The_Philster
06-16-2003, 06:22 PM
Program assists players in adjusting to NFL life
Flowery Branch -- While they might be accomplishing it anyway, it is not the Falcons' goal to get their rookies ready for the debutante ball. Rather, the team aims to equip its first-year players with non-playing skills required to adjust to NFL life. The Falcons do it through a two-week, eight-lesson program. "Falcons University" was mandatory for rookies and open to veterans.
Said Bryan Scott, the team's second-round pick, "It's aspects of life that you really need to learn about. I know it's going to apply to all of us."
The curriculum goes beyond social graces. Other classes, each lasting about an hour, educated players on financial planning, parenting, life after football and handling interviews with the dreaded media...more (http://www.ajc.com/falcons/content/sports/falcons/0603/17falcons.html)
Flowery Branch -- While they might be accomplishing it anyway, it is not the Falcons' goal to get their rookies ready for the debutante ball. Rather, the team aims to equip its first-year players with non-playing skills required to adjust to NFL life. The Falcons do it through a two-week, eight-lesson program. "Falcons University" was mandatory for rookies and open to veterans.
Said Bryan Scott, the team's second-round pick, "It's aspects of life that you really need to learn about. I know it's going to apply to all of us."
The curriculum goes beyond social graces. Other classes, each lasting about an hour, educated players on financial planning, parenting, life after football and handling interviews with the dreaded media...more (http://www.ajc.com/falcons/content/sports/falcons/0603/17falcons.html)