Source: succeedinfootball.com --- Friday, April 01, 2016
Today, Pro Football Management’s Howard Shatsky , who’s worked with such notable NFL players as Michael Strahan, Brian Westbrook and Mike McCrary , wraps up his thoughts on how to be forthright with a player when his career prospects are dim. Telling a young man that it’s time to move on from his Football dreams is a very difficult conversation to have. I do not want to be the person who crushes a young man’s dream of playing in the NFL. However, I also do not want to be the person who encourages a player to keep trying when there is virtually no chance of success. One reason why is because, in most cases, the player does not work during this time. Thus, when he finally realizes his NFL dream is over, he is 4-5 years behind his graduating class in terms of work experience. So, what can that player put on a resume? A prospective employer is not impressed by a resume with no work experience. An interview where the former player tells a potential employer that he has not worked for the last few years because he was training to play in the NFL does not usually go well. Thus, by avoiding this talk, I feel the agent is doing his client a disservice. I recently had to have this difficult conversation with one of my players. I told him I had done everything I could to try and get him an NFL opportunity, but after almost two years of trying, I felt an obligation to be honest with him and tell him I did not think I would be able to get h ...
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