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Addressing the Athletic Gap: Advising College

Football Players for Professional Careers

Dr. Dariel “DT” Henry03.09.17

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There's a huge gap between just qualifying for college and pushing yourself to excel in academics as well as athletics, and seeing

they can both be linked. It's OK to try to do well in everything that you do. You don't

have to choose one over the other." -- Stanford coach David Shaw

College

and

Football

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Addressing the Athletic Gap: Advising College

Football Players for Professional Careers

Dr. Dariel “DT” Henry03.08.17

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Experience Advising Athletes?

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Student athletes strongly identify with

their athletic role many times at the risk of not

exploring non-sport careers or areas of

interest (Menke, 2015).

This paper demonstrates the usefulness of Gordon’s 2006 3-I decision making

process as a means to help student athletes, especially those who identify strongly with their athletic role, to make appropriate career

choices.

Integrate

Inquire Inform

The Fluid 3-I Process

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Advisors must understand the impact that a lifelong

commitment to a sport has on a student. These students have

achieved success, accolades, and are hailed by friends and strangers alike as ‘‘athletes’’,

resulting in many never considering an alternate or additional identity (Menke,

2015).

Inquire

The Fluid 3-I Process

What is your 2nd career?

Assignment #1

Inform

The Fluid 3-I Process

Some of the things that came out of the film

In addition, research has found that student-

athletes benefited from reading about current

professional athletes who have successfully

integrated their athletic and academic roles

(Harrison & Lawrence, 2003).

Inform

The Fluid 3-I Process

Note Taking

Class Reading

Block Procrastination

Prof Pop Quiz Homework

IntegrateThe Fluid 3-I Process

At this final stage, students and their advisors

determine the steps to appropriately assimilate the personal, academic,

and vocational information the students have amassed

(Gordon, 2006)

Assignment #2

Communication

Communication

Hudl Film pics

Communication

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Retention

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Addressing the Athletic Gap: Advising College

Football Players for Professional Careers

Dr. Dariel “DT” Henry03.09.17

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