Jul 03 2013 Defining Success Atop Agenda At Annual Rookie Symposium Defining success was front and center at the annual Rookie Symposium last week as its 254 newest employees learned about life in the NFL.
Jul 02 2013 The Oakland Raiders Hosted Front Office Staff from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Baseball Club in Japan The Oakland Raiders hosted front office staff from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Baseball Club in Japan.
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.