America 1979

Chapter 17
A little more imagination?Bill guessed that Assistant Coach James meant that he felt that he could apply to a better football school.

Such as Stanford University, UCLA, Florida State University, Ohio State University and other traditional strong teams.

The strong teams in these universities are very capable of absorbing money. The average game between strong teams can reach [-] to [-], or even [-]+ spectators. The finals have to give way.

However, because the university teams do not pay football players salaries, all the surrounding income such as tickets, broadcast rights, and jersey mascots are given to the coaching staff. In the year when there is a signing fee, it can exceed tens of millions of dollars. For example, the head coach of the NCAAF University of Alabama will have a salary of $2021 million in 1180.

For comparison, the maximum salary of an NBA coach back then was only Popovich's $950 million.

Of course, as a benefit of a strong university, there are naturally a lot of scholarships for varsity football, which is enough to cover tuition, living expenses and nutrition expenses every year.

Bill guessed that James meant to let himself strive to go to college with a strong football team, and then play professional games in the NFL.

This suggestion is not bad. After all, in this era, the average annual salary of NFL players may be hundreds of thousands of dollars. If they perform well on the field, they can easily win a five-year contract worth millions of dollars a year.

"I understand what you mean, but I just want to get a better diploma. In this regard, Columbia University is enough. Playing football professionally depends on my future life plan."

Bill replied in this way. After all, he has the memory of rebirth. As long as he is not completely flat, he can live a good life by taking advantage of the general trend of history. But if he wants to achieve the ultimate, he must seize most of the opportunities and work hard.

James smiled and shook his head, "Top universities can provide more scholarships. Columbia University is so easy to apply for. The scholarship may just cover the tuition and living expenses. It's your own choice which university to go to. I'm just giving you a suggestion."

When they returned to the training lawn, they began to formally train. Although the bench players and the special team did not need to conduct long-term offensive and defensive drills, they still had to do a good job in basic physical fitness, tackles, fast running, and throwing.

Bill does not have his own football armor, so he can only participate in some running and physical training activities, such as back and forth running, side jumps, pull-ups, plank support, arc jumps, crawling with heavy weights, kettlebell high jumps, etc. He thought it would be very difficult. Easy, but tortured to death in less than an hour.

Fortunately, there is still time for rest, and the offensive bench players and special teams will be trained separately for special events.

During the period, James asked Bill to find the offensive end manual and the defensive tackle manual.

These are two manuals about the thickness of a thumb, mainly introducing how players in these two positions should deal with various common tactics.

"My God, how can such a thick book be called a manual?" Bill exclaimed.

"You wouldn't say that if you'd seen the quarterback handbook. It's a tome thicker than a phone book," replied a player lying nearby.

The quarterback is the core of the team's tactical arrangement, usually the player with the best brain, the most flexible response, and the highest ball quotient. He decides whether each offense is a running offense or a passing offense.

As the skin color of NFL players gradually turned black, only the quarterback position was mostly filled by white players.

As for the phone book the player mentioned, it is a book filled with landline numbers and addresses across the state, usually half a finger thick.

After a few glances, Bill began chatting with some players around him, during which he asked a lot of useful information.

For example, you can buy protective gear in second-hand stores. Douglas is a good brand. You must buy a larger size helmet, because no one dares to take your helmet off on the field. Buy a larger size to make your head more comfortable. Use second-hand sneakers. Soccer shoes can be replaced, there is no need to buy rugby shoes and so on.

"If I want to use my high school football scores to apply to good colleges, how should I participate?"

After talking for a long time, Bill asked about the topic he was most concerned about.

"You should be in the starting lineup for two or three years to accumulate enough drives and touchdowns. The college head coaches are looking at this."

A white player named Hayes explained this to Bill.

In fact, this is easy to understand. After the ninth graders enter the school team, they are basically bench players, and they are not allowed to be on the bench. After all, the team has no. After training, the tenth graders can officially participate in the competition one after another, and the eleventh and twelfth graders start to become the main players.

But Bill wanted to get into college quickly, and it only took one and a half years to complete the cultural courses. Bill had the background of his previous life, so he didn't have to worry about failing to pass the white students.

In other words, he has to accumulate two to three years of starting player game data in two school years.

Bill shared the idea with the others, and there was a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere became cheerful.

Although he didn't understand why these people laughed at him, he didn't care. After two lifetimes, what kind of face did he have? The actual benefits mattered.

Taking advantage of the rest of the secret service team, James ran here to see what the team members were laughing at.

Bill wanted to tell him what he thought, which caused laughter again.

James gave the group a glare, which stopped them.

"Bill, your idea is good. It is possible to realize this. For example, if you play the wing end and the defensive tackle at the same time, you can accumulate the grades for applying for college in two seasons. In fact, participating in the The experience of the offensive and defensive teams will make college coaches pick out your resume, even if your statistics are poor, you may get an offer and a large scholarship."

James explained it to Bill in great detail.

This made Bill feel that it was possible to get a college offer in two years, but what James said later made Bill feel cold again.

"It's just a possibility. Coach Murphy decides how to arrange the players. You have to persuade him to have this opportunity. After all, when you play, there is a classmate on the bench. And the 12th grade students are exactly what they need. When playing for results, so..."

According to James, Bill will seize the resources of other students.

He nodded, indicating that he understood.

The United States is no different from the Xia Kingdom in the previous life. The Xia Kingdom is in a period of rapid national strength. As long as it waits for the wind, it can take advantage of the trend. According to an entrepreneur's words: standing on the wind, pigs can fly.

But the United States is not. After Reagan came to power next year, the new government implemented a series of new laws, which greatly increased the difficulty of crossing classes. That is to say, if you don’t grab opportunities and resources yourself, you will always be at the bottom.

Fortunately, Coach Murphy loves Bill very much. After the offensive and defensive drills of the starting lineup, Bill got a promise.

"Saturday afternoon practice, if you can beat tight end and two defensive tackles, I'll put you on the floor."

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