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Mt Laurel NJ , the NFL Alumni’s 21st Annual Player Networking Event™ (PNE) is scheduled to take place Friday, February 5, 2021, from 12:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time.
PNE, a National Football League (NFL) sanctioned event for 15 years, was created to help NFL players transition into meaningful second careers and maximize networking opportunities Super Bowl weekend. Due to COVID-19 PNE 2021 has been re-engineered as a virtual experience for high school and college athletes.
Event highlights include interactive experiences on various social platforms, a six-hour podcast, and workshops featuring active and former NFL players and the following NFL team executives: Adolpho Birch (Tennessee Titans), Terry Cousin (Pittsburgh Steelers), Dwayne Joseph (Las Vegas Raiders), Terrance Gray (Buffalo Bills), Maurice Kelley (Seattle Seahawks), Les Pico (Minnesota Vikings), and Arthur Hightower (Los Angeles Chargers).
Former NFL player and current Fox Sports analyst Spencer Tillman will kick start PNE with a keynote address and facilitate the opening session titled How Athletes Build Networks and Net Worth. Spencer is a servant leader who raises the communication bar and provides next-level insights for athletes in transition. We’re super excited that he has agreed to lead our opening session,” says PNE Founder and CEO Guy Troupe.
Over 20 organizations are committed to joining the NFL Alumni, BEES, Incorporated, and Troupe21 with this year’s event. Noteworthy PNE partners and sponsors include Toyota, Cantu Beauty, Advancement for Blacks in Sports, Athlife, BWS Enterprises, Chris Harris Jr. Foundation, Educate Me, Finger Licking Dutch, First Team, Integra Private Wealth Management, Innopower, Kaplan Mobray Inc., McCray’s BBQ, M2 Concepts, Pro Sports Legacy, Renegade Creative Media Group, Sound Mind Sound Body, Spirit Tees, Summit Container Corporation, the Halo App, and Will Shields Fitness and Training.
“PNE has assembled an all-star lineup of NFL subject matter experts to prepare athletes for the life after sports. It’s vitally important that high school and college athletes learn how to network and manage their name, image, and likeness. I’m honored to join active and former NFL players and the NFL Alumni in its mission to care for kids,” says NFL Legends Ambassador and Hall of Famer Will Shields.
To learn more or get involved with PNE go to www.pneinfo.com.
The minimum annual salary for a rookie active roster player with a one-year contract is $480,000, according to the collective bargaining agreement the NFL signed in 2011 with the NFL Players Association, which will be in effect until 2020. (2021 contracts still being finalized, but expect to go higher)
That minimum increases for each year a player spends in the NFL. A player with three years’ experience would command a salary equal to at least $705,000, while players with seven to nine years on the field must be paid at least $915,000.
Any NFL player that needs “Help transitioning” after the NFL is a dope.
These players would be making billions if America wasnt so damned racist!