“It was invaluable to me and here is why,” Olivo said. “John Grisham wrote a great book called 'Playing for Pizza.' He completely deviated from his genre. From what it seems to me, it seems like he’s an Italophile. He loves Italy. He found out about American football over there and my god, he nailed it. Used fictional characters but he did a lot of research and I was like, ‘This is my life. I lived this.’ And a lot of people who have gone over there and coached could attest to the same thing. My point is this: My experience there starting as a coach was invaluable because you are dealing with guys that are playing 100 percent purely for passion. They have to pay to play. They have to buy their own equipment. They have to pay for their own transportation. They don’t get paid. The practice fields are dirt most of the time. They get the leftovers after soccer so they have to practice from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. so you are practicing under crappy lights and crappy conditions. You are practicing a game that is a cult sport over there. No one knows anything about it. Oh, you play American football? You mean rugby? No, American football.