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Jun 27 2013

NFL Rookies Getting Crash Course on Football Life on and off Field During Week Long Symposium

The money can disappear, the fame can vanish. This week, NFL rookies are being reminded that the game’s hardest knocks often happen off the field.

Jun 26 2013

Herren to NFL Rookies: More Future Addicts Than Millionaires in This Room

Chris Herren’s message at the NFL Rookie Symposium was simple and startling. It was meant to be.

Jun 26 2013

Booming Athlete Development Industry Offers Professional Certification Program

Business is booming in the Athlete Development industry, and suddenly it has became a hot new professional track within the sports industry.

Jun 25 2013

Why the NFL Rookie Symposium Wouldn't Have Saved Browns WR Josh Gordon

Welcome, NFL rookies: The NFL Rookie Symposium, which kicked off Sunday at the Bertram Hotel in Aurora, is a well-meaning, well-run orientation program that does its best to introduce incoming NFL draft picks to the realities of their new profession.

Jun 25 2013

Wrong Crowd Can Tackle NFL players

Maurice Clarett thought he had friends. Plenty of folks wanted to hang with Clarett when he was a star running back at Ohio State University who was later drafted by the Denver Broncos. The good times ended in 2006.

Jun 24 2013

NFL Broadcast Boot Camp Raises Game By Offering Graduates Advanced Program

NFL Player Engagement’s flagship program raised its game this week by adding the first-ever Advanced level to run concurrently with its Broadcast Boot Camp.

Jun 23 2013

2013 Broadcast Boot Camp Day Two

While the first day of the Broadcast Boot Camp concentrated on “The Studio Show,” Day Two featured a “local focus” to broadcasting—live field reporting, writing a teleprompter script, and presenting that script as a studio anchor.

Jun 23 2013

Beyond the Playbook for N.F.L. Rookies

N.F.L. rookies may have experienced sensory overload while digesting playbooks that make “War and Peace” look like a comic strip.

Jun 20 2013

2013 Broadcast Boot Camp Day One

As Day One of the Seventh Annual Broadcast Boot Camp at NFL Films in Mount Laurel, N.J., came to a close, the sentiment among the participants was summarized by former Minnesota Vikings running back Doug Chapman. “It’s like going to training camp your rookie year," he said.

Jun 19 2013

Seattle Seahawks Player Engagement Teams with Microsoft on Job Shadowing

Two of America’s top companies teamed up in Seattle this week to initiate a job sharing program that is expected to enhance both household names.