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    Former NFL Star Jason Avant Has a New Career -- In Trampoline Parks

    The athlete found a second act as a Launch Trampoline Park franchisee.
    by Hayden Field Apr 01, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Brian Finke
    Brian Finke

    Jason Avant has always been in the entertainment business. The former NFL receiver is an athlete by trade, but the business of football, he says, is about making sure fans have fun and providing them with an escape from reality. “That’s what football is,” Avant says. 

    Football is, in fact, what provided Avant with his own escape from reality decades ago. He grew up on the football at the University of Michigan before signing with the NFL, where he played for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Carolina Panthers. 

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