts, non-guaranteed and
depression pain of
as Dire
ctor of Player Development
double home expenses of
“the Dream” focus and efforts of
drinking and
on education for success
on finances and family
fired, not retired
football as diminishing college experience of
illicit perks recalled by
on injury compared to pain
as interviewer and researcher
isolation in early days of
livin large’ and
marriage views of
mother’s influence and
on newfound wealth
non-guaranteed contracts and
Packers release
pain, playing through
police officer letter to
post-career mentoring lacking of
reaction to initial job offer of
retirement and
retirement plan benefits and
on scarce social support
Seattle release
severance pay for
spiritual support and
starting over after football and
state of mind of
on structure and control
teammate acceptance and
thriving after football of
time demands and
Koonce, Tunisia
Kosar, Bernie
Laird, Bruce
Largent, Steve
Large self
Lariviere, David
Laws
Leaf, Ryan
League of Denial (Fainaru-Wada and Fainaru)
Leber, Ben
Legacy Fund
Legal defense
Levins, Dorsey
Lewis, Ray
Life improvement plan
Life insurance
Life outcomes
Life skills
Lipscomb, Eugene “Big Daddy”
Livin’ large: allure of
beware of
in bubble
drinking and
former players running charities while
Irvin and women as
Jones, T.
Koonce and
making money rain as Rison’s
media about Green Bay Packers
off-field thrill seeking and
Searcy and
sex
spending and
women and
Locker room culture
African American majority in
aggression in
bubble and
corporate world behaviors and
family atmosphere of
guyland in
intolerance in
lost and missed camaraderie of
Martin out of step with
as masculine solidarity
of Miami Dolphins
profanity in
racial slurs and
team built through
wives excluded from
workplace camaraderie and
workplace culture in line with. See also Culture shock; specific culture
Lombardi, Vince
Long, Howie
Long, Terry
Lottery
Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). See Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Loyalty: camaraderie, masculinity and
Martin breaking code of
Lucas, Ray
Manley, Dexter
Manning, Eli
Manning, Peyton
Manziel, Johnny
Marinovich, Todd
Marquette University
Marriage: Koonce’s views of
as one-sided
player’s fair share adjustment in
players’ say not always welcome in
as steadying force yet possible threat
Marsh, Kurt
Martin, Jonathan
behavior standards and
code of loyalty broken by
as culturally out of step
degrading slurs against sister of
Incognito exchanging vulgar insults with
Masculinity
demeaning women and
jobs kept by toughness and
locker room culture as solidarity of
loyalty, camaraderie
NFL player identity and
respect
toughness and
Mawae, Kevin
McAlister, Chris
McCants, Keith
McDaniels, Jamaal
McGee, Max
McHale, Tom
McKee, Ann
McKinney, Bryant
McMahon, Jim
McNabb, Donovan
Media
Driver’s retirement and
injuries and
livin’ large and Green Bay Packers in
Sapp’s finances on
social
Media careers: aspects of coaching in
attractiveness of
bubble components in sports
as employment after football
establishing serious
median salaries in
NFL as offering formal training for
NFL credentials lending authenticity in
as not necessarily lucrative
Meggett, Dave
Memorabilia
Mental health/illness
Meritocracy
Merton, Robert
Miami Dolphins
Mike and Mike
Miles, Les
Military draft
Military personnel
Minnesota Vikings
Monday Night Football
Money: bankruptcy
newfound wealth
NFL salaries and endorsements
NFL salaries’ minimum scales
Rison livin’ large and making
“he Dream” not consisting of
Montana, Joe
Morris, Eugene “Mercury”
Mortification of self
Moses, Dylan
Murdock, O. J.
Murtha, Lydon
Muscle and Fitness
Mutual funds
Myths
Namath, Joe
Naposki, Erik
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
illicit premium perks and
improper contact violations and
recruiting guidelines and
time demands and mocking of 20-hour rule of
National Football League (NFL)
acceptable behavior boundaries in
AFL merging with
African Americans represented in
bullying in
cost of living in
cultural environment of
degree completion assistance by
as greedy institution
humble beginnings in
injury cover-ups and denials
Koonce’s claims of best years given to
media careers and credentials in
media career training by
as notorious for desire to control
pensions in
Player Care programs of
player’s problems leaving
as predominantly African American
race and transition out of
race not issue in
racism in
Rice’s play of the weekend for
rule changes
under scrutiny
spiritual support and
starting over after excitement of
take no prisoners attitude of
total institution parallels of. See also Contracts, non-guaranteed; Contracts in NFL; Cost of Living in NFL/expenses; NFL Draft
National Football League Player Engagement Advisory Board
National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
National Institutes of Health
NCAA. See National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA Catastrophic Injury Insurance Program
NCAA Division I Manual
Neurological care program
Newton, Cam
Newton, Nate
New York Giants
NFL. See National Football League
N-F-L. See “Not for Long”
NFL Draft
NFLPA. See National Football League Players Association
NFL Player Care Foundation
NFL Player Engagement
NFL players: bubble as instilling ethos in
crime activities involving
culture shock experienced by
dark side of special
as declining injury protection
diverse economic backgrounds of
earnings’ longevity for
ethos’ contradiction and paradox of
exploitation of elite
football exit problems of
gay stigma of
generational differences of
gladiator battle scars of
guidance desired by post-career
higher incomes of
legal defense for
as living in bubble
loss of conventions by elite
marriage and fair share adjustment of
marriage and unwelcomed say of
masculinity and identity of
meritocracy beliefs of
NFL draft and special
as not stagnating during career
positive attitude of
questionable charities of
racial slurs used by
sports ethic and ethos of
suicide committed by
supply chain for
surveillance of
transition coaches and resources provided for
travel expenses of
understanding social realities of
wife’s role and
wives and isolation of
wives as managers for
NFL players, former: anomie responses of
brain injury claimed by
carrying insider ethos by
charitable foundations and
employment preparedness and old time
employment status of
financial status of
identities lost of
incomes of
normlessness experienced by
old before their time as
outside-football interests needed for
post-career transition of
ritualism of
starting over of
transition to future for
transition troubles of
unstable employment of old time
waiting for football jobs as. See also Retirement
NFL salaries
AFL era and
cap allotments and
contracts and average
early years’
free agent era
median
money, endorsements and
money and minimum scales of. See also Contracts, non-guaranteed; Contracts in NFL; Salaries
NFL Total Access
Nicknames
Nitschke, Ray
Nobles, Charles
Nomellini, Leo
Normlessness
“Not for Long” (N-F-L)
Notre Dame
NVIVO software
Oakland Raiders
Oben, Roman
Old-timers. See NFL players, former
Ole Miss
Oliver, Paul
Olsen, Merlin
Omalu, Bennet
Organized team activities (OTAs)
Oriard, Michael
career of
college experience of
defines essence of football