{"product_id":"slow-getting-up-9780062108036","title":"Slow Getting Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNate Jackson’s \u003cem\u003eSlow Getting Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America—and the most damaging to its players—the National Football League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot—a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from his own experience, Jackson tells the little known story of the hundreds of everyday, \"expendable\" players whose lives are far different from their superstar colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom scouting combines to training camps, off-season parties to game-day routines, debilitating physical injuries—including degenerative brain conditions—to poor pensions an\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49523978994007,"sku":"9780062108036","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780062108036.jpg?v=1731855039","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/slow-getting-up-9780062108036","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}