President of the NFL Alumni Association - Bart Oates
- Author
- Trent Christensen
- Published
- Mon 26 Oct 2020
- Episode Link
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Bart Oates has three Super Bowl victories, two of which are with the New York Giants, and one is with the San Francisco 49ers. Retired from his career as a starting-center, playing in the NFL for 11 years, Bart is now the President of the NFL Alumni Association. NFL careers can have a short life, and what to do afterward has its challenges. Bart Oates, with the NFL Alumni Association, helps to serve and advise former players, coaches, and other employees, of the NFL.
Football History
• President of the NFL Alumni Association,
• Former center for the USFL Stars, NY Giants, and SF 49ers.
• What is the NFL Alumni Association?
• How did you handle the crowds?
• First drill on a new team with Coach Bill Parcels, Bart pulls his hamstring
• You don’t see an old-timers game as you do with baseball or basketball. When a football player is done with the game, they are DONE with the game.
• I played 14 years, and I had a hard time walking away from the game.
• “Everything is secondary to the team.”
• You don’t have to play the game to be a good coach, and just because you have played the game doesn’t mean you’ll be a good coach.
Outside of the NFL
• You also practiced law?
• “I don’t look at it as hard; it’s here - this is the choice you made.”
• Success takes perseverance, in football, or anything else.
The impact of COVID-19 on the NFL
How has Covid-19 impacted the NFL?
• How have you handled COVID-19 personally?
• Talking politics; Who’s going to win? How would you advise one to vote?
• Is there a limit on how many justices can be in the supreme court?
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