The NFL's rookie symposium, the first league event lost because of the lockout, is back on thanks to the NFLPA, Sports Illustrated's Jim Trotter first reported.
The NFLPA will host and finance the symposium in Washington DC in June 28-29. The original NFL-NFLPA joint event was scheduled for June 26 in Canton.
The symposium is designed to help the rookies' transition as they enter the NFL, teaching the players life skill such as money management. The symposium will be called "The Business of Football: Rookie Edition."
"It was important for us to do this because it's a critical time in the lives of players who are about to enter the league," NFLPA spokesman George Atallah told Trotter. "Lockout issues aside, it's important that players are prepared for this next phase in their lives and careers."
The way we see it
The symposium is an important workshop for the rookies as they are about to encounter a host of new situations thanks to fame and fortune. It was a smart move by the NFLPA to step up to make sure the symposium happened for the first-year players' sake, but it is hard to ignore that it's a move that also happens makes the NFLPA look good during a lockout that has seen both sides vie for support from fans.
Source: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/05/31/nflpa-will-host-rookie-symposium
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