Former NFL Athlete Scores with Business Plan

Andrew Kline teams top athletes and private businesses for a winning game plan

SAN DIEGO -- What do you do when youve suffered 15 concussions on the football field, knocking you out of the running as an NFL professional player? Where do you apply for a job when the top points on your resume boast the ability to bring a 330-pound defensive tackle to his knees, consume massive calories daily and bench nearly three times your weight?

Well, if youre Andrew Kline, you take your life savings and work sixteen-hour days founding and nurturing a sports-based speakers bureau. Athletic Appearance contacts and confirms appearances by top athletes with businesses for any number of events, including restaurant openings, team-building workshops and motivational speaking engagements.

One day, a friend of mine asked if I could get a few athletes to appear at an eating contest sponsored by a popular restaurant, Kline remembers. A few phone calls assured top athletes for the event and planted the seed for a promising new career. Kline realized he was able to leverage his credibility as a respected ex-pro to get other athletes at events.

His research showed that there were speakers bureaus offering the services of retired sports and celebrity figures, but few matched hot athletes still in the game with private companies.

Pfizer, Bayer, Ford and other Fortune 500 companies have called on Kline to connect them with pro athletes for appearances and internal team building workshops.

Kline, a San Diego State University alum and Aztec All-League lineman, was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 2000. He was a stand-out player until a crippling series of concussions cut his career short.

His journey back from injuries is remarkable; his comeback story is one your readers and viewers will find inspirational. Kline truly enjoys the view on the detour his life has taken.