Even so, he is flattered, largely because he is an American on a team dominated by Italian colleagues, who see him as an above average player. In the meantime, he suffers some difficulties due to cultural and language differences. Falls in love, gets disappointed and falls in love again. Rick Dockery goes through several situations in Italy. However, this is where one of the great teachings of this book appears: that our choices, often misunderstood at the beginning and reasons for doubt and disbelief, can indeed reveal themselves as positive fruits, consequently providing pleasure and joy in living. In Italy, the most popular sport is football, the one played with our feet, traditional in many of the most influential countries in the world. Therefore, here comes a new destination: the Parma Panthers, team from Italy, whose ambition was to win the local Super Bowl.Ī complicated decision, after all the dream of every football player is to play in the NFL, the most important league in the world and where great athletes are. However, after the press found him guilty of the Cleveland Browns loss, his NFL career was jeopardized. Thus, Rick had played for other important teams, like the Philadelphia Eagles, but never with much success. Until then, the career of the Quarterback, the most important position in American football and responsible for the fate of all offensive plays, was very unstable. 1 in the city, being forced to look for a new place to live. However, after a catastrophic performance in the semifinal of the championship, Rick is chosen as Public Enemy No. In the plot, the main character, Rick Dockery, is an American football player from Cleveland Browns, team of the NFL. And with Playing for Pizza, by American writer John Grisham, it is no different. holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.Books often bring lessons to life.
To say that Italy-the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian.
The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player-any former NFL player-at their helm. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job-as the Overnight, he becomes a national laughingstock-and is immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams.īut all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. With a seventeen-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provides what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually gets into the game. Rick Dockery is the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
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