February 28, 2003

Football's Finishing School

By WELCH SUGGS

Florida academy gives former college athletes a shot at the big time and the big money

Vince Manuwai, standing on a weight-room bench about two feet off the floor, bends his knees slightly.

He looks down and adjusts the CD player strapped to his waist. He sweeps his arms back behind him.

Then, in two fluid movements, he hops down lightly and then springs onto a 40-inch platform barely a foot away from the bench. The platform trembles under his 300-odd pounds, as if a

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