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Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler and Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen joke about who will coach one of the teams during a pre-
sentation at Flathead High School. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Broncos’ Brock Osweiler Comes

Home to Tackle Financial Education

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NFL quarterback teams geting.
are a tough crowd to engage, but the

up with Commissioner of “It doesn’t matter if you make $40 a
presence of an NFL star certainly
month, $400 a month, $4,000 a month helped. The Broncos picked Osweiler in
Securities and or $4 million a month, you need to set a the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
budget,” Osweiler said.
Since then he has served as the team’s
Insurance to teach Osweiler regaled students with a tale backup quarterback behind ive-time
of his early days at Arizona State Univer- league MVP Peyton Manning. Man- A
inances to Flathead sity when he received a monthly check ning led the Broncos to a Super Bowl in

High School students
for more than $1,000 as part of his ath- February but the team fell to the Seattle
letic scholarship. Unfortunately, most Seahawks, 43 to 8. At 38 years old, Man-
of that irst payment went towards pay- ning is one of the oldest quarterbacks
By JUSTIN FRANZ of the Beacon
ing for a new television and $80 worth in the league and some have wondered
of chicken wings for an unforgettable if Osweiler will be stepping up to take
Three months after his team went to Super Bowl party. Soon after, though, the top spot in the coming years, but the
the Super Bowl, Denver Broncos quar- Osweiler realized his bank account had Kalispell native was quick to dispel ru- B
terback Brock Osweiler was back home taken a hit on par with one delivered by mors.

in Kalispell talking about a diferent an NFL linebacker.
“Right now I know my role and that’s
game plan: inancial responsibility for After sharing his own inancial sto- to be the backup quarterback, but I’m
young people. The 2009 Flathead High ry, the quarterback led a group of stu- ready to play,” he said.
School graduate teamed up with Mon- dents in a head-to-head match of “Fi- Osweiler and his teammates recent-
tana Commissioner of Securities and nancial Football” against another group ly returned to the practice ield after an
Insurance Monica Lindeen and Visa Inc. of students being “coached” by Lindeen. of-season break and he said the team is
to promote “Financial Football,” an edu- The video game was developed with the busy lifting and learning plays. Three

cational video game created by the pay- help of New Orleans Saints’ quarterback months after the team’s Super Bowl de-
ments technology company and the Na- Drew Brees and is similar to other vir- feat, Osweiler said expectations are high
tional Football League.
tual football games except before you for the coming season.
The May 9 event kicked of a state- can make a play you have to correctly However, while he is mostly focused
wide initiative to distribute the video answer a inancial question. Since 2006, on the season ahead, Osweiler said he
(406) 837-1127
game to every public middle and high Visa has partnered with 45 states to was excited to come home and promote
school in the state. To drive the point distribute the game and the online ver- educational programs.
Email: [email protected] home about the importance of inancial sion has been played more than 650,000 “This has been a great opportunity

Web: PhotoFinishUS.com
responsibility, Osweiler talked about his times.
to come back to my hometown,” he said.
own experiences with money and bud-
Lindeen said high school students
[email protected]