The students are able to get a scholarship by playing sports. Only two percent of kid’s become professional athletes (Business Insider). That means out of all the football players at MTMS only eight percent may be offered a scholarship. It is even less than that because there are more than forty people who play school. Which would cause the kids to be depressed if they don't get a scholarship. Causing the students to be stressed out and that would affect their grades in school.
Stress can affect kids of all ages playing sports and doing school work. …show more content…
Some of kids fall under the rest of the students. The reason this could be is because of the time sports take up and the amount of stress it can cause. Sport practice takes place outside of school and takes out time to do schoolwork. Though some kids focus more and get good grades to play sports. But, how can they get good grades by studying and doing homework when they have little time to due to sports?
Another argument people might make in order to save school sports is that they teach you life skills, but many athletes can become arrogant and self-absorbed. By being pushed too hard by a parent, the athlete can try to be the “star of the show”, not worrying about the team, but only about themselves. This will cause the child to be egotistical, haughty, and they’ll establish a theory that they are superior and that they are more adept than everyone else on the team. Friend’s of the athlete could start to keep a distance because the athlete may have a great deal of self-pride and might not be pleasant to be around, this can put a lot of stress on the student and lead to