Student athlete

Being a student athlete is a wonderful thing in high school, despite a lot of people only acknowledge the athlete part and not the student part. I believe that academics come first and if a high school student wants to be an athlete, then getting good grades should be a requirement. It should be mandatory for teachers and coaches to check the grades of student athletes weekly to determine whether students are performing academically well or not. The students that aren’t doing well should be…

social analysis of student-athletes, more specifically individuals who attend school part-time while taking part in competitive sports. In particular, I used my previous high school as the basis for my social exploration. This social analysis includes applying concepts such as role strain, role conflict, subculture, social solidarity, reference groups, social stratification and equality of opportunity in order to better understand a niche social world. A successful student-athlete is like a…

specifically be a student or an athlete, but it is sometimes hard to manage both. As a student athlete, I believe that some of the best attributes that you can look for are preparation, teamwork, and determination. In order to be a student athlete you have to be able to balance the priorities of both academics and those long nights on the field, court, and gym. Without preparation there is no organization which leads to being successful. Preparation is a key part of being an accomplished…

within six years of enrolling. Why is that? The term student athlete proposes that a man or woman who participates in…

quite a discussion lately on the topic of whether NCAA student athletes should receive financial compensation. Currently the NCAA does not pay student athletes. The NCAA rule that states student athletes are not allowed to receive financial compensation needs to stay the same; if it doesn’t, college athletics will never be the same. The first reason why NCAA student-athletes shouldn’t receive financial compensation is because many student-athletes already receive scholarships and other…

Plenty of people argue that it is unfair student athletes do not receive a salary with all of the hard work and dedication they put into the sports that they play for universities. However, these same people do not understand the reason these student athletes do not get paid to begin with. Allen Sanderson and John Siegfried explain that if college athletes received pay, there would be “general labor laws” that would not allow these athletes to practice and work as hard as they do today. These…

Why Drug Testing Student Athletes Isn’t Worth It Is drug testing student athletes really necessary? Are the results of drug testing worth all of the time and money put into it? The simple fact is that drug use isn't that prevalent today among student athletes. The Illinois High School Association conducted 1,758 drug tests on student athletes in their state, and found that only two athletes tested positive and weren't cleared by medical waivers (Westerlund). There are also many variables that…

individuals are the various student athletes scattered among the basketball and football programs of superior institutions. Various players that have the opportunity to pursue a higher education initially have their athletic ability to thank. The controversy between student athletes and whether or not they should receive pay from the institutions they attend has generated multiple positions. The discussion generates ideas and beliefs that support the reason for student athletes (in well…

failed the student athletes in their care due to their own self-seeking motives. Botched regulations, lack of accountability, and blatant manipulation tactics within the NCAA support this argument. To be considered an intercollegiate student athlete, one must engage on a sports team while also progressing and maintaining within college level academia. In the article “The NCAA and the Athletes It Fails” the author explains “And though the NCAA wisely mandates that student athletes put in no…

state of Pennsylvania 71 percent of students leave a public four-year institution or private non-profit four-year institution in debt. The average debt is $32,528. (McCauley). I would say student-athletes have quite the head start in the “real world”, a “regular” student would give anything to graduate with barely any debt, how greedy are these athletes going to get? Some might be too young to realize how important a scholarship really is. The average student leaves school with about 32,000…