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Adams to Participate in NFL Franchising Boot Camp

April 14th, 2013 - 6:43am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

While this year’s rookie class enters the NFL via the draft this April, Broncos safety Mike Adams will be preparing for life after football.

Adams is one of 21 players – 12 former and nine active – that will take part in the new NFL Franchising Boot Camp April 26-29, 2013, at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Over the four days, participants will hear firsthand from franchisees, franchisors, professors, former players and executives at the IFA on all aspects of franchising. Carolina Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson, who spent more than three decades as a restaurant franchisee, will open the program as the keynote speaker. In addition, four former NFL players with franchise ownership experience — Angelo Crowell, Don Davey, Tyoke Jackson and Jamal Lewis — will take part in panel discussions.

Ross School professor of business economics Francine LaFontaine, co-author of The Economics of Franchising (Cambridge University Press) and leading academic expert on franchise performance, business creation and survival, serves as faculty director of the program, and joins three other Ross faculty members who will lead program workshops.

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Winning for Teammates

December 19th, 2012 - 4:23pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

With so many veterans on the team, the Broncos have had the chance to grab wins for former teammates in a variety of venues.

Defensive tackle Justin Bannan, for example, spent four years in Baltimore. When the Broncos took on the Ravens last week, Bannan was a game captain. And the defense made sure to do its part to grab a win for the former Raven.

This week, the team travels to Cleveland, where safety Mike Adams spent the previous five seasons.

“Oh yeah, he’s the guy this week,” defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson said of Adams. “Last week it was Bannan. This week it’s Mike. We have a team full of guys for everybody, a lot of different pieces. We’re jelling together and I think it’s Mike’s turn for us to try to get him a win against Cleveland.”

As for Adams, he said he’s “definitely looking forward” to taking on his former teammates.

“All I know is that this group of guys that I’m playing with, nothing to take away from the guys that I played with because I loved that group and I still talk to most of the guys on defense, but this group that I’m playing with is something special,” he said. “We have something special going.”

As for whether he’s heard from former teammates in advance of this Sunday’s matchup at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Adams smiled.

“Absolutely, talking smack,” he said. “You have guys talking about they want tickets, they want this. I got them tickets though — in the nosebleeds.”

Adams: ‘It Just Felt Right’

March 15th, 2012 - 4:53pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

It didn’t take free agent safety Mike Adams very long to decide Denver was the place for him.

“It is a great fit for me,” he said Thursday. “The atmosphere is good and it felt right. I didn’t have to take any more (visits), it just felt right.”

He laughed that the 70-degree weather didn’t hurt, especially coming from Cleveland.

But most of all, he appreciated the warmth he felt from everyone he met on the visit, from Owner/CEO Pat Bowlen to Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway to Head Coach John Fox.

“I knew of Fox when he was with the Giants,” Adams said. “I was born and raised in Paterson, NJ, and I heard nothing but good things about him. Even when he went to Carolina – nothing but good things about him. It was proven once we all met today and it was a no-brainer to not take any more visits and just stay here.”

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