Michael Sam hasn’t played one snap in the National Football League, yet he is already creating more headlines than most college players hoping to be drafted next month. Sam, a standout college player from the University of Missouri, became the first openly gay player that will eventually be in the NFL. Of all social issues,…
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The NFLPA Helps Players Retain Benefits
Nolan Harrison III played 10 years for the LA/Oakland Raiders, Steelers and the Redskins. He’s now a Vice President with First Midwest Bank’s Trust and Investment Management and a hard-working advocate for the (NFLPA) National Football League Players Association. The NFLPA was originally established by the players for the players in 1956 to help gain the much needed…
Wonderlic Test vs. a Player’s True Potential
At every scouting combine, the Wonderlic Test is given to would-be NFL players. Is this test really just a basic intelligence test and does a players potential depend on the results? 50= highest possible score, superior intelligence 21= average intelligence 14= equivalent to unskilled worker Below 14= moron Let’s take a few quarterback examples from…