NFL Player Engagement staff held a informational webinar last week.
If you missed it, here's all you need to know...
Last Wednesday I attended the NFL Player Engagement webinar.
There were over 500+ people there.
This was a very insightful look into player engagement. Thank you to the NFL Player Engagement staff: Tracy Perlman, Rob Morrissey, Keith Elias, Carla Lide-Buglione, Usama Young, Ashley Smith, and Max Blank.
The staff spoke about the five pillars of player engagement. The first four are player facing and the team dove deeper into how they help National Football League players and legends in the following pillars:
Continuing education
Financial literacy
Professional development
Personal development
After they spoke about what they do at the league level they then dove into their fifth pillar which is to support those in player engagement at each of the 32 teams. They spoke about how they provide value to those in the role and then had three professionals in player engagement on a panel to discuss their every day roles.
Those professional were Kelsey Harkins, DeAngelo Shears, and Fernando Velasco. They did a great job talking about their roles and providing some advice for those in the role. (Sidenote: they all worked in college athletics during their career journey.)
After the panel and Q&A, Keith Elias reminded a lot of attendees that NFL chances are slim and getting a start in college athletics is a great way to impact the lives of athletes now.
My overall thoughts:
1. They delivered on what they said they would they gave an introduction to player engagement
2. They dove into player engagement from the league level and the team level
3. They encouraged attendees to connect and network
4. They were realistic in telling people they wouldn't just go from the Zoom to player engagement and there is a lot of opportunity in college athletics
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You want to work in player development
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