{"product_id":"slow-getting-up-nate-jackson-paperback","title":"Slow Getting Up -- Nate Jackson, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eFrom scouting combines to training camps, off-season parties to game-day routines, debilitating physical injuries--including degenerative brain conditions--to poor pensions and financial distress, he offers a funny, and shocking look at life in the NFL, and the young men who risk their health and even their lives to play the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nate Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/2\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.22\" H x 5.31\" L x 0.69\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780062108036\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67872562610480,"sku":"9780062108036","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780062108036.jpg?v=1790614636","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/slow-getting-up-nate-jackson-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}