| Twenty-one student athletes competed in a game of Financial Football at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The Dec. 11, 2007, event brought together high school teams from each New England state and their State Treasurers with New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker and
center Dan Koppen for a region-wide rollout of the game. Financial
Football is an interactive, NFL-themed, money management video game that is part of a Visa/NFL financial education initiative. The event was the twelfth stop of this year's national education campaign sponsored by Visa, the NFL and PLAYERS
INC. The event also was sponsored by the national Jump$tart
Coalition, including the Vermont Coalition. The State Treasurer's
Office and Vermont Jump$tart distributed free copies of
the game in January to all high schools and middle schools in Vermont. |
