Bill was busier in May than in April.

College players who can make it to professional teams are already reaching out to their agents to sign contracts with professional teams, while senior players who don't have any team contact are either choosing to continue playing on the varsity team or are ready to roll up and leave.

The strength of the Stanford varsity team is very good, and the player structure is also very healthy, so naturally there is no need for repeaters in the fifth year. At present, the seniors have to find a weaker college team and go there for the next season.

So the farewell party, commendation meeting, and tactics will take turns to torture people. After surviving a tough spring training, Bill and other freshmen found it even harder to see the reduced training.

"The envelope has become a lot thicker this time, are you doing the same?"

On May 11, the second Tuesday of the month, outside the office of the deputy head of the accounting team, Adam pinched his share and asked his teammates.

"You definitely didn't listen carefully during the commendation meeting, and this time the money includes training awards and lineup awards."

Bill explained to his roommates.

Although it is not as scary as the prize money of the professional team, the school team also gives the players about two or three thousand training awards, which can be obtained as long as they participate in the spring training completely. As for the lineup award, Beal, the third near end forward, won 1,500, and most of the rest of the freshmen were in their early 1,000s. This is also reasonable considering that the number eighty-eight made several appearances last season.

"I thought the accounting team was suggesting that I was taking more drugs?" Adam patted his chest exaggeratedly.

After ten months of school team life, the freshmen are also familiar with some unspoken rules, such as the monthly nutrition fee issued by the accounting team, which is actually not the money for the players to buy food to replenish their bodies, but the money for medicine.

When that money is in the hands of the players, in most cases, it will be taken away by the nutrition team. This left-handed to-right-hand move is supposed to be an attempt to circumvent some of the NCAA rules, as it appears to be a pill that the players voluntarily pay for.

With this in mind, Beal understands why he receives more monthly nutrition than the average near end, and even more than 100 more than running back Arthur Bryan. Because the nutrition team felt that he was highly resistant to drugs and could take more doses of medicine, the accounting team paid more nutrition fees.

For the American sports world, which is full of technology and ruthlessness, another meaning of good talent is strong drug resistance. Even in the eighties, most of the main players in the NFL were medicine jars, and many people were very talented and had a lot of cough medicine.

The accounting team and the nutrition team hinted that Bill took more pills, indicating that they were optimistic about Eighty-Eight and felt that this guy could go far on the baking sheet.

But the medicine thing, Bill has a psychological rejection, feeling that eating too much will affect his life span and body, and even affect his future career, so he stopped taking the medicine directly after growing.

Of course, there are benefits to taking drugs, and his weight is back in the order of 230 pounds, and the current rise is slowing down, but as long as he follows the team through various training and competitions, there is no obstacle to reaching 250 pounds at the peak.

After their familiar teammates received their money, the red and white freshmen went their separate ways according to their schedules, and Bill and Martin Kent, Arthur Bryan and others from the offensive team went to an internal meeting of the offensive team organized by Hawk.

"It's said we're going to change our rankings this time, Bill, it's a sure thing you're going to be in the second camp, and maybe even the first near end."

Martin whispered about the "intel" he had heard.

The Red and White's former No. 1 close end had a good season last season, being picked by a professional team with the 84th pick in the third round of the draft, and if it hadn't hurt him a little bit in the San Francisco derby, the dude might have been drafted in the second round.

So Beal was added in order to become the second near end for the Red and White, which meant he had more opportunities to play in the following season.

"I'm not at the level of the first close end, am I?"

Mr. Ferrari was suspicious of Martin's intelligence, and the meeting was organised by Hawke, who was not yet big enough to decide that Beal would start the game.

"Maybe!" Arthur Bryan patted Bill on the shoulder, "Turk's strength is not as good as yours, his bench press barely touched the threshold of thirty, you are about the same level in terms of catching the ball, the only thing that can hinder you is the cooperation with the first camp, but Turk was also the second near end before." ”

Turk Dunant is the current No. 1 close end, currently a junior, and will be a senior at the start of the next season, and must play more to be eligible for a draft call.

Bill shook his head, "It depends on the arrangement of the coaching staff, I can do whatever I want." ”

The hard work on the field will naturally bear abundant fruits, not to mention that the fans gained by star players can support their careers after retirement, and some can even glow with a second spring in their careers.

In the past three years of football, the cheers of fans, the joy of scoring, and the post-game honors have made Bill's attitude towards the game change to a certain extent, at least he has begun to treat the game officially, and he has lost the impetuous idea of just wanting to be famous. Of course, it's still his code of practice to keep himself injury-free and to be flexible in less impactful games.

The meeting of the offensive team was held in a long-table conference room with a classical décor, and when the participants had arrived, Heyman Hawk officially opened the meeting.

"A lot of the players are gone, so the second players have a chance to play......

Coaches began to take turns saying the same phrase they say each year, focusing on motivating players who have moved up the rankings, sometimes mentioning players who played well last season.

"Regarding the change of position, our attacking team coach will give the head coach a preliminary list, here are the ideas of several of us, when I read it out, there are questions that can be raised, everything can be discussed in the meeting, and when it is determined, we must obey the arrangement of the coaching staff."

After the rules were announced, Hawke gave the No. 1 player in each position one by one.

The first quarterback is still John Wert, who is currently a sophomore and can play in his junior and senior seasons. According to the information exchanged by the freshmen, in the mouths of the coaches, this person is too talented, and maybe he can be selected in the first round of the draft camp in the future.

The center, left and right tackles, running back, and wide receivers were also very similar, and as most people expected, when it came to the near end position, Hawke's words caused a small controversy.

"The first close end, tentatively Turk Dunant, but that's not the manager's final arrangement, Bill Ferrari, you should be ready to start as well."

It's not a good idea to be tentative, the positions in front are directly designated as the first player, without any modifiers.

Tek Dunant, who may have been robbed of his position by a newcomer, protested on the spot: "Coach Hawke, is this arrangement unreasonable, I have a much better understanding with the team than a freshman." ”

He didn't even mention Bill's name, only referring to him as a freshman.

"They are all people who have been playing for many years, and they have been familiar with this for a while. The reason why your position is tentative is because Bill is not worse than you in stats, he has a few more bench presses than you, and you should know what that means. In the end, the first close end won the manager's decision, and I just suggest that after this meeting, you can convince the manager. ”

Hawk is not a stick at all, and Yevgeny, another important coach of the offensive team, speaks much more heavily, "What you look at on the court is strength, and everything is based on strength." Turk, if you can do 35 bench presses, we'd also recommend you as the first near end. Bill, you don't have any opinions, do you? ”

That's what the coaches said before, it's not really what the players think.

Knowing this, Mr. Ferrari replied aloud: "I completely obey the arrangements of the team and the manager, and I will be on the job if you want me to do it." ”

Hawke and Evgeny were pleased with the 88-eighth's statement, and the debate over the position of the near end was overturned.

Turk Dunant, who was in danger of being robbed of his position, then kept hating Bill with his eyes, as if that would get Eighty-Eight out of the race.

After the meeting, more than two dozen players in the offensive team walked out of the room in their own small circles, and Bill and the others had just walked around the corner when they ran into Turk Dunant and several of his close teammates.

"Hey, hey, boy, if you understand it, go and explain to the manager that you can't start, and our friendship can be maintained."

"Friendship with you?" Bill looked the average-looking and not very bloated player up and down, "You take you too seriously, who cares about maintaining a friendship with you." ”

With that, Bill, Martin and the others turned around and left, leaving Tek Dunant and his little friends behind.

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly pass.

(End of chapter)