Persuasive Essay On Student Athletes

Students in college have to balance many activities: school, friends, work, health, and everything in between. Being a student athlete adds a whole new workload. Not only do student athletes have to balance class, studying, and homework, but they also have workouts, meetings, events, games, and of course, practice. Not even mentioning a social life, a student athlete 's daily schedule is already packed full. Typically, a student athlete wakes up, goes to a workout that is followed by classes, then another workout, and finally time for studying and homework.

Athletes spend more than 40 hours a week practicing, leaving little time to keep up with academic commitments. For NCAA executives, administrators and support staff who start feeling the burn around hour 42, they should remember that their student-athletes’ jobs are not only intellectually demanding but brings them to the limits of their physical endurance as well. If this situation was on any other job, it would take the world by its throat. College is when students look for their first to support them for four, or more, long years. On top of working for that long, they travel across the country almost twice a week. That takes a lot of strength off your body and to replenish their energy they constantly need proper meals. A 250 pound, 6 foot football player is not going to live off ramen for their health and to stay fit to perform at their fullest capability for the school to

I think it would great for college athletes in the NCAA football video game to receive compensation from the game because the colleges shouldn’t be the only ones benefiting from the game. There are athletes that get injured playing college football and their careers are done, so I feel it would nice for athletes to receive something from playing the game of football, especially after college. If college athletes that don’t make it professionally in a sport could receive compensation for their time playing sports, it would create opportunities for them to start businesses and become involved in other careers.

It is important for athletes to have snacks before practice or games. Central Washington University suggests that athletes should eat two to three hours before playing as it is the ideal time to let the body process the food and get the energy and nutrients into the system. Utilizing the new after school option will allow athletes to eat at the perfect time for proper nutrition.

To begin with, athletes were doomed from the start if they did not have good workout and eating plans, along with good time management skills. According to a freshman pitcher at Northeastern Junior College, interested in the MLB draft, “I found it difficult to find a way to balance: practice, eating

The HHFKA did not take into consideration that athletes burn more calories than normal students. When a student athlete performs his or her’s sport, they burn calories in the process. Because the HHFKA did not take this into consideration, student athletes may not be receiving the proper amount of calories. Instead, the HHFKA created a one size fits all meal plan. This meal plan restricts the caloric intake of students in order to help them from gaining weight, without taking into account not all students need to have their calories restricted. In reality there is not a meal plan that can fit the needs of all students, therefore there needs to be multiple meal plans for the various types of students that schools encounter. For example, normal students should receive a tray with 750 to 850 calories, as the HHFKA requires. Student athletes should receive a tray the contains 900 to 1000 in order to help them perform to their maximum

Every four years every country across the planet partakes in the biggest sporting event; the Olympics. Athletes spend countless hours practicing for their spot on the podium. A podium for three individuals denoted with a first, second, and third place finish and medallion. However, in today's world, children who are playing sports, are growing up all standing on the first-place podium and are all handed participation trophies. YMCA leagues, Little League Baseball teams and every other major youth sports program exemplifies the fact that everyone who plays deserves a trophy to feel accomplished, but that is unnecessary. Giving participation trophies to students gives them a false sense of success later in life.

Julianne Tarullo, a journalist from the Huffington Post and press coordination of NBCUniversal Media, explains the nutritional challenges of a college student in her article “Nutrition in College: Answers From the Experts.” Weight gain, eating habits, fad diets, drinking, and weight management are some of the nutritional challenges that a college student may face. Tarullo’s article relates to a topic of why college years are a nutritional challenge, which is a topic discussed in chapter 7 of “Get Fit Stay Well.”

Perian Braun stated that, “Savvy athletes know that eating the right foods before a workout can give you the necessary fuel to make it through the last ten minutes on the treadmill or through that last set of squats.”(Braun) Braun is right in saying this. Not only athletes, but anyone who is exercising should know that before you workout, it is essential that you put some food into your body.

Sports drinks, or carbohydrate-electrolyte beverages, are intended to maintain hydration and restore electrolytes, unlike energy drinks (which contain caffeine). There are two main goals for theses drinks rehydration and fuel for exercising muscles. As an athlete taking of your body is vital in order to have success in any sport. There are many different ways to help your body perform at the highest level possible. Most sports drinks are made with the intent that you are using them before, while, or after your workout. Tons of people believe that sports drinks are not that healthy for you. Many people believe that it is a perfect alternative to water. Theses drinks are appealing to the eye, which is mainly the reason people consume the

If you want to be best you will have to work everyday on your craft. A lot of athletes have that kind of mentality. They get up at 6am to workout, stay extra hour after practice, and watch film for hours and go over the mistake they did the last game so he or she won’t make that mistake the next game. This the kind of mentality every coach want to see their players have.. However, athletes forget how important it is to have a good nutrition. Athletes sometime misunderstand because they think eating pizza, drinking soda, candy, and eating fast food late at night is ok. Although, it is not ok at all! Having a good nutrition plays a huge role for athlete to perform at their best of their ability.

Many People think that the collegiate sports are just a form of entertainment for them and the players but the players think of these sports as a job. The NCAA is the National Collegiate Athletic Association and it is the center of making all of the rules for collegiate sports. They decide on if student athletes are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act or not. Student athletes do not get enough recognition and seen as students or entertainment but not as employees. Although some people do not believe student athletes deserve the recognition of being employees, others know they should because these students fall under the title employee from the requirements placed by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Contrapositive: False, although Gatorade does provide somewhat better hydration than water, but that’s not what this advertisements states. People who do not have the ability to train or compete well in certain athletics, it could possibly be due to just having general health problems or finding difficulty in executing the movements necessary to perform sufficiently in that activity. Taking in less calories from Gatorade doesn’t really affect this process, either.

There is a time in the life of a busy multi-sport athlete (and especially the longer, time-constrained, endurance athlete) when you must eat, it must be a complete meal, and it must be quick.

The meals the day before the event would normally consist of consuming a lot of carbohydrates, as well as other vitamin, minerals, proteins etc. but mostly carbohydrates, this is also known as “Carbohydrate Loading” or just “Carb Loading”. Carb Loading is essential as all it is, is storing energy therefore, using it all up for the day after which also makes you last longer, especially when it’s an all-day event such as my chosen sport. Carb Loading has been demonstrated to improve endurance exercise by allowing athletes to exercise at their optimal pace for a longer time. It is estimated that carb loading can improve your performance over a set distance by 2-3%