European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Stove Survey is co founder of a Manta tent group involved in helping athlete with second Canter planning after Tuy tint from Aport. When the cheering stops by William d. Murray United press International nce the cheering adulation and paychecks Stop athletes Ace what could be the toughest Challenge of i hair lives the Light for economic survival. Away from the limelight Many athletes have fatten on hard tunes. For the Lisl Lime in Many o their jives. They Are alone. There Are no coaches no agents and no in Slang friends. La s a very Dill cult Lime Tor Many or the athletes because their careers end much quicker than they Ever said Ron Sara lion president of the Pace Center Lor career development in san Diego Calif. Retire of no is a difficult Ihms to plan Lor when one is 60. Most athletes Are in hair 20s when they Are forced to retire. We have Lound that Over so percent of dig professional athletes we have talked to do not know whal they want to do once their playing career is station s company is a non profit subsidiary of a manager Cal group co founded by baseball Star Sieve Garvey and Mike Curry it has developed a program to Holp alleles prepare for a life away lion the Arena Diamond or Gridiron it begins with a learn Moelm at which a 30 10 40 minute introduction is Given and Bessing to Rural issues concerning second career planning and sound investments the general meeting is followed by voluntary individual sessions in which the Glaynis undergo on intensive songs of aptitude less to help determine Huir abilities and i hair shortcomings to ask them questions concerning whal Hoy want to do if the contract payments or nol Are they Jaing logo from this High amount of Money to zero7 basically we want them to Realise exactly at what Point choir Money is going loin out Sara lion said once Ihal is settled we ool Oul n Couise Lor the player to follow " pack Counselor Call each Al Lutc five to seven limes after the initial meetings to do follow up work. If an Athl Elc has any questions he can Call Iho group s san Tiogo office the Al Clos can also go through a Page 16 the stars and stripes nine week internship in the program which provides an overview of How successful businesses run. The idea Lor such a program caught the Eye of the Aba players association Al its annual meeting last year. The basketball players agreed to pay face a company thai is basically funded by corporate donations $115,000 this season to implement the program for the Union s members on a league wide basis. So far the response from the rank and file has been encouraging. We thought we would got about 30 to 40 percent turn out Stratton said. Bui in has been much higher than thai. I think second career planning is becoming a real concern for the one player who has put his second career plan to work is former Milwaukee such and Boson celtic guard Quinn Buckner. When he was waived last season Buckner easily made the transition irom the basketball court to the business office thanks to some planning today Buckner is an executive vice president with Iho Milwaukee based Denver group a management consulting firm. To can t say enough for this kind of program Pace said Buckner. Who is now a director of the company. The whole aim of the program is to make a retired player a More productive member of society the Lormor Star said Oneal the a apr problems aging athletes Aco is the accumulated cell Cal of a system that has catered to them since Junior High Schoof athletes live a tile of extended Buckner said people have Caleroy to them All choir lives what to have to do is get Young men to understand that they arc responsible Lor whal will happen when Iney can no longer play. As far As preparing Lor that Day they have to crawl before they walk " the Lormor Aba guard also said athletes Nave to be aware their worlds will change sometimes dramatically Al retirement what i found difficult was to determine if people liked to far Woumn Buckner the person or Quin Buckner Iho player to said. Ii became very Clear to Friday april 24, 1987 me once i stopped thare is also a growing fear among athletes Over losing Large sums of Money to bad investments. Whal we find Many athletes telling us about bad investments is the fact thai they got involved Al the advice of a teammate Stratton said. It s a learn situation. They Trust each other. But most athletes simply do not go through a proper investigatory process in order to make a Good decision on investments. We try to Gat them into the habit of seeking Good advice from accountants and investment Counselor while the Aba players association is the first major undertaking of the san Diego based group Pace has also helped thousands of athletes on an individual basis in its four years of existence a program separate from the Aba s is helping Active nil players ready Lor their second careers. Mike Mason head of Pace s human resources department said the company is working with an average Ofi-4 players per nil team. We have a number of players in our eight week internship program run in cooperation with Anheuser Busti Mason said. In the off season the players Are teamed with Anheuser Busch distributors in the players geographical regions for eight weeks during which they learn everything they can about running a wholesale business. We Are also just starting a program with Merrill Lynch in which players will go to work Lor the Stock firm and learn about investment counselling " for the retired players Pace also acts As an employment Agency. I a my Best to find the players in our program a Matth Mason said we do not charge the athletes any Money for our services bul we do charge some employers a finder s ice just like any other placement Agency among the graduates of the program have been former Cincinati Bengal and Bullaro Bill to Harris Ivr Ici is now a sporting goods executive former new York jets running Back Scott die Ramg. Who is a financial consultant in Chicago and Farmer pro soccer player Mike Hunter who is a financial consultant in los Angeles
