{"id":7748,"date":"2011-03-28T20:09:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2011-03-28T20:11:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:11:45","slug":"nflpa-announces-draft-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2011\/03\/28\/nflpa-announces-draft-events\/","title":{"rendered":"NFLPA Announces Draft Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the draft quickly approaching the NFLPA announced a series of events that will be held for the rookies and their families.\u00a0 Here is the official statement, which was posted on www.nfllockout.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2011 NFLPA Rookie Debut kicks off Thursday, April 28. Activities for the three-day event will not conflict with the evening broadcasts of the NFL Draft on April 28-29.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2011 NFLPA Rookie Debut and \u201cOne Team\u201d Celebration is designed to welcome incoming rookies and their families to the NFLPA family, and enable relationships to form between current and former players, NFLPA and NFLPI staff and select corporate partners. The entire weekend is a celebration of legacy\u2014of past, present and future pro football players making the journey from prospect to professional. Players will have the opportunity to learn about life in the NFL from their colleagues and prospective teammates, along with valuable insight from the Professional Football Players Mothers and Fathers Associations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Along with a variety of public events and media engagements, players will have the opportunity to participate in the NFLPA\u2019s community outreach program called \u201cLet Us Play,\u201d which encourages players, parents, teachers and volunteers to help kids lead a more healthy and active lifestyle. The weekend culminates with Saturday evening\u2019s main event in New York City, which brings together current players, former players and Hall of Famers to celebrate the game of pro football and welcome its newest members. Activities will include a variety of entertainment, interviews, performances and a host of player-fan interaction.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 28, 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

4:00:\u00a0 PM Private Reception<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, April 29, 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

9:30 AM: Public Appearances (Media, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n

11:00 AM:\u00a0 Lunch with Corporate Sponsors\u00a0 Afternoon Public Appearances (Media, etc)<\/em><\/p>\n

Late Afternoon: Afternoon Social Engagement<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 30, 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Morning: \u201cLet Us Play\u201d Fitness & Skills Clinic (Harlem, N.Y.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Afternoon:\u00a0 Player-Fan Connection\/Engagement Activity \u2013 TBD<\/em><\/p>\n

7:00 PM + :\u00a0 2011 NFLPA Rookie Debut & \u201cOne Team\u201d Celebration\u00a0 –Players, draftees, sponsors, VIPs and family members invited<\/em><\/p>\n

It is going to be very interesting to see how this plays out.\u00a0 I have a funny feeling some scheduling conflicts will come up that will limit the player’s availability during the draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the draft quickly approaching the NFLPA announced a series of events that will be held for the rookies and their families.\u00a0 Here is the official statement, which was posted on www.nfllockout.com. The 2011 NFLPA Rookie Debut kicks off Thursday, April 28. Activities for the three-day event will not conflict with the evening broadcasts of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nfl-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-20Y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7748"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7752,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions\/7752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}