This month, we’ve been asking some of last year’s test-takers to give us their feedback on several aspects of the NFLPA exam. The first week of July, we asked for the best way to study. Last week, we asked about which topic they felt they should have gotten more focus in their preparation. This week, we asked if the three Zoom sessions held the week before the exam, i.e, the ones scheduled for next week, offered good preparation for the test.

Here are the responses we got.

Michael Harris, Top Five Sports: “The NFLPA zoom sessions were helpful in my opinion, as they clearly identified certain things that would be on the test and told us not to worry about certain things for test purposes. What I did not like was that there was a Q&A box to input your question, and there were a lot of duplicate questions that the moderators got frustrated with eventually. However, we were asked to not put questions in the chat box, so there was no way of seeing anyone else’s questions. Neither of my questions were answered, either, which was frustrating.”

LaVaughn Kelley, Divine Sports & Entertainment: “In my opinion, and I know how I study for exams, if I only had the pre-exam zoom sessions from the NFLPA, I’m not sure if I would’ve passed the exam the first time. All of the information was great and up-to-date, but I know my study habits and the resources that were provided over those two days would have not been enough for me. Now with ITL study resources, complemented by the pre-exam zoom sessions put on by the NFLPA, that gave me the confidence I needed to feel prepared to pass the exam.”

Ty Baisden, Culture Sports: “The pre-exam zoom sessions were helpful for me. I took all the help I could get.”

Kimberly Williams, Allstars: “I’d say the NFLPA pre-exam (program) was extremely helpful. It just was delivered too fast. There were several study groups that “self” studied the day after the seminar. (The ITL) course material helped greatly . . . with actually applying the information learned and with the practice test questions. I started late in the game with studying (like week of). So I was behind. But with having a husband who played, and especially with the benefit section, I was able to catch on to the concepts quickly and pass the first time, thank God!!”

Wyatt Mumfrey, Higher Calling Sports: “Definitely was session-dependent. Certain sessions felt like the speaker wasn’t sure what she was talking about and made mistakes, whereas other speakers were very helpful and felt like they knew the material forwards and backwards. Definitely pay attention to it all or at least take advantage of it being an open-book exam because they will test on any detail, regardless of how small it may feel.”

Tonight, we will hold our seventh Zoom session aimed at preparing test-takers for the exam. It’s a little different — it’s actually a live “quiz” designed to pressure-test you for getting the toughest problems on the exam right. Learn more here. Hope to see you tonight.