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January 22, 2015

New field for NFL players: entrepreneur

  • Many players are out of the game at a young age. The money they earn in a short playing career isn't enough to last.
    • By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — As Eddie George neared the end of his nine seasons in the NFL, the running back began pondering his next play.

    “Something I'd worked on for most of my adult life was coming to an end, and it was really depressing, the unknown,” says George, a Heisman Trophy winner who played for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys from 1996 to 2005.


     
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