Most college athletes begin their college career hopeful and determined. They care about their academics and intend to graduate. Overtime, athletes become discouraged from their academics (Adler & Adler 1985). Adler and Adler (1985) traced the stages of athletes throughout the university environment and how their academics become influenced by their athletic involvement. They observed this through a four-year systematic participant-observation study. Their observations showed that freshmen begin college at various levels of desire. Overtime, this desire dissipates under the force of athletic conditions. As long as the athletes maintain eligibility requirements, they are satisfied. Overtime, they accept the bare minimum, becoming detached from
