The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or ASHA, grants the the designation to both practicing speech-language pathologists and audiologists. For speech-language pathologists, the full acronym representing demonstrated clinical competence is CCC-SLP.
If you are one of the NFL players whose career lasted long enough to qualify for NFL pension benefits you will need to decide when to begin drawing your pension. Although the NFL retirement plan defines normal retirement age as 55 years old, many players begin drawing their pensions early.
Much like the NBA, the NFL has a salary cap. However, unlike the NBA (or MLB and NHL, for that matter), NFL contracts are not fully guaranteed upon inception. In the NBA and MLB, a playerâs full contract is guaranteed for its entire duration the moment the deal is signed. This is not the case in the NFL. When an NFL player signs a contract, only a portion of the pay is guaranteed. This results in far less guaranteed money being awarded to football players.