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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.
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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