NFL kicker earns degree from ASU - Phoenix Business Journal:

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During breaks at NFL training camp, Cundiff woul open his laptop and study, many timea putting in 30 to 40 hours each week on the MBA througythe W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Cundifd still is working out withNFL teams, this week with the Indianapolisx Colts and two weeks ago with the Cleveland He’s not sure if he’ll get a job with either of the but has solidified a position with in “This is the best two-year investment I probablyg could have ever made in he said. “The W.P. Carey MBA Onlin Program gave me the flexibility to attencd training camp with the Atlanta Falcons while still pursuinvmy degree.
” With five years of regular seasohn experience under his belt, the 29-year-olcd kicker was released from the Atlanta Falcons and the Kansax City Chiefs while working on his degree. “I’ve got to be the only guy in the MBA prograjm who got fired from two jobs while in the MBA he said. The last time he playef a regular season game was in the NFC Championshilp during the2006 season. He played duringh the preseasonin 2007, but was releaser last year before training camp.
Cundiff said he knew he had to staryt thinking about his future for when his football career was He andhis wife, an attorney, had just boughtf a home in Phoenix when he decided to enroll in ASU’s MBA “Believe it or not, my online MBA team was a lot more functionalp than some of my NFL teams,” he said. “The online program also really helps you work on your communications and interpersonal skills, since you’re not dealingg with people on a face-to-facw basis.
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