"The focus was on how do we prepare teams for the season, football readiness?" Goodell said.
"He has coached with Australia, Wales and the USA and knows what it is to prepare teams to win on the international battleground.
British Athletics performance director, Neil Black, said: "These championships provide a vital opportunity to prepare teams capable of winning medals at this year's European Championships and future senior major championships".
Elsewhere, hospitals prepared teams of doctors to handle an expected surge in cases of pollution-related illnesses.
"I do miss picking teams and preparing teams for matches; it's what I've been doing for 20 years," Redknapp said.
They have to be knowledgeable about preparing teams for such a challenging situation.
Scenario planning prepares teams for some of the 'expected unexpected' and enables the organisation to fall back on previously considered responses.
Currently it is preparing teams in the first edition for the demo day, which will take place on the 26th of October.
The weekend's games were cancelled as the owners prepared teams of replacement players.
We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions to this paper from members of the PREPARE teams: Susan Ajambo, Tracy McClinton Appollis, Cecily Banura, Sheri Bastien, Amanda Mason-Jones, Lusajo Kajula, Joy Koech, Petra De Koker, Elia John Mmbaga, and Wilson Muhwezi.
It's not easy to prepare a team to defend".
