NFL kicker earns degree from ASU - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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During breaks at NFL training camp, Cundifft would open his laptopand study, many times putting in 30 to 40 hoursw each week on the MBA through the W.P. Caregy School of Business at ASU. Cundiftf still is working out withNFL teams, this week with the Indianapolids Colts and two weeks ago with the Cleveland Browns. He’ds not sure if he’ll get a job with eithetr of the teams, but has solidifief a position within Scottsdale. “This is the best two-yeaf investment I probably could have ever madein myself,” he said. “Thde W.P. Carey MBA Onlinw Program gave me the flexibility to attend training camp with the Atlantas Falcons while still pursuingvmy degree.
” With five yeards of regular season experience under his the 29-year-old kicker was released from the Atlantaq Falcons and the Kansas City Chiefs while working on his “I’ve got to be the only guy in the MBA progranm who got fired from two jobs while in the MBA he said. The last time he playedd a regular season game was in the NFC Championship during the 2006 He played during the preseasonin 2007, but was releasedf last year before training camp. Cundiff said he knew he had to staryt thinking about his future for when his football careertwas over. He and his wife, an had just bought a home in Phoenis when he decided to enrollin ASU’xs MBA program.
“Believe it or not, my online MBA team was a lot more functionalp than some of myNFL teams,” he “The online program also really helps you work on your communicationz and interpersonal skills, since you’re not dealingy with people on a face-to-facde basis.”