Forum preps women for career opportunities in gridiron

ORLANDO, Florida - Phoebe Schecter struck gold at the Women's Careers in Football Forum last year as one of 22 women who found jobs or internships in American football, which is often viewed as a notoriously macho world.

Now, she returns to Florida for the second edition of the two-day event, set up by Canadian Samantha Rapoport, a former women's pro quarterback with ambitions to hold a coaching position with an NFL franchise in England.

The forum was created by Rapoport to level the playing field and open doors for qualified women to enter the workforce of the most popular pro sport in America.