After retiring this week Terry Yaki would like to stay close to the game if only to spite his half brother Benny Hana who recently entered his namer into the league. However his true passion is to back and coach college or high school in his home country of Japan and help bring a new breed of young stars to the ISFL. He certainly won't get lazy as the hard worker he is won't allow it. He already has an offer to coach at his former university USF as a running backs coach so his career may bring him back to the states after playing most of his career in Europe. Only time and destiny will tell what happens next for Terry, but maybe one day his progeny will make their way into the ISFL and he can be there to draft or even coach him. One thing is for sure though, it will be happy retirement.
Football has always been a means to an end for Squidward Tentacles, and that end is a life of luxury. He's been able to afford a fairly lavish lifestyle while still putting money away for his eventual retirement, which for him is the ultimate goal. He'll use that money to buy the nicest, furthest-away-from-Bikini-Bottomest house he can find, and whatever's left will go toward his various hobbies. He'll finally be able to pursue painting full-time, while also honing his already incredible talent on the clarinet. He's also considered getting back into breeding racing snails, a pursuit he very briefly entertained while he was still living in Bikini Bottom. The most important thing to Squidward, when it comes to his life after football, is putting as much distance between himself and his hometown as possible. Bikini Bottom was (mostly) good to him, but his talent was never truly appreciated there, and he was always dealing with problems caused by his minimum-wage job and his childish neighbors. With the money he'll have earned from a long football career, he won't have to worry about any of those problems (or the people who caused them) ever again.
It is now time for John Huntsman to retire and it surely is an emotional time for him, his family, and his team. John Huntsman has bulldozed through the International Simulation Football League and hit holes hard, but also have been hit by tacklers just as hard. Right now, fresh off of hanging up the cleats, Huntsman feels okay. He does not get sore yet and his body and mind are not as tired as some players who retire late into their career.
John Huntsman now has a wide open schedule and is fairly young still. He has a few options available to pursue in his retired life. His family and former career of professional wrestling is certainly an option. He would be a rather popular figure in the professional wrestling world as a football player turned wrestler. His body may be too weak and he really does not need the money following such a long and successful football career.
John Riggins walked into the locker room after his final game, it was late. He stayed out on the field afterwards and watched the crowd leave, and watched the lights dim. The team knew it was time, but the fans did not. He liked running, that was what he did best- however years in the ISFL had taken years off his life. His knees hurt and the migraines were persistent. But Riggins did not regret a thing, he did it for the Glory, and secured generational wealth for his family. Walking into the locker room he was surprised to see the team waiting for him, and they each took time to hug him and offered to visit his Ranch in montana. He was going to spend the rest of his days with his kids and his wife, hunting and fishing, replacing the roar of the crowd with the noise of a babbling creek. He smiled as he sat on the locker room one last time. Absolutely no regrets.
My player is a long way from retirement - being a rookie and all - so any plans they may be creating for their future after football are so far in the distance that it might not even be that relevant to discuss. Yet, I still think it is interesting to consider the retirement possibilities for Kaguya because she truly is a player with many options. Of course, American Football is a game that she has grown to enjoy and appreciate during her time as a QB both in school and in the DSFL, which means a coaching/managerial role would be a good place to go next; however, given the rather cold and calculated personality they are generally known to possess, motivating football players may not be the easiest thing for her to manage. Further, commentating on games is likely something that would not be in the plans, even though others would dream of being able to do it. The truth of the matter is that Kaguya - after retirement - would very likely move back to Japan and begin a normal career in the public sector or in commerce with her Dad’s conglomerate, rather than staying in America to keep close to football. Another plus point of doing this is that - should she become a star player in the future - there is an opportunity to grow the game even more in Japan, and make it possible for other talented youngsters to try and make a living out of playing American Football. That type of ambassadorial role is something that she - along with former ISFL QB Chika Fujiwara - would likely be very interested in partaking in should the opportunity arise.
The final light switch turns off in the meeting room as Jason Garciaparra stares down at his suit. His husband comes to greet him, helping him off the stage one last time after a rough meeting with the media and coaches about his retirement. “I left it all on the field every game. Every damn game.” That’s the quote that was in the paper the next morning as Jason scavenged around the back of his apartment for some tools he had misplaced, finding a tossed out newspaper hanging off his back fence. He had a plan all along for a grand tour after getting done with football to go become a defensive coordinator back in college but for now he had all of the time in the world. Alex calls him back into the house though as the two go hit up their pizza place, giving it one last celebration meal before moving. Recently, the Garciaparras were contacted from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Jason’s alma mater, to come back and become the defensive coordinator after a string of some odd hires. Without a second guess, Jason packed his bags to head back to Atlanta for the job as the team’s hype man as well. After living in the streets around Butcher Stadium, now Jason Garciaparra splits time in the fraternity houses around Bobby Dodd.