Former or current NFL players: The Kelley School of Business can help you launch the next step in your career

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- [Andy] When you're playing
football, you're busy,

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life is hectic, you're
moving around the country.

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And then all of the
sudden, your career's over.

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And you've gained all these
skills, you have this network,

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you've met these amazing people.

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Leaving the game, I realized

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that those only are gonna take you so far.

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- You reach a point and you say that,

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"How can I add more value to myself?"

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I felt like an MBA was
the right thing to provide

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the education and the awareness,

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so that I could do my job even better.

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- We're providing all of our
students with what we call

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an executive tool kit.

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That's a series of frameworks
and skills and capabilities.

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They feel confident that they know how to

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address the problem, develop solutions,

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and then how to execute those
solutions once developed.

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- [Lester] Going to a school
that had a strong reputation

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really meant something to me.

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Just getting a rubber stamp on a degree

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was not what I was looking for,

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and then looking at the
flexibility of the program

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also really drew me to it.

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- [Rich] You're not tied to
attending in-person instruction

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at any one moment in a week.

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That enables you to execute a schedule

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that makes the most
sense for you personally.

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- [Andy] I travel for
work a lot with the NFLPA,

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and I have four kids, and I
get my work done sporadically

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on airplanes and hotels, at
night when the kids are in bed.

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Our program advisors that I work with

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want to help guys succeed.

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I've been really impressed
with the professors.

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They're responsive, they
don't make you feel like

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you're not in the classroom.

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- [Lester] It's not like a
webinar, where you're just

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sitting there and listening to videos,

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you really have the
opportunity to interact

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with a human being.

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- What I enjoy most about
the course work is that

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I think it's relevant.

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I'm seeing it play out in my daily life.

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I'm starting to understand
how businesses work,

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how people make decisions.

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- [Lester] I'm actually
in a managerial role

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with the NFL Players Association now,

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which is something that I didn't have

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the necessary pedigree to have before.

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You don't have to commit to an MBA,

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maybe you've got a financial interest

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or you've got entrepreneurial interest,

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well then do the certificate program.

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And it's a little bit shorter,

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it's a little bit less of a
commitment and you get to see.

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For guys who are active players,

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at the end of the year they
get a chance to get reimbursed

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for the money that they spent
on themselves and education.

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Well that's fantastic, so
it's a no-lose situation.

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- [Andy] For football
players particularly,

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we're used to being really successful.

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We're used to being the best on the team.

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Trying something that you might
not be good at is daunting.

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Be willing to expose yourself,
be willing to be vulnerable,

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admit where you're weak:
you'll be glad that you did it.

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- [Lester] You've now not
only got an experience

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from the NFL, whether it's
two years or ten years,

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but you've got an ability to combine that

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with an educational experience
that's gonna equip you

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to face all the challenges
that business world will face,

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just like you faced them
on the athletic field.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.625 (Jordan Evans) My name is Jordan Evans, 2 00:00:01.625 --> 00:00:03.120 and I played in the NFL five years 3 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:04.720 with the Cincinnati Bengals. 4 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:06.720 I had one of those moments where you 5 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:09.020 see the end of your career knocking on the door, 6 00:00:09.020 --> 00:00:11.240 and you ask yourself, what's next? 7 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.360 And so in 2021, I blew my knee out 8 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:15.040 versus the Green Bay Packers. 9 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:17.680 And in January, I enrolled and started taking classes 10 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:19.160 for my master's. 11 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:22.157 The NFL life, the free agent life is very sporadic, 12 00:00:22.157 --> 00:00:23.740 and you really don't know what's next. 13 00:00:23.740 --> 00:00:27.000 So it's really helpful to know that the program was flexible 14 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.320 and that I can take as many classes as I want. 15 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.520 I can also pause it and come back at the next semester. 16 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:34.720 One thing that I won't forget is just how 17 00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:36.640 encouraging my classmates were. 18 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:38.660 I didn't study business in undergrad, 19 00:00:38.660 --> 00:00:41.240 and so some of the classes were foreign to me, 20 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:42.900 and I started to have a little doubt. 21 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:46.200 But a lot of my classmates poured a lot of encouragement 22 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:48.520 that gave me the confidence to push through. 23 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:49.980 Do not get discouraged. 24 00:00:49.980 --> 00:00:51.580 There are times that it is tough. 25 00:00:51.580 --> 00:00:54.560 There are times that you feel like you're in over your head, 26 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.020 but you'll be able to push through. 27 00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:58.562 You was able to push through all the fall camps, the training 28 00:00:58.562 --> 00:01:00.260 camps, those hard fourth quarters. 29 00:01:00.260 --> 00:01:03.380 You'll be able to push through this degree program as well. 30 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:05.480 The NFLPA, through the reimbursement program 31 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:08.420 and the tuition program, will pay for your education. 32 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:10.158 And so why not take advantage of that 33 00:01:10.158 --> 00:01:11.700 and add credentials behind your name? 34 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:15.050 [music playing] 35 00:01:15.050 --> 00:01:17.000