Our Services - NFLPA Registered Financial Advisor

You know better than I how fortunate you are to be a professional athlete. Even earning the NFL's league minimum salary, you will earn more income during your playing career than many Americans will earn over their entire lifetime. However, with an average NFL career lasting only around four years, the relatively large sums of money you earn today must provide for your family's financial security and prosperity for the duration of your post-NFL career. As such, it is critically important that you begin planning for your post-NFL career before you even step on the playing field. Early financial planning is important for every NFL player, but it is absolutely crucial for those players who find themselves earning at or near the league minimum and for those players "on the bubble" who may find themselves having a rather short tenure in the NFL. Snyder & Snyder will assist you in ensuring your family's financial security by working in tandem with you, your agent and the other members of your professional advisory team in order to develop and implement your own personalized financial and legal game plan. As a critical member of your professional advisory team, Snyder & Snyder will develop for you appropriate federal, estate, and income tax minimization strategies, asset protection strategies, a comprehensive personal financial and retirement plan, as well as a budget, and will act as your independent legal and business consultant for all of your off-the-field business ventures. We at Snyder & Snyder look forward to working hand-in-hand with you and your agent to ensure that your successes on the field are only superseded by your successes off the field.

Arthur R. Snyder, our founding partner, is a proud participant of the National Football League Players Association's (NFLPA) Registered Financial Advisor Program. As one of only a handful of NFLPA Registered Financial Advisors located in the State of Texas, Art puts his 35 plus years of professional experience as a lawyer, Certified Public Accountant and financial advisor at the disposal of current and former NFL players and their agents.

At Snyder & Snyder, we understand the complex tax, estate and financial planning needs of the professional athlete. Our dedicated professionals work hand-in-hand with you, your agent, and your other investment professionals in order to put together the strongest professional advisory team possible. Our goal is to meet all your legal, accounting, insurance and investment needs. As a critical component of your professional advisory team, Art Snyder and the other professionals at Snyder & Snyder will put their extensive legal, tax and accounting experience to work in the areas of estate, retirement, insurance, business and tax planning. We will also assist you in preparing your federal and state tax returns. Additionally, we will tailor a financial plan and budget for you which will meet both your long-term and short-term financial goals and which will balance such goals with the reality of your particular financial circumstances.

In addition to the comprehensive legal and tax services offered through Snyder & Snyder, Art maintains a strategic partnership with Oppenheimer & Company to provide premium investment services. As one of the nation's premier investment companies, Oppenheimer & Company's business model is uniquely tailored to meet the needs of affluent individuals.

Whether our role on the player's professional advisory team is akin to that of the starting quarterback or that of the back-up deep snapper, all agents and other legal and financial professionals referring players to us can be assured that Snyder & Snyder respects the personal relationship each member of the advisor team has with the player. We are committed to being a team player. We are committed to performing our role on the team in a courteous, respectful and professional manner, whether our role encompasses the broad array of services and skill-sets that Snyder & Snyder offers its clients or whether such role only encompasses only one of our many services.

For a more specific look at the broad array of legal and tax services that Snyder & Snyder provides to all of its clients, please take a moment to visit the remaining pages of the Our Services section of our web site.