Q-and-A: NAIA leader says the focus remains on 'education-based athletics'

Q-and-A: NAIA leader says the focus remains on 'education-based athletics'

MITCHELL — Plenty of sports fans will be watching the Final Four this weekend. It’s as big of a college sports event as there is every year. Marc Burchard will watch as well. But when he sees the NCAA’s big-money take on a postseason basketball tournament, he looks at the TV and has a simple response: “We’re not that.” Burchard is the NAIA’s Director of Championships, and coming off the NAIA’s basketball championships for the women in Sioux City…