Stereotypes Of Football Essay

There’s a stereotype for everyone. Every race, every sex, every hobby, everyone has a stereotype. And we’ve all heard the one about athletes, especially when it comes to football players. “Oh, they 're just a dumb jock, they 're only here to play.” But this stereotype is far from true. I have decided to disprove this too-well-known stereotype by surveying and interviewing the Mississippi College offensive linemen. For the majority of these men, football has been the center of their lives since they were very young. All of their lives they have dreamed of having the opportunity to play in college, it’s a dream not everyone has come true though. Although some may technically have the ability and talent to play, not all have the grades to be eligible to accomplish their dreams. And those that do work for their grades are the ones who get told that the teachers just passed them …show more content…
When asked if they are as focused on their degrees and education as they are to football and practicing, they all similarly said yes because although football is their passion in life, their education got them to where they are and that is what will help them once football is over with. Mississippi College has a very firm mission statement for their athletic department. The mission statement is posted as a plague in the locker room and on the wall of each and every coach for Mississippi College. This plague of the mission statement seemed important to me, because it states everything the school and coaches expect of the boys, and girls, on each and every sports team. There are very clear statements made in the mission statement that declare what an athlete-student should be, and without it the very foundation of student-athletes at Mississippi College would be