Reg Mackworthy is my boss on the field and in the locker room. In the offsesaon Reg and I work in a pizza restaurant kitchen. Here I am the boss and he is my assistant chef, so I get to wear the chef's hat.
Now of course, King Bronko is so rich from contract money and endorsement deals that he doesn't need to do anything in the offseason, but he won't turn down more money, plus he does love his fans.
Usually Bronko goes to a lot of orphanages in Arizona. He does like to visit the less fortunate and bring them official Outlaws gear to help brighten their days. He also likes to bang the cute college chicks who work there over the summer, but thats besides the point. Bronko also likes to visit the poor and needy strippers in the offseason. He is so generous as to throw $100s at them while they dance, so generous. He also will pay top dollar for any lap dance, and also likes to use their backs as a table for when he does lines, because why would you bother using a table when you have a bitch thats willing? Lastly, Bronko and his teammates often go to goodwill to give away their clothes to the less fortunate. The Outlaws have a shopping spree once a month, so they always have a surplus of clothes. How nice of them to share their rags with the world as the walk around in shoes worth 10K
Joseph Askins is a player who grow up in a smaller town and was always pushed by his parents and family to work hard and play hard. Due to this drive, even after making it into the big leagues, he likes to go home during the offseason and help out with his family business, which is a local restaurant. At this restaurant, his family makes all types of BBQ foods, including ribs, brisket, pulled pork, and wings. Askins likes to bring some of this food to the team every once in awhile, and his mentor Ricky Maddox loves the family made wings, soaked in incredibly hot sauce. Going back to his family is a huge mental boost for Askins as it helps him regain his focus and remember what is most important in his life. Even after a season where not everything went the way he was planning, his trip home to work int eh family business helps him get his mind off of football and on to bussing tables. Diners at the restaurant love to see a professional football player serving them, so it is a huge revenue boost for his family as well. Now that Askins will be heading into his second season as a Yellowknife Wraith, it will be interesting to see what he can do with his set of talents on the football field next year.
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During the offseason, Jordan Yates, offensive lineman for the San Jose Sabercats, has taken up becoming a clown in order to pay the bills while game checks remain months away. We sat down with him to ask him about his recent job acquisition:
Interviewer: So what was it that drove you to be a clown? Yates: Ever since I was a young child, I've always just wanted to make people happy; while some get enjoyment from watching me smash heads against other people and ruin my future life just for their enjoyment, others can be appeased through some simple face paint and juggling. Interviewer: Does the money factor have anything to do with your decision to have an off season job? Yates: Yes, definitely. How am I, a 300+ pound offensive lineman, supposed to feed myself on a measly 3.5 million dollar contract. A good meal costs half that. Plus you have to factor in how much gas it takes to take me from place to place, and that 3.5 million dollar contract gets swallowed up real fast. I'm currently nearly 100 million in debt and need to find a way to slowly work my way out if I want to provide for my family. The end. [div align=center]
Have you ever seen those dancing people on the corner with signs? Usually they're advertising tax places or restaurants. Sometimes they even have costumes. And if you were in the right parts of Boise or Las Vegas (depending on the time of year), you might have seen a particularly large dancer. Rookie Tight End Charlie Law spent a lot his his available time doing that job for various businesses.
"You'd be surprised by the amount of times I got offered money to strip, too." he adds. "Even when I was underage, which sounds bad but you have to remember I was already 6'2 at age 16. I mean, still weird just not..creepy weird." It's fair to say that someone Law's size generated a lot of attention, coupled with him not being known for being particularly graceful. "Oh yeah." he says. "I was an awful dancer. But I never stopped trying and more than a few people ended up getting in the door because they couldn't stop laughing. It was a great time and I made decent money." Suffice it to say he probably won't be doing the job anymore with his NSFL contract. Opinions may vary on whether or not this is a good thing.
Despite signing a record-breaking contract this offseason, Liberty linebacker AC Hackett still works during the off-season to stay true to his roots and sharpen up his post-playing career prospects.
Graduating from the University of Maryland with a dual-degree in Public Policy and Psychology, Hackett spent the next 2 NSFL offseasons pursuing an accelerated Master's degree in Psychology with a focus on policymaking. This offseason, like we all hope to do, he translated that education into a stable job, working as a summer school civics teacher right outside of Baltimore. The first few days of the class were a whirlwind, as the students didn't quite know how to respond to having a star linebacker teaching them government. But once they settled down, they quickly found that he was as good in the classroom as he is in coverage. When he wasn't in the classroom, settled into a more traditional role for someone in his position, setting up and running a camp for high school athletes, both basketball and football. While the latter pays his bills, the former is his true passion, and Hackett seeks to inspire on-court selflessness in the next generation of professional athletes. Even though the camp operates at a reduced price, it certainly isn't free, as Hackett wants to teach the first rule of being a pro athlete: the game is a cruel business so you should always secure the bag.
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