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September 2001 Web Site Launch: GamesOver.org
Develops Online Community for Retired Professional Athletes.
GamesOver.org, a non profit organization dedicated
to serving and meeting the transitional needs of professional
athletes when they leave the game, is truly the only
organization of it's kind. There is no other organization
like GamesOver.org in the United States.
The idea came from a retired pro athlete named Ken
Ruettgers who played 12 years in the NFL as an offensive
tackle for the Green Bay Packers. Ken found many challenges
to "life after football" that he was sure
many, if not all, retired athletes face. After one long
year of researching and interviewing several professional
football players, Ken is now positive that a network
should be developed to bring newly retired athletes
together on the Internet to help one another transition
from the professional sports arena to other professional
and unfamiliar arenas.
Retired athletes can logon to GamesOver.org and find
real mentors who have been down the road their traveling
and can help them through the rough parts. They can
come to read valuable articles, take a transition test,
ask personal questions to retired pro athletes by email
or in a discussion room. GamesOver.org is designed to
be a "cyber locker room" that ex-players can
get new game books for the rest of their lives.
See some pictures of Ken as he and other retired pro
athletes engage in a quest to help their fellow athletes
conquer their hardest challenge - retirement.
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