Robert Turner (Research Associate in the Center on Biobehavioral He

Not for Long

The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on personal experience as a former pro and interviews with over 120 current and former NFL players, Robert Turner gets behind the bravado to reveal what it means to be an athlete in the NFL and why so many players struggle with life after football.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 160mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780199892907
• ISBN-10: 0199892903
• Artikelnr.: 49782924

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Turner II is a Research Associate in the Center on Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research at Duke University. Dr. Turner played football professionally in the now defunct United States Football Leagues (USFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and briefly in the National Football League (NFL).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: NFL Means Not For Long
Preface: The Athletes' Journey through the National Football League
Chapter One: Broke and Broken
Chapter Two: The Star, the Journeyman, and the Dedicated Spectator
Chapter Three: The Field of Goals and Dreams
Chapter Four: College Football
Chapter Five: The Totalizing Institution
Chapter Six: Masking the Pain
Chapter Seven: Making it to the Big Show
Chapter Eight: Eye in the Sky
Chapter Nine: The Owner's Playbook
Chapter Ten: Billionaires vs. Millionaires
Chapter Eleven: Forced Out
Chapter Twelve: Preparing for, Surviving and Thriving beyond the NFL