LeRoy Butler says business opportunities come after Hall of Fame enshrinement

"If you're a Green Bay Packer, many doors open to you. If you win a championship, all doors open, but when you're in the Hall of Fame, football heaven opens up to you."

It's new Pro Football Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler... who tells TMZ Sports that opportunities have arisen since his induction in Canton.

“My assistant gets a lot of phone calls,” the 54-year-old former Packers star says, adding… “Some of them are just to feel you, but some of them are stuff. that I always wanted to work."

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And, there is a very special project in the works.

"I'm doing a documentary that my daughters are writing about the story of my life."

However, as great as the money and the business opportunities are, that's not the most important part for LeRoy.

"I was really excited for my family, man. My kids. I love my kids more than myself, and they really appreciated it."

We also spoke to Butler about a comment from HOF'er Deion Sanders -- where Primetime said too many players had been inducted into the Hall ("the Hall of Fame is no longer the Hall of Fame") -- a claim that the former Packers DB disagrees.

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