My experience in the late seventies/early eighties was much different than it is today. And far different from a P5 experience. I was first a student. I picked my own classes and we had no training table. We did not have mandatory training and practice out of season and were not required to be on campus during the summer. My coach made the equivalent of about 100k in inflation adjusted dollars. Whatever extra training I did was because I wanted to improve my game. I gladly did it and managed my time well so that I graduated on time with my class. It was a great experience, but I think far different than today. My other posts reflect the P5 situation.

Just to follow up my previous post.
My experience was in the mid/late 70's.

Training Table ?
When I was playing soccer,we had to sneak into the football locker room
just to get lemonade after practice.

At O.U. we didn't have any formal training Winter quarter.Most of us spent the Winter running the Convo stairs.
We did have Spring practice and a Spring scrimmage.But it was a lot more laid back then during the season.

We didn't stay on campus in the summer.We started our preseason camp around 3 weeks before classes began.
You were told to show up "in shape".Day one was a timed run on the golf course.

My last season our coach was a volunteer.

At F.D.U. we didn't have formal off season training either.

Wrestling practice started in early October,and ended in March.
That took up Fall and Winter.
Again,you were expected to be "in shape" when practice started.
The coaches had some very creative ways of testing just how "in shape" you were.

You were expected to go out for a Spring sport.We were pretty much
evenly split between lacrosse and track.

Summers you were on your own.
We lifted and ran.
Again,different world.
We used to have trouble getting security to open up the weight room
in the Summer so we could train.
I got to know one of the security guards who lifted.
I tried to schedule my workouts when I knew he would be in the weight room.
One thing was stressed.No competitive wrestling in the off season.

Our coach also coached golf and was the A.D.

Like Giacomo, competing in college taught me a lot of time management skills.
Transferring also taught me the harsh reality ofjust how many credits you loose in that process.
Transferring pushed my undergrad graduation back about a year.