America 1979

Chapter 113 Starts with a misfortune

Joe Montana, who debuted in 27, was young enough. At the age of [-], he wore the NFL championship ring and won the NFL Player of the Year in [-].

"Does Bill know Joe? If he doesn't know him, he can let the head coach Paul connect. He has a very close relationship with the head coach of the [-]ers."

Yevgeny, who was sitting behind his desk, asked kindly.

The relationship between the Stanford school team and the [-]ers is quite good. The head coach of the [-]ers has coached the red and white teams before.

"I attended Joe Montana's wedding. At that time, he gave me a red envelope of two hundred dollars. He also gave me some advice. I know him."

Mr. Ferrari was glad that he went with Sofia at that time.

"Wedding? Red envelopes?" Adam was shocked by the words of his roommate, and it took him a long time to realize, "Oh, you are all Italian, this is amazing."

He can't accept that his teammates in a room know such a top NFL star.

Martin Kent clapped his hands, "I heard that the captain of the [-]ers is unusually friendly. Those who have been in contact with him say that Joe Montana will never reject a friend. Bill, this is the greeting from the Virgin Mary to you." Live the blessing of so many long passes."

As a backup quarterback, he also paid close attention to the league's top quarterback in San Francisco.

"How should I do it? I can't go and instruct him to blow me up. The key is to let those sports reporters who have the right to vote remember me."

Bill had to ask about the details of this. Yevgeny had a lot of experience and considered the details comprehensively.

The coach glanced at the three young players in the room, hesitated for a while before expressing his opinion: "First of all, the sports reporters on the east coast must not clearly feel that Joe Montana is deliberately touting a college athlete, so The occasions where he mentions you must be limited to those few occasions, for example, during our spring training, he can be invited to visit, and at the same time let the relevant media report the matter.”

The members of the college team are preparatory professional football players. For a star of Joe Montana's level, going to the college team to watch the spring training of the juniors is a bonus, which can increase his reputation.

"Secondly, some big TV sports programs will invite stars to participate in the program during the off-season. During the period, they may ask the stars what they think of the new generation of athletes. Bill's name can also be mentioned in this scene."

"For another example, let the [-]ers invite you to participate in their trial training, or directly let Joe Montana come to our campus Pro Day this year. These two scenes must also have reporters present, and the good exposure of the operation will also be there. "

Trial training is a training camp for professional teams to recruit players, and it is also open to college athletes, but Bill had not reached a verbal agreement with the [-]ers before, and Yevgeny suspected that this would not work out.

"Overall, let Joe Montana mention you in all football-related situations and say he's very bullish on Bill Ferrari's development and wants to play with this young tight end. Sportswriters Mu Qiang is very strong, and when Joe mentions your name, they will notice you."

"The premise of these practices is that the quarterback of the [-]ers is really willing to do this. Bill, are you sure that your relationship with him is so good?"

Mr. Ferrari, who was scribbling frantically in his small notebook with a pen, wrote the last word, "Whether things will succeed depends on our hard work. I will only stay in the red and white team for more than a year in the future. I will not work hard this year." , those awards go to other people.”

He decides to take Sophia to Joe Montana and ask the superstar to help.

Favors and other things will be paid back when he is developed.

"Just make progress on your own." Yevgeny waved his hand to signal the three to leave, "I don't want to say more about this in the future. Some NCAAF regulations are outrageous. I have the title of coach, so I shouldn't be able to communicate with you about these things."

He was very cautious, and he could rest assured that Bill would take it, but the other two would not be able to hold it.

After thanking the coach, Mr. Ferrari came out of the football stadium with two friends.

……

February 12 NO.[-], Saturday noon.

"When we came last year, the main building of this manor wasn't like this? It's almost like those rich people in ancient times."

Sophia, who was acting as an assistant, was full of eyes. When she was called by the phone, she and Bill went to the home of the superstar Joe, but they were shocked by the main building of Montana Manor.

This is a three-story masonry building with a huge and complicated overall style, emphasizing the contrast between light and dark, and it has the feeling of an old building in northern Italy.

Mr. Ferrari didn't have much feeling for the exterior of the building, but he felt the money of a football superstar after he entered.

"Hello, Sophia, and Bill, young man, feel free to step on these rugs. My wife bought them, and I don't feel bad about them."

The brown-black-haired Joe Montana asked the two visitors not to be so restrained. He himself was wearing a sports sweater and trousers, which did not match the decoration style of his home.

He said so, but Bill had a different feeling, as if the superstar was distressed by something else.

"Mr. Montana, I need your help on a very important matter..."

After the host and guest sat down on the luxurious sofa that matched the architectural style, Bill immediately explained his intentions.

"You also know that we Italians are discriminated against by white people. They often say that these manual jobs can be done by Italians, and my parents are doing jobs that I can't refute...from the time I was in high school From the beginning of playing, I was groping alone, if it wasn’t for Coach Murphy, Coach Yevgeny and others who kept pointing me out, I wouldn’t even know the rules of this industry very well.”

Everything was bad in advance, Mr. Ferrari started from the occupation of his uncle, second uncle, and the late father, and told about the injustice he encountered along the way.

"Is there such an exaggeration? Or is it the case in New York State?" Joe Montana asked curiously.

Bill reassured him: "This is the case in the three states of New York and New Jersey. The Italians there are generally engaged in low-end occupations, and their income may have just caught up with the national median."

After a few twists and turns, the topic got back on track.

"And this year, it's my critical year. As you know, the Heizman Award, the Kemp Award, and the Maxwell Award are selected mainly by media people, specifically sports journalists, and most of them are located on the east coast. Our Parker [-] game coincided with their dinner time again, and those reporters probably didn’t even watch the game, but decided how to vote based on the data on the field...”

"I understand what you mean." Joe Montana smiled and nodded to Bill. As an industry insider, he guessed what the young man wanted him to do.

"As a tight end and as a player on the West Coast, you really suffer from the awards. I think I can help you with this, provided you work hard enough yourself."

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)