Academic Motivation Among Student Athletes Essay

In the article “Examining Academic and Athletic Motivation among Student Athletes” I found some very interesting details about student athletes, that I had never known about before. Being a student athlete myself I know how difficult it is being in season and trying to get all the work done you need for my classes. It is very difficult to show up and get my work done on time during season because of the constant traveling my team does during the week. I find myself missing classes every other day. Some teachers are lenient with it, while others take it out on us because they have problems against student athletes. Academic Integrity is way different in our Division 2 School, as for some Division 1 Schools in the Midwest. What I found very interesting in this article is the way they said that were you come from has a tremendous effect on your academic success in the classroom. The schooling you come from before entering college. Everyone is not going to have the same academic ability, and what you score on your standardized tests might not be the same as others score. The way you …show more content…
20 year old kids making decisions that will have a tremendous effect on them for the rest of their lives. We see it everyday in sports, players that leave school early getting signed and being professionals for a certain amount of time and not having money or a degree after to fall back on. I think it is a dumb mistake to not finish school before entering a draft. Yes staying at school and playing for your school has its positives and negatives, but so does being a professional athlete. Athlete graduation rate this year was higher than non-athlete graduation rate. The percentage of athletes that graduated on time was about 60% as for non-athletes only having a graduation rate of 58%. (Gaston-Gates 76). Athletes as you can see do have the potential to graduate more than just students