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Brooklyndee said:
Ehh. I never understand why there's so many of us now in law enforcement. It's one thing if that's ur passion. It's another to just do that cause it pays the bills.
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Lol lt’s better than being in the streets. It’s not just about money. You get the best benefits and 401k match dollar for dollar and a pension. And many get an HRA on top of all that. There’s also many different types of things you can do in law enforcement that doesn’t involve picking up a gun. But let’s be honest, 99 percent of humans just do their job cause it pays the bills 😂
 
Brooklyndee said:
Ehh. I never understand why there's so many of us now in law enforcement. It's one thing if that's ur passion. It's another to just do that cause it pays the bills.
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What? Law enforcement is a natural career for retired athletes. It’s a career that allows you to continue to use your physical gifts, stay in shape, “compete” whether it’s solving a case, chasing down a suspect or simply resolving an issue a citizen has.

I wouldn’t understand why athletes transitioned into desk jobs sitting in a cube…but a job in law enforcement is the closest thing you can get to sports career wise besides being a pro athlete.
 
BostonCanes47 said:
What? Law enforcement is a natural career for retired athletes. It’s a career that allows you to continue to use your physical gifts, stay in shape, “compete” whether it’s solving a case, chasing down a suspect or simply resolving an issue a citizen has.

I wouldn’t understand why athletes transitioned into desk jobs sitting in a cube…but a job in law enforcement is the closest thing you can get to sports career wise besides being a pro athlete.
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And not?

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Sports Marketing
Team Administration
Coaching
NASCAR Pit Crew

I think there are a lot of options for former athletes, and those were just the first five I thought of in 10 seconds.

I'm completely in favor of law enforcement as a career, I'd just like to hope that people do it to "protect and serve" and not as an adrenaline substitute for athletic competition.

Not judging anyone, just my 2 centavos.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
And not?

Agent
Sports Marketing
Team Administration
Coaching
NASCAR Pit Crew

I think there are a lot of options for former athletes, and those were just the first five I thought of in 10 seconds.

I'm completely in favor of law enforcement as a career, I'd just like to hope that people do it to "protect and serve" and not as an adrenaline substitute for athletic competition.

Not judging anyone, just my 2 centavos.
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Speaking of passing judgements.
https://miamihurricanes.com/news/2020/10/28/the-honorable-andrew-bain/

Give the honorable big man his props.

Go Canes

PS : on another note some of those court reporters and sign language translators in orange county could get definitely sequestered in Paranos's chamber of chunky love.
 
Brooklyndee said:
Ehh. I never understand why there's so many of us now in law enforcement. It's one thing if that's ur passion. It's another to just do that cause it pays the bills.
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IIRC, for a long time, criminal justice majors were often sought out by athletes. Not sure if it was because the curriculum was less demanding than others but my sense is that it's a combo of curriculum and career track (i.e. lots of it).
 
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KingB02 said:
Lol lt’s better than being in the streets. It’s not just about money. You get the best benefits and 401k match dollar for dollar and a pension. And many get an HRA on top of all that. There’s also many different types of things you can do in law enforcement that doesn’t involve picking up a gun. But let’s be honest, 99 percent of humans just do their job cause it pays the bills 😂
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Yeah. It has some good perks. Which plenty of other jobs a degree from this university opens you up to as well. I'd say the main difference is 99.9% of those jobs elsewhere don't open you up to the possibility of kill or be killed which is arguably a benefit in itself. I made that comment more based on knowing Randall from back in the days then anything else though. That was a wild boy.
 
BostonCanes47 said:
What? Law enforcement is a natural career for retired athletes. It’s a career that allows you to continue to use your physical gifts, stay in shape, “compete” whether it’s solving a case, chasing down a suspect or simply resolving an issue a citizen has.

I wouldn’t understand why athletes transitioned into desk jobs sitting in a cube…but a job in law enforcement is the closest thing you can get to sports career wise besides being a pro athlete.
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Personally I'd disagree on vast majority of that. For me atleast with the back story's of quite a few of us and the areas plenty of dudes who chose to go into this are working in this isn't a job just for the sake of a job kind of thing. Especially in this day and age. Streets are more wild than anytime I can think of nationally now. These jits in particular just don't care. This in my eyes isn't a job you should ever consider doing if it doesn't deeply mean something more to you. Especially when you have far too many options out there.
 
Brooklyndee said:
Personally I'd disagree on vast majority of that. For me atleast with the back story's of quite a few of us and the areas plenty of dudes who chose to go into this are working in this isn't a job just for the sake of a job kind of thing. Especially in this day and age. Streets are more wild than anytime I can think of nationally now. These jits in particular just don't care. This in my eyes isn't a job you should ever consider doing if it doesn't deeply mean something more to you. Especially when you have far too many options out there.
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I understand times are crazy and if you want to work in law enforcement it should be a passion, but there is a ton you can do in law enforcement that doesn’t involve patrolling rough neighborhoods.

The reason I believe football players make natural fits and are drawn to law enforcement is because of the comradery of units, shifts, and the law enforcement community. As well, in law enforcement you have to work as a team and with partners which football players have been doing their whole lives. It’s an easy job to build pride in and football players are extremely prideful. They might not go into it with the notion of this is my passion, but if they hang around for more than a cup of coffee it’s because they bought into the job, the team, just like they did when they were football players. And if patrolling rough neighborhoods isn’t their cup of tea or passion they can easily transfer to doing something they’re more passionate about in law enforcement.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
And not?

Agent
Sports Marketing
Team Administration
Coaching
NASCAR Pit Crew

I think there are a lot of options for former athletes, and those were just the first five I thought of in 10 seconds.

I'm completely in favor of law enforcement as a career, I'd just like to hope that people do it to "protect and serve" and not as an adrenaline substitute for athletic competition.

Not judging anyone, just my 2 centavos.
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Those are good careers that an athlete can naturally roll into, but there are limited spots for all those careers. Athletes do have options, but If you’re looking for a true team environment, where you’re all in with the guy next to you like you were on the field. Firefighting, law enforcement, and some of the careers you listed are the closest thing.

I have a buddy who played in the Ivy League and had a long NFL career. He retired and started working on Wall Street. Within a year he had quit because it was so different than the lifestyle he was accustomed to.

In terms of protect and serve. Unfortunately, the police, media, citizens have done a good job at discouraging great candidates from joining front line police departments. In Massachusetts you used to need a minimum of a 97 to even sniff getting on with the state police, I had a friend who was a former college football player who got on with a 82 two years ago. We wouldn’t have police departments anymore if they only took the best of the best. It’s a sad truth. You just have to hope that these guys can be sold into the “program” and develop that passion. Leaders aren’t born, they are made and I would argue former football players have a leg up in terms of working on a team and buying into a culture/career. I got my first job out of college because I was a former football player and the other candidate wasn’t.
 
KingB02 said:
Lol lt’s better than being in the streets. It’s not just about money. You get the best benefits and 401k match dollar for dollar and a pension. And many get an HRA on top of all that. There’s also many different types of things you can do in law enforcement that doesn’t involve picking up a gun. But let’s be honest, 99 percent of humans just do their job cause it pays the bills 😂
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Thank you for getting right to the point. I don't know why so many people dance around this fact.
 
BostonCanes47 said:
What? Law enforcement is a natural career for retired athletes. It’s a career that allows you to continue to use your physical gifts, stay in shape, “compete” whether it’s solving a case, chasing down a suspect or simply resolving an issue a citizen has.

I wouldn’t understand why athletes transitioned into desk jobs sitting in a cube…but a job in law enforcement is the closest thing you can get to sports career wise besides being a pro athlete.
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I heard from some very smart people, that an active job prevents dementia…
 
Brooklyndee said:
I made that comment more based on knowing Randall from back in the days then anything else though. That was a wild boy.
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My older brother went to school with Randal at Killian. He says young Randal would sometimes sit in the back of the classroom and make water dropping sounds with his mouth while the teacher was lecturing. I’m not sure how that correlates to his decision to go into law enforcement, but there might be something there.
 
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ddann said:
My older brother went to school with Randal at Killian. He says young Randal would sometimes sit in the back of the classroom and make water dropping sounds with his mouth while the teacher was lecturing. I’m not sure how that correlates to his decision to go into law enforcement, but there might be something there.
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I Played with Randall 86-87, his senior year and we were ranked #1 in Florida blah blah blah. Granted that team had talent. I remember in practice Randall played CB and couldn’t catch a cold but his speed was primo. Poor Paul Moore who ended up going to Free shoes turned into a bust, good guy but that’s life.
 
BradTheBearKiller said:
I Played with Randall 86-87, his senior year and we were ranked #1 in Florida blah blah blah. Granted that team had talent. I remember in practice Randall played CB and couldn’t catch a cold but his speed was primo. Poor Paul Moore who ended up going to Free shoes turned into a bust, good guy but that’s life.
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Paul Moore was a big deal. One of the top RBs in the state. But yeah, he never got it going at FSU. Seems like I remember him getting stuffed bad at the goal line in one game vs the Canes.
 
NASCAR pit crew? WTF? lol

That's not a slander of those in that profession, but it's still a good ole boy series, no matter how they try and clean it up.
 
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