On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we chat with Myriam Glez, former Olympic swimmer and coach, CEO of USA Synchronized Swimming, entrepreneur and founder of the nonprofit Athletes Soul. 

Tell everybody about Synchronized Swimming and how that works.

"Synchronized swimming would be like gymnastics or ballet in the water. It's been around for quite awhile; it's a very popular sport in other countries, especially in Europe and Asia. So there were a lot of synchronized swimmers where I grew up. I saw it on TV and that's how I got inspired to start in the sport. It's a very demanding sport in terms of the number of hours that you train, because we do essentially a lot of different sports. You have to be a good gymnast, you have to be flexible, you have to do strength training outside of the pool, ballet, but then you also do a lot of swimming, and then your sport. During the week you would be doing a little bit of everything, and you have to try to figure out how to fit that in each day. It's a very comprehensive sport, and very brainy as well, because you have to remember routines, and there's a lot of elements that are related to your mental game, in addition to being very physical."

Give me your thoughts about NIL. 

"I think the positive is that athletes can make some money, whether it is being a top football player in the college space and you can actually take advantage of that and really get some sponsors to support you, to the niche sport and lower profile athletes who actually can work other jobs like any other student and not lose their scholarship because they are doing things like coaching, modeling or whatever that is. I feel like it's bringing some equality between athletes and students because students are already doing other jobs, and then it's helping the top athletes benefit from the college market and not just have the university being the one reaping all of the benefits."

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