The NFL will host its annual Front Office and General Manager Accelerator Program this week in Irving, Texas, for nearly three dozen men and women the league has identified as being GMs within the next zero-to-three years.
This will be the third standalone GM Accelerator and fourth overall as the league continues its efforts to diversify the highest ranks of its football teams.
There are 34 participants from 28 clubs taking part in the program, which begins Monday and runs through Wednesday afternoon. The group includes a former GM, several assistant GMs, two members of the league office and various directors and scouts.
The program will take participants through sessions that will touch on leadership, player engagement, leveraging media opportunities, negotiating for oneself and body language. There will also be opportunities, like in years past, where these participants can mingle with decision-makers from all 32 teams.
The league provided biographies of all the participants to team owners and decision-makers, urging both sides to do their homework before meeting this week.
“Research who they are, see where the opportunities are, that areas where you would like to engage in clubs you would like…
