Athletes Vs College Athletes

Touchdown, The Alabama Crimson Tide has won the National championship! On January 11, 2016 the Clemson Tigers were defeated by Alabama for the National championship title. Seven players out of the junior and senior class were drafted into the NFL. That is pretty impressive, but all of this talent must come with a price. Winning a national championship is not something that just happens overnight. There are multiple sacrifices that need to be made while committed to a sports team, and one of those sacrifices could be education. How do these athletes keep up with their schoolwork? are they entitled to more leniency than the average student because of their sport? Athletics are time consuming, but students who are not involved in athletics are …show more content…
Roman Catholic has won two PCL championships and two State Championships in basketball. This big win gives Roman Catholic High School a great reputation, but the question of whether this activity is fulfilling their student expectations is brought up. The 2011 Jackson Free Press article, “College Sports Vs. Academics” written by Bryan Flynn explains, "Some say sports provide no academic benefit, and others say there is a slight benefit." I believe that it does not sound like there is a large gain from athletics. I have witnessed numerous accounts of unjust actions that have occurred with no penalty. The basketball players at Roman Catholic were treated like saints, and the students always come first. Not to mention that the faculty and staff make way too many exceptions for these students relating to discipline and academics. There are rules strongly enforced to every other student in the school that were not abided by the athletes. Homework assignments, class work, and attendance seem to be optional to this group of students, and I think it is unfair to the rest of the student body. These situations proceed throughout colleges as well. Universities accept and offer scholarships to student-athletes with below-average GPA's for the purpose of making their sports team superior. On the other hand, average students are turned down from universities because they do not have an athletic talent to …show more content…
Whether my school is phenomenal in sports or not I intend on holding every kid to a certain academic standard. As a sports fan I love football and would like to help the student- athlete to the best of my ability. I would like to establish a bit of confidence for my students. According to the 2014 article, College Student Athlete Wellness: an integrative outreach model, author James Beauchemin states "Some student athletes may not feel comfortable seeking help outside the athletic department." Athletes often think because they are good at a sport that they cannot be smart. Personally, I think anyone can accomplish something they put their mind to. Academics work the same way sports do with practice. Each student in my class will be assigned a group and each individual will be assigned a task as well. This way if one person fails it will affect the others in the group as well. This may seem a bit harsh but in a lot of ways academics are like sports. A quarterback without his receivers is useless. I would like my class to learn what its like to be on a team that is not sports related. Working together as one to accomplish a greater goal is what I believe a team is. We all need help at some point in our lives and in my class that is what the teams will be there