Now that the time has come to hang up the cleats, Sal Ami has two obvious career paths to choose from. One would be doing his dream job and becoming a professional eater, and possibly competing in the fourth of July Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest. The other path would be following his new position and staying on as the Norfolk Seawolves General Manager.
The decision is an easy one, and that is, Sal would chose to stay on board with his beloved Norfolk Seawolves and help manage them into the future. Players that retire always say the hardest thing about not playing is missing every one in the locker room. So this way, Sal stays close to the team he loves so much but also can do his best to make sure they remain in good hands on into the future. Maybe after winning a few Ultimini's he will step down to pursue his passion of competitive eating.
Football has been a part of my life longer than it hasn't, and hanging up the jersey for good won't be easy. However, all my life I've also been passionate about video games. If football didn't do a good enough job of relieving stress or letting me have fun, I knew I always had video games to fall back on any given night. It's also been a great way to connect with friends from school after class, or even meet new people over the internet.
Nowadays, streaming has become a very popular hobby and even a career for people who make the most out of it by entertaining viewers on certain platforms. Once I retire, I think I'm going to take a shot at streaming so I can reconnect with my football fans as well as create new connections with new fans online. I don't know if I can compete with other streamers in terms of straight up skill in video games, seeing as I've spend most of my life on football, but I think I can make up for it in entertainment and uniqueness.
Blackstone has certainly been thinking more and more about retirement lately. He knows that he only has a season or so left. Two at the most. But he knows that he wants to be all in for his team and so has been trying to stay in the moment as much as possible too. In order to achieve this he has been considering staying on with the team for a period of time after retirement as an assistant to the defensive line coach. He doesn't feel like he owes anything to the game at this point, or even the Colorado Yeti for what its worth, but he can't deny the fact that he simply loves the game and couldn't bear the thought of being away from it for more than a year or so. But this time, the commitment can be on his terms: he can control his schedule, his branding, and his endorsements. He sees it as an opportunity to recharge and hopefully fall in love with the sport in a new and exciting way.
Retirement is still a few seasons out for Saleem Spence, but always having a backup plan is important for a physical game like football, and Spence came prepared. He has speculative investments in South African mines, and has quintuple mortgaged his Ultimus ring through a complicated scheme where he actually has to pay out nothing somehow if things go bad, while the greedy banks bear all the financial loss.
Bank fraud aside, another borderline illegal venture Saleem Spence is involved in is an ownership stake in the company that manufactures the drug Total Pectoral Energizing (known as TPE to athletes in the biz.). Alongside close friends Gerald Eddy and Nick Brain, the company's research is breaking whole new ground in terms of opening TPE up to more public supply. If such plans come to fruition, perhaps aspiring college athletes could have upwards of 200 TPE shots before making their way as a professional. This would dramatically improve quality of play in the lower reaches of the game, although the return on investment for the venture is questionable. Overall though Spence is still well set up for a life outside the game. Player Agent of Wide Receiver Saleem Spence - Saleem Spence Player Profile: https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=28380 Saleem Spence Update Thread: https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=28552
After Soulja hangs up the football cleats, it's back to the life of Air Ride racing for him! It was his passion for a long time before football and many of the best air riders are in their mid thirties to hundreds. With kirbies living to 1000+ years, he has a lot of his prime to go! In his time air riding with his brothers, Yellow was always his biggest rival being the older brother. Yellow had also started Air Ride racing professionally so catching up to him would be a huge goal! His favorite place to ride had to be City Trial so Soulja would almost certainly head back there for his debut. If worse comes to worst, and Soulja can't hang with the other riders, he knows for certain he can keep up with the Top Riders on the short tracks, and at even worst case he could always fool around on the melee pits in City Trial adventures!
So even after football, Souljas future is looking bright! |
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