Congrats to former @UofLFootball alum @ColinHolba on writing about his journey and familiar story for many athletes. Leap is the name of the book and was released this week. The gist is about the common issue of maintaining your “identity” post career.
“Most of the veteran snappers make $1.3 million a year,” says @NFL agent Kevin Gold [@longsnapcom]. To those confused, Kevin isn’t talking about that percussive finger move we all know — he’s talking about long snappers in American football. Listen now: https://t.co/aqmQPHqOq7
The transfer market has been a big story over the past year, but I was curious *how* big a problem it was. We've heard about the 3,000 players in the portal, thousands without a home and huge roster turnover in some places. But what does that actually mean? 🧵 (1/x)
@CoachDurant_34 I did take a chance and it paid off, but 90% is super high for “FREE” maybe partials at smaller levels, but outside of D1 football/M basketball, there are no full rides