The majority of women agree that there is a problem out there. Whether it is regarding sexual behavior or benefits in the classroom. There is special treatment for athletes that allow extensions to assignments, papers or simply missing class and getting away with it.…
The article written by the author states that “It’s not just about grades. Time spent on the field or on the court also benefits your health” Which means that physical activity is good for kids and is needed in order to maintain a healthy and worthwhile life. (O’Shei, 12) The Author includes more information when he states “If we cut back school sports some kids will be shut out of sports completely” his next statement is, “Yes, club sports that is, private leagues outside of school would be an option for some, but fees, equipment, and travel expenses can add up to thousands of dollars per season” Which means that children would be shut out of opportunities to participate because of the high amounts of money needing to be payed for private sport lessons or leagues.(O’Shei,12) While public schools say they're all about equal opportunities, if they shut down the programs that they have kids will not equal connections as the students did before them, which is very unfair, going back on how open schools say their “Job is to create and deliver new opportunities.” Juniors need this more than ever, and if we were to shut it all down they could not begin to know what it is like to have this sort of feeling clinging onto them, having a constant positive vibe around…
1. According to the twelfth edition of Sports in Society by Jay Coakley, “"Generalizing about high school and college sport programs is difficult because programs and the conditions under which participation occurs are so diverse” (Coakley, 476). However, there are definitely some broad, widespread issues that are found within the majority of high school sports programs. The textbook offers a plethora of claims against interscholastic sports, and one that stood out to was the claim that highlighted the pressure that interscholastic sports place on student-athletes. Unlike club sports, high school sports practice for over 2 hours every day after school and have games on weeknights, leaving little time to prepare for exams and to get homework done.…
Should athletes be required to finish college in order to play in the pros? I believe that they should be required. Athletes should have an education in case they do not make it in the pros. Many athletes run out of the money they made while playing. By getting an education the athlete secures his/her future.…
“According to Mark Kantrowitz and FinAid.org, approximately 1% to 2% of undergraduate students in Bachelor’s degree programs receive athletic scholarships, equaling a total of about $1 billion a year. While that monetary amount is growing at a rate of 4.5% year over year…” Yes giving talented athletes scholarships is great. The state is giving the athlete an opportunity to get a free education just due solely on the fact that they play their sport very well. But why should athletes on scholarships be paid any typeof salary if everything school related is basically taken care of.…
“School should be about learning, not sports”. Kids now a days love to play sports, but don’t like to learn. Learning, and get an education this is a very important thing in life you need it to have a good job so that you can have a family and support them. So I feel in school you must have good grades in order to play any type of sport, and if you do not then you should not be playing. A couple reasons I feel like this is for starters kids pay more attention to sports then they do in class. This is not how this should be. Kids should love to learn something new every day at school, but in some school that’s not the case. Kids need to learn.…
Student-athletes deserve more benefits because at most 10% of each sports’ athletes will go pro and make a living off of it. Benefits don’t have to be just receiving money, they can be anything to help the person out. Whether it be less homework, extra time for homework, or anything really. Athletes will make the most of their benefits and use them as much as they possibly can. They shouldn’t be punished for playing a sport in college, they should in a way be “rewarded” especially if they are a winning team. These young adults are putting their bodies on the line every minute of their game to make a name for their team and their school, this is the least that schools could do to help them…
Good thing. That’s because it pushes kids in school to have good grades. Especially, the only way to play in sports, is to have good grades. If you don’t have passing grades, you can’t be involved in any sports. So, coaches tell their athletes to be a student athlete.…
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head-Emil Zatopek.” This quote shows that if you're happy playing your favorite sport then money should be the last thing you should be worried about. The idea of paying college athletes has been thrown around for a couple years. Some student athletes feel that they bring in a great deal of money to their universities, but they do not see one penny of it. These students think they should be getting paid because they put a great deal of their time and effort into playing. Instead of paying students, universities and the NCAA make sure the students have everything they need in other ways. Student athletes should not be paid for their participation…
In the book Social Issues in Sport by Ronald B. Woods chapter 7: Interscholastic and Intercollegiate sport the author talks about high school and college athletes and some of the issues they face whether it is academic or even financial issues. According to the NFHS, the number of students participating in high school sports has increased for 20 consecutive years and continues to grow each year (Woods 122). The chapter stated that both swimming and diving have had the largest gains in participants for both boys and girls (Woods 122). This brings the question, are parents keeping their kids from playing in physical sports that are more dangerous such as football and hockey. Football is still the number one participating sport for boys but soccer and basketball are rising more. The number one reason why boys and girls participate in high school sports for both boys and girls is “to have fun” and a few reasons why some athletes stop playing is because practices were not very fun, they were not getting much playing time and coaching reasons (Woods 123). At an interscholastic level of athletics participants can be put into three categories. First reluctant participants: about 25% of kids felt like they had to be in a sport because of outside pressure. Next is image-conscious socializers: this group represent 40% of athletes. These athletes draw motivation from rewards or the approval of others. The last is competence oriented: this athletes love playing the sport and are likely to continue after school days are over (Woods 124). Another important question when discussing high school sports is if schools should require a fee to play a sport/who should pay for high school sports?…
Some may argue that sports play an important role in teaching life lessons to athletes. Yes, you can learn valuable things through sports, but you can take on even better traits through school and teamwork activities in the classroom without the problems that athletics comes with, like injuries and pressure. School comes before athletics and some athletes think athletics are more important than school, so eliminating sports will help these students learn valuable life lessons through school and activities in the classroom with other students.…
Sports are traced back to 760 B.C. and are still a big part of society’s entertainment today. In today’s world, everyone wants to be the best at sports and will do anything to accomplish that, which is exactly what athletic programs all around the world are doing. High school athletic programs are now an all year type of thing, a famous quote said i“there is no off-season”. Athletes are being pushed to be in one sport all year long, instead of multiple sports per year. Pushing one sport is taking place so skills can be practiced continuously.…
Learning is important, we need to get rid of sports. Sports is taking school’s money and distracting kids from learning! It takes more money to do sports than for average day classes! Schools should get rid of sports for the education for future children and to expand teaching with the saved money!…
In many situations I do know that teachers do not like student athletes and they feel that we do not deserve special treatment, because some athletes use sports as an excuse. There are many student athletes that abuse the opportunity to play sports. Some athletes feel that they are above the regular students and that they can do whatever they please. They may show up to class late on a daily basis or they may turn in assignments late for no reason. Situations like that make teachers not trust student athletes and when you may really need a teacher to give you some extra time because sports may really interfere with your class work they will not help you. In order for a teacher to allow student athletes to turn in work in different methods when sports interferes first requires the teacher to be able to trust the student that they will turn their work in at the right time even though it would be sent through a different form other than the teachers norm. It is very understandable why some teachers treat student athletes just as they would any other student. Some athletes really do abuse their opportunity to b a student athlete and that makes it harder for many of the good student…
I choose this article because it simply puts how the college athletes that we have around the country should be student athletes. At certain schools they have actually made it that the athletes sometimes never showed up at class but somehow they managed to pass that class. There was also another controversial topic on how the coaches of these D-1 schools get paid more money than the professors. The football players also think they should deserve some of the millions that they bring in but never see. I also find another good point on why they should transition and it is because most of the college athletes that play football are all childish and very immature to be playing a sport that millions of people and kids watch and look up to them.…