Prepare Excel Succeed

NFL & the Players need to resolve their negotiations privately before they lose the public respect. No one can fault them for taking steps to test their leverage and prove they mean business. However, it's time they honestly assess their strengths & weaknesses to arrive at mutually beneficial terms upon which to extend the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). A new CBA before the draft to give the game a shot in the arm and a basis to further the game for the collective good. No business ultimately benefits by settling its employment disputes in public. To take this dispute much further may do serious harm to the sport, and no one wants that to happen. Regardless of the outcome, the only thing a player entering the draft or free agency can do, besides pray, is prepare physically, mentally & economically for the business of professional football. By now, most of the physical testing is complete. Players need to focus on maintaining physical fitness & mentally emerse themselves in furthering their understanding of the game and how its played. Players should have the mental framework to effectively organize & process the game plan in which they'll be thrust. This framework needs to include an economic model within which to operate. Players need to spend the remaining time before the draft & the start of OTA's preparing a budget which accounts for the various income ranges likely to be earned. Players, ask yourselves: How much am I going to save if I end up with a nominal signing bonus & a league minimum contract with a full season split? How about allocating savings, investment and discretionary spending for a Twenty Million Dollar ($20,000,000.00) signing bonus? Get together with a competent financial advisor and include your agent/business attorney in your meeting(s) to help you evaluate and utilize their advice. Your agent should have the skill to Quarteback your career for you while you're focussing on your game. That includes your second career goals and helping you develop and monetize your persona. The aforementioned preparation will help you excel in the next level and succeed in the NFL, second career and beyond (a/k/a"Your Life"). Prepare - Excel -Succeed: the time to start is now! Good luck.

Posted on Sat, April 2, 2011 by David Wyatt

3 comments (Add your own)

1. Aaron Boyles wrote:
Good article David. I heard you doing a great job of discussing this on the radio too. See below where I corrected multiple grammatical errors. Sorry, I used to be a teacher. Aaron

NFL & the Players need to resolve their negotiations privately before they lose the public’s respect. No one can fault them for taking steps to test their leverage and prove they mean business. However, it's time they honestly assess their strengths and weaknesses to arrive at mutually beneficial terms upon which to extend the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). A new CBA before the draft can give the game a shot in the arm and a basis to further the game for the collective good. No business ultimately benefits by settling its employment disputes in public. To take this dispute much further may do serious harm to the sport, and no one wants that to happen. Regardless of the outcome, the only thing a player entering the draft or free agency can do, besides pray, is prepare physically, mentally and economically for the business of professional football. By now, most of the physical testing is complete. Players need to focus on maintaining physical fitness and mentally immerse themselves in furthering their understanding of the game and how it’s played. Players should have the mental framework to effectively organize and process the game plan in which they'll be thrust. This framework needs to include an economic model within which to operate. Players need to spend the remaining time before the draft and the start of OTA's preparing a budget which accounts for the various income ranges likely to be earned. Players, you should ask your selves: How much am I going to save if I end up with a nominal signing bonus & a league minimum contract with a full season split? How about allocating savings, investment and discretionary spending for a Twenty Million Dollar ($20,000,000.00) signing bonus? Get together with a competent financial advisor and include your agent/business attorney in your meeting(s) to help you evaluate and utilize their advice. Your agent should have the skill to quarterback your career for you while you're focusing on your game. That includes your second career goals and helping you develop and monetize your persona. The aforementioned preparation will help you excel in the next level and succeed in the NFL, second career and beyond (a/k/a “Your Life"). Prepare - Excel -Succeed: the time to start is now! Good luck.

Tue, April 26, 2011 @ 2:21 PM

2. Wyatt wrote:
Aaron, thanks for the comment and edits. These are written for my present and future NFL clients as well as those interested in the business of the NFL. As Coach Wyche always says, "Have a great life!"

Sun, May 22, 2011 @ 4:56 PM

3. King wrote:
Wow! Very surprised at the love for ornews. Thought it would be the opposite.ELong: That's unfair. These guys play football. Where else are they supposed to go and do that? You're saying they should become teachers or construction workers if they feel playing football is unfair? If a computer programmer is unhappy with his pay, he can go to a different company. He wouldn't be asked to all of the sudden take up plumbing. Saying football players should go do something else and shut up is not a fair way to approach the issue. And you're damn right I would ask to see my boss's paystub if he tried to cut my pay while the company raked in billions of dollars because of the job I did. Every single taxpayer should be demanding to see each team's books since we finance stadiums for NFL owner's even and help them get even richer.2. aaronqb: You say the current financial model is unsound and needs to be fixed. Why? I know that's the owner's favorite talking point, but show me one shred of evidence that supports that. (Well, show me two. Rookie salaries should be fixed. I'll give you that one.)

Sat, March 10, 2012 @ 10:55 PM

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