Athlete Minded: Stories

For our final part of the NCAA series, I talk to my former teammate from the University of Maine, Chris Bruff.  I entitled this the "Championship Edition" because this podcast's release date is the day of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Some of the topics Chris and I discuss are:   Choosing classes around practice time The humor of "getting a job" while you are playing a sport Our daily practice schedule How much time you actually need to set aside for practices and games The $755 million that the NCAA made in the first 2 weeks of the NCAA Tournament this year Chris and I battled together at the University of Maine for two years so we both saw what really went on at this level.  My goal with this podcast wasn't to take a stance either way on if college athletes should be paid, etc, but just to let the listener know what it's really like as a Division 1 athlete. You can find Chris on Twitter with @cjbruff.