According to research, “Since the NCAA began tracking GSR with the class of student-athletes who entered in 1995, the overall rate has increased 10 percentage points, which translates to nearly 14,000 more graduates than if the rate had stayed the same” (Hosick). In other words, the data implies that participating in college athletics is beneficial and continues to sustain and improve the academic success of students. Universities continue to hold student athletes to higher standards. Athletes have proved to meet these expectations, and they appear to be graduating at higher rates than ever before. Those who participate in university sports seem to benefit more in the long run than those who do not. Sports may do more than enhance physical strength, but it may stimulate the brain as well. A study done by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign compared, not the physical but rather, the cognitive ability of athletes to nonathletes. The article, How Sports May Focus the Brain, published in the New York Times recorded their
According to research, “Since the NCAA began tracking GSR with the class of student-athletes who entered in 1995, the overall rate has increased 10 percentage points, which translates to nearly 14,000 more graduates than if the rate had stayed the same” (Hosick). In other words, the data implies that participating in college athletics is beneficial and continues to sustain and improve the academic success of students. Universities continue to hold student athletes to higher standards. Athletes have proved to meet these expectations, and they appear to be graduating at higher rates than ever before. Those who participate in university sports seem to benefit more in the long run than those who do not. Sports may do more than enhance physical strength, but it may stimulate the brain as well. A study done by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign compared, not the physical but rather, the cognitive ability of athletes to nonathletes. The article, How Sports May Focus the Brain, published in the New York Times recorded their