I saw this featured in an eSchoolNews article. It’s an interesting partnership between the New York Comptroller, Visa and the NFL. All of the details are in this press release.
The link to the game is here and I naturally had to try it out. It’s very informative. I’m all for anything that will give our youth an increased knowledge of money management and financial skills with tools like a checkstub generator.
Since it’s licensed by the NFL, you get to choose from actual NFL teams. I tried the ‘college’ version, which times your answers and allows you to choose from easy, medium or difficult questions. Each correct answer earns you appropriate yardage based on the difficulty of the question. An incorrect answer allows the opposing team to attempt the same question, leading to a sack or lost yardage if they answer correctly. Four downs, extra points, kickoffs and field goals are all part of the game. Very cool, educational and it kept my attention.
The state of New York has a more general money management site here.