salaries and
OTAs. See Organized team activities
O’Toole, Shannon
Otto, Jim
OU. See University of Oklahoma
Owens, Terrell
Page, Alan
Pain
of depression
injuries and chronic
injury compared to
Koonce on injury compared to
Koonce playing through
Koonce’s depression
playing through
sports ethic and
Toradol used for anticipated. See also Chronic pain
Parkinson’s disease
“Paternity Ward”
Payments, guaranteed
Payton, Walter
PD. See Director of Player Development
Peace Corps
Pear, Dave
Pensions: disability benefits and
NFL
retirement plan adjustments to
Perks, premium: expectations and pitfalls of
Koonce recalls illicit
NCAA and illicit
off the books
Personal diversification
Personal maintenance
Philadelphia Eagles
Philanthropy
Phillips, Lawrence
Physically unable to perform (PUP)
Pickens, T. Boone
Pittsburgh Steelers
Player Care programs, NFL’s
Plummer, Gary
Polamalu, Troy
Police officer
Pop Warner
Post-career: benefits
camaraderie as missed and lost
culture shock in living
daily routine problematic
depression
disability benefits
domestic distress
of Gold
growing up
identity and transition of
Koonce’s lack of mentoring for
languished life skills
moving on
NFL players transition in
sense of loss and sorrow
social dexterity as lacking in
spiritual support
spiritual support discontinuance
success stories
wives and
working as hard as in football for
younger players desiring guidance for
Post-career success: Davis, W., brewing industry as
in details. See also Employment after football; Success paths; Success stories
Prenuptial agreements
Prisoners
Prisonized
Private equity, investments
Profanity and vulgarity
Profit, Eugene
Profit Investment Management
Pseudonyms
PUP. See Physically unable to perform
Pyramid schemes
Race: Incognito’s voicemail and
locker room culture and slurs about
NFL as not having issues with
NFL players using slurs about
stereotypes and
transition out of NFL and
Raymond, Drew
Reagan, Ronald
Real estate, investments
Recruiting process: college experience of
of eight grader
NCAA guidelines and
Ole Miss and process of
SAT scores and
Reentry challenges
Release anxiety
Religion
Research
Respect
masculinity
risking health for
Retirement
benefits
clean breaks rare for
closure and
complaints from pre-free agent era of
Driver’s
financial context of
fired, not retired
identity and influence of
Koonce fired, not retired
Koonce’s
retirement incomes of vested
retroactive
role exit and
status lost after
uncertainty
vested retirees and incomes. See also Post-career
Retirement plan: adjustments to pensions in
benefits
dental insurance
“88 Plan”
health insurance
joint replacement plan and
Koonce’s benefits for
life improvement plan and
life insurance and
neurological care program
omissions in
player annuity program and
second career (401k) savings and
tuition reimbursement and
Retirement Plan Disability Board
Retreatism
Rhoden, William
Rhodes Scholarship
Rice, Jerry
Rice, Ray
Richardson, Jerry
Rison, Andre
Ritualism
Robinson, Denard
Robinson, Eugene
Rodgers, Aaron
Rogers, Charles
Role
engulfment in
exit/disengagement
NFL players’ wives’
retirement and exit
transition
Rolle, Myron
Rookie Symposiums
Room service religion
Rovell, Darren
Rozelle, Pete
Ruettgers, Ken
Rule changes
Saban, Nick
Salaries: average contact
coaching levels and
after football and benchmarking NFL
in media careers
minimum scales for
NFL contracts and
as often overestimated
Oriard and
after payroll deductions
players’ earnings longevity and. See also Contracts, non-guaranteed; Contracts in NFL; Money; NFL salaries
Sam, Michael
Sanders, Barry
Sanders, Deion
Sapp, Warren
SAT scores
Scams
Schlereth, Mark
Schlichter, Art
Scholarships: college experience and
division I and II football
financial support of
Rhodes
tuition rates and
universities and programs of
Schuler, Heath
Scott, Bart
Searcy, Leon
livin’ large
Seattle Seahawks
Seau, Junior
Second career (401k) savings
Self-discipline
Self-employment
Self-esteem
Self-improvement programs
Settlements: concussion controversy
divorce
preliminary approval decisions in
reactions to
viewed as pocket change
Severance pay
benefits
Koonce’s benefits due for
Sex
arrest for solicitation of
assaults
Favre’s sexting scandal
liaisons and
livin’ large
Sexy
Sharpe, Sterling
Sherman, Richard
SI. See Sports Illustrated
Siegel, Will
Sign and Retire Club
Simpson, O.J.
Singletary, Kim
Singletary, Mike
Smith, Anderson
Smith, Emmitt
Smith, Rod
Snoop Dog
Social death
Social feedback
Social isolation and dependency
bubble and
wives influenced by players
Social life
Social media
Social psychology
Social realities
Social support
&n
bsp; Koonce on scarce
scarce
Social territory
Solwold, Mike
Special treatment
Spending
bankruptcy and
Blackburn’s modest
competitions
excess
finances and family
livin’ large and
million dollar weekend
NFL cost of living and
NFL players’ travels and
non-guaranteed contracts and
personal maintenance
profligate
Spinal cord injuries
Spiritual support: Koonce and
NFL and
post-career and
post-career discontinuance of
Sports ethic: football’s heroic qualities as
NFL players’ ethos and
pain and
Sports Illustrated (SI)
on hiring wrong advisors
questioning bankruptcy statistics in
Starr, Bart
State of California
Steinberg, Leigh
Stereotypes
Stingley, Darryl
St. Louis Rams
Strahan, Michael
Structure and control
Strzelczyk, Justin
Student Assistance Fund
Student athletes: college experience and schedules of
college experience of elite
compensation and cheap labor of
education sentiments of
FGR of
Stunting
Success paths: Chapman’s
Dampeer’s
fortuitous opportunities and
Koonce on educational
lessons in preparing for tomorrow’s
post-career
Profit and employment
Profit Investment Management in
Success stories
Suicide
encouragement after attempting
NFL players who committed
Supply chain
Support. See Academics; Child support; Financial support; Social support; Spiritual support
Surveillance
Sutton, James
Symposiums
Take no prisoners attitude
Talley, Darryl
Taylor, Jim
Taylor, Lawrence
Teach for America
Teaching
Teammates: Incognito supported by
Koonce echoed on acceptance of
locker room culture influencing
Theismann, Joe
Thomas, De’Anthony
Thompson, Ted
Thornton, Ivan
Tickets
Time demands: college experience
Koonce and
NCAA and mocking 20-hour rule for
scholarships and college
Toradol
Torre, Pablo S.
Total institutions
encompassing tendencies of
military personnel and
mortification of self in
NFL and parallels to
reentry challenges from
release anxiety after
resisting
Toughness: Favre’s
injuries and
jobs kept by masculinity and
masculinity and
Transition
coaches and resources provided for
employment after football
of former NFL players
to future
post-career
role
troubles
Treadwell, Laquon
Triton Financial
Tubbs, Winfred
Tuition
Tunsil, Laremy
Twice divorced
Tyler, Otis
Tyrer, Jim
Uncertainty, of retirement
Uniform police
Uniforms
Unitas, John
United States Football League
Universities
University of Miami
University of Mississippi. See Ole Miss
University of Oklahoma (OU)
University of Oregon
University of Southern California (USC)
University of Texas
Unsportsmanlike conduct rules
USC. See University of Southern California
Utley, Mike
Villapiano, Phil
Vincent, Troy
Violations
Violence
embracing injury and
feelings towards
football as controlled
injuries and routine
against women
Voicemail, racially charged
Vulgarity. See Profanity and vulgarity
Ward, T. J.
Washington, James
Washington Post
Washington University School of Research
Waters, Andre
Wealth
Weathers, Carl
Webster, Mike
Weinke, Chris
Wells, Ted
Wells Report
Wesley, Dante
Wharton Sports Institute
White, Reggie
White collar crime
Wiley, Alexander
Williamson, Fred
Willis, Martin
Winning ethos
Wire, Coy
Wives
as agents
bubble, outside of
bubble and managed lives of
consequence of being burden to
locker room culture as excluding
as managers for NFL players
NFL players’ isolation and
outside of bubble
post-career
roles of NFL players’
supportive and sensible. See also Family
Women
adulation and
livin’ large and
masculinity requiring demeaning of
trouble relating to
violence against
Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test
Workers’ compensation
Workplace culture
Wrestling, professional
Wright, Keith
Wright, Kirk
Young, Steve
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
James A. Holstein is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. He is the author, with Jaber F. Gubrium, of The Self We Live By: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World and has authored or edited over 40 scholarly books.
Richard S. Jones is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Athletics Representative at Marquette University. He is the author of Doing Time: Prison Experience and Identity with Thomas J. Schmid.
George E. Koonce, Jr., played professional football for a decade, the majority of those years with the Green Bay Packers, with whom he won Super Bowl XXXI. After his playing days, he held positions as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at East Carolina University, Director of Player Development for the Green Bay Packers, Senior Associate Athletic Director and Director of Development at Marquette University, and Athletic Director at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Dr. Koonce is currently Vice President of Advancement at Marian University.
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