Is There Life After Football? (50 page)

High public profile

High school coaching

High testosterone game

Hinojosa, Ramon

Holland, Johnny

Hollywood careers

Holmgren, Mike

Homophobic slurs

Homosexuals.
See
Gays

Hornung, Paul

Howard, David

“How (and Why) Athlete's Go Broke” (Torre)

Humble beginnings

Identity: former NFL players losing

NFL player's masculinity and

post-career transition and

retirement effects on

transformation

Incognito, Ritchie

acceptable behavior boundaries and

bullying accusations against

college teams dismissal of

Martin exchanging vulgar insults with

racially charged voice-mail of

teammates supporting

Incomes

Injured reserve (IR)

Injuries: brain (head)

careers ended by

chronic pain and

collateral consequences to

concussion crisis

consequences of

CTE and

cumulative effects

dementia

depression and

disability due to

embracing violence and

former NFL players claiming brain

general

Koonce on pain compared to

media and

NFL cover-ups and denials of

NFL players' positivity despite

pain compared to

players declining protection from

proving causes of brain

returning too soon after

spinal cord

statistics of

toughness and

violence as routine and

Injury, pain compared to

Inside the NFL

Institutionalization

Insurance.
See also
Benefits; Collateral consequences; Dental insurance; Health insurance; Retirement plan

Internet booking agencies

Internet sources

Internships

Interpersonal skills

Interviews: data collection for

direct observation in

Koonce's research and

legitimate internet sources used for

pseudonyms used for

Intolerance

Investments: competitions and bad

family and bad

finances and bad advice for

as not sexy

real estate and private equity

IR.
See
Injured reserve

Irvin, Michael

Ismail, Raghib “Rocket”

Isolation.
See
Social isolation and dependency

Jacoby, Joe

Johnson, Magic

Joint replacement plan

Jolly, Johnny

Jones, Adam “Pacman”

Jones, Cardale

Jones, Tommy

livin' large and

starting over dilemma of

Jordan, David

Kannell, Danny

Kansas City Chiefs

Kelly, Jim

Kemp, Jack

Kennedy, John F.

Kiffin, Chris

Kimmel, Michael

Kinship structure

Kirkland, Levon

Knight, Phil

Kocourek, Dave

Koebler, Hank

Koonce, George

adulation and

alcohol use and

background of

battle scars of

career of

childhood aspirations of

claims of best years given to NFL

on coaches and family obligations

college experience

college schedules of

contracts, non-guaranteed and

depression pain of

as Director of Player Development

double home expenses of

“the Dream” focus and efforts of

drinking and

on education for success

on finances and family

fired, not retired

football as diminishing college experience of

illicit perks recalled by

on injury compared to pain

as interviewer and researcher

isolation in early days of

livin large' and

marriage views of

mother's influence and

on newfound wealth

non-guaranteed contracts and

Packers release

pain, playing through

police officer letter to

post-career mentoring lacking of

reaction to initial job offer of

retirement and

retirement plan benefits and

on scarce social support

Seattle release

severance pay for

spiritual support and

starting over after football and

state of mind of

on structure and control

teammate acceptance and

thriving after football of

time demands and

Koonce, Tunisia

Kosar, Bernie

Laird, Bruce

Largent, Steve

Large self

Lariviere, David

Laws

Leaf, Ryan

League of Denial
(Fainaru-Wada and Fainaru)

Leber, Ben

Legacy Fund

Legal defense

Levins, Dorsey

Lewis, Ray

Life improvement plan

Life insurance

Life outcomes

Life skills

Lipscomb, Eugene “Big Daddy”

Livin' large: allure of

beware of

in bubble

drinking and

former players running charities while

Irvin and women as

Jones, T.

Koonce and

making money rain as Rison's

media about Green Bay Packers

off-field thrill seeking and

Searcy and

sex

spending and

women and

Locker room culture

African American majority in

aggression in

bubble and

corporate world behaviors and

family atmosphere of

guyland in

intolerance in

lost and missed camaraderie of

Martin out of step with

as masculine solidarity

of Miami Dolphins

profanity in

racial slurs and

team built through

wives excluded from

workplace camaraderie and

workplace culture in line with.
See also
Culture shock;
specific culture

Lombardi, Vince

Long, Howie

Long, Terry

Lottery

Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS).
See
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Loyalty: camaraderie, masculinity and

Martin breaking code of

Lucas, Ray

Manley, Dexter

Manning, Eli

Manning, Peyton

Manziel, Johnny

Marinovich, Todd

Marquette University

Marriage: Koonce's views of

as one-sided

player's fair share adjustment in

players' say not always welcome in

as steadying force yet possible threat

Marsh, Kurt

Martin, Jonathan

behavior standards and

code of loyalty broken by

as culturally out of step

degrading slurs against sister of

Incognito exchanging vulgar insults with

Masculinity

demeaning women and

jobs kept by toughness and

locker room culture as solidarity of

loyalty, camaraderie

NFL player identity and

respect

toughness and

Mawae, Kevin

McAlister, Chris

McCants, Keith

McDaniels, Jamaal

McGee, Max

McHale, Tom

McKee, Ann

McKinney, Bryant

McMahon, Jim

McNabb, Donovan

Media

Driver's retirement and

injuries and

livin' large and Green Bay Packers in

Sapp's finances on

social

Media careers: aspects of coaching in

attractiveness of

bubble components in sports

as employment after football

establishing serious

median salaries in

NFL as offering formal training for

NFL credentials lending authenticity in

as not necessarily lucrative

Meggett, Dave

Memorabilia

Mental health/illness

Meritocracy

Merton, Robert

Miami Dolphins

Mike and Mike

Miles, Les

Military draft

Military personnel

Minnesota Vikings

Monday Night Football

Money: bankruptcy

newfound wealth

NFL salaries and endorsements

NFL salaries' minimum scales

Rison livin' large and making

“he Dream” not consisting of

Montana, Joe

Morris, Eugene “Mercury”

Mortification of self

Moses, Dylan

Murdock, O. J.

Murtha, Lydon

Muscle and Fitness

Mutual funds

Myths

Namath, Joe

Naposki, Erik

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

illicit premium perks and

improper contact violations and

recruiting guidelines and

time demands and mocking of 20-hour rule of

National Football League (NFL)

acceptable behavior boundaries in

AFL merging with

African Americans represented in

bullying in

cost of living in

cultural environment of

degree completion assistance by

as greedy institution

humble beginnings in

injury cover-ups and denials

Koonce's claims of best years given to

media careers and credentials in

media career training by

as notorious for desire to control

pensions in

Player Care programs of

player's problems leaving

as predominantly African American

race and transition out of

race not issue in

racism in

Rice's play of the weekend for

rule changes

under scrutiny

spiritual support and

starting over after excitement of

take no prisoners attitude of

total institution parallels of.
See also
Contracts, non-guaranteed; Contracts in NFL; Cost of Living in NFL/expenses; NFL Draft

National Football League Player Engagement Advisory Board

National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)

National Institutes of Health

NCAA.
See
National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA Catastrophic Injury Insurance Program

NCAA Division I Manual

Neurological care program

New England Patriots

Newton, Cam

Newton, Nate

New York Giants

NFL.
See
National Football League

N-F-L.
See
“Not for Long”

NFL Draft

NFLPA.
See
National Football League Players Association

NFL Player Care Foundation

NFL Player Engagement

NFL players: bubble as instilling ethos in

crime activities involving

culture shock experienced by

dark side of special

as declining injury protection

diverse economic backgrounds of

earnings' longevity for

ethos' contradiction and paradox of

exploitation of elite

football exit problems of

gay stigma of

generational differences of

gladiator battle scars of

guidance desired by post-career

higher incomes of

legal defense for

as living in bubble

loss of conventions by elite

marriage and fair share adjustment of

marriage and unwelcomed say of

masculinity and identity of

meritocracy beliefs of

NFL draft and special

as not stagnating during career

positive attitude of

questionable charities of

racial slurs used by

sports ethic and ethos of

suicide committed by

supply chain for

surveillance of

transition coaches and resources provided for

travel expenses of

understanding social realities of

wife's role and

wives and isolation of

wives as managers for

NFL players, former: anomie responses of

brain injury claimed by

carrying insider ethos by

charitable foundations and

employment preparedness and old time

employment status of

financial status of

identities lost of

incomes of

normlessness experienced by

old before their time as

outside-football interests needed for

post-career transition of

ritualism of

starting over of

transition to future for

transition troubles of

unstable employment of old time

waiting for football jobs as.
See also
Retirement

NFL salaries

AFL era and

cap allotments and

contracts and average

early years'

free agent era

median

money, endorsements and

money and minimum scales of.
See also
Contracts, non-guaranteed; Contracts in NFL; Salaries

NFL Total Access

Nicknames

Nitschke, Ray

Nobles, Charles

Nomellini, Leo

Normlessness

“Not for Long” (N-F-L)

Notre Dame

NVIVO software

Oakland Raiders

Oben, Roman

Old-timers.
See
NFL players, former

Ole Miss

Oliver, Paul

Olsen, Merlin

Omalu, Bennet

Organized team activities (OTAs)

Oriard, Michael

career of

college experience of

defines essence of football

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