The Athletes Of The Athletic Department

level, some of these responsibilities may be delegated but the athletic director will still oversee

Throughout the world of sports, it is very common for athletes to get injured or bruised up. A lot of the injuries that athletes suffer from often require surgery and intense rehab. Many kids are stuck with paying the medical bill and have no insurance to cover it. The worst part about all of this is that most college coaches end up taking away the player's scholarship because of an injury. The NCAA has its own catastrophic injury insurance, which insures individual athletes up to $20 million. But the majority don’t qualify. This example just shows that most athletes don’t have enough money to get insurance which would help them with their injury. As a result for the players not having insurance, the coaches will end up taking away their scholarship.

College level competitive sports have many beneficial factors that follow its path for students. On the top of the list is leadership development. Once in the real world where you have to take initiative at a certain job or internship to move up the ladder for the bosses watchful eyes, these skills can be developed experience from college athletics programs. "Sports are educational in the best sense of that word because they teach the participant and the observer new truths about testing oneself and others, about the enduring values of challenge and response, about teamwork, about discipline and perseverance. Above all, intercollegiate contests — at any level of skill — drive home a fundamental lesson: goals worth achieving will be attained only through effort, hard work and sacrifice, and sometimes even those will not be enough to overcome the obstacles life places in our path." (Grace Chen)

Certain policies and rules can put athletic directors in tough situations. This can lead to a high school athletic directors making some tough decisions with a huge emotional impact on themselves or someone else. High school athletic directors need to be aware that sports can help you make friends, and even enemies. Athletic directors need to be able to plan accordingly, have legal liability knowledge, great public relations, and have great written and oral communication skills, and have a knowledge of hiring and staffing.

Intercollegiate athletics provide a unique and exciting experience for students, alumni, and the local community. Reunions, homecoming, pep rallies, and tailgating events are all built around the fervent game day experience of intercollegiate athletics. Bragging rights and state pride are often dependent on the flagship university's success on the playing field. This ever-growing popularity has created a high stakes system of risk and reward for many universities. Administrators are often faced with the moral dichotomy of winning at all cost versus winning with integrity. The balance of winning and social responsibility creates continuous pressure for individuals

When you take a look at colligate sports, as a whole there is a whole lot of insight, time, and effort that goes into the day-to-day activities. One person per institution oversees this and that is the Director of Athletic or Athletic Director. The most common asked question that I have come across in regards athletic directors, is what is it that they exactly do? The Director of Athletics gives administrative direction and oversees all intramural, recreational, and intercollegiate athletics staff, programs, facilities and activities. Not only is he responsible for every athletic event that the institution hosts but, the athletic director is also responsible for ensuring the compliance of all divisional, federal, and university athletics regulations,

Enterprise High School Athletic Department strives to promote academic achievements and exceptional leadership by providing student athletes with a safe, competitive environment. To teach self-discipline, a great work ethic, positive attitude, pride, respect, and the importance of teamwork in all athletic contests, is our focus so they can succeed in all aspects of their lives. Although winning is an obvious goal in any competition, the value of good sportsmanship and the enjoyment of the game take precedence always. We encourage every participating student athlete to adopt these guidelines and develop a positive winning attitude. Extracurricular and athletic programs are an important and vital part of the EHS program

The most memorable achievement from my athletic career at Dakota High School is an unusual one. It is not an incredible play I made, or an exciting game that we barely won. Rather, it is the impact I made on the young girls watching me from the stands. Throughout my time as a cheerleader at Dakota, I have had the privilege of being a Mini Cheer Camp leader 5 times. During my time as a leader, I was able to not only help the young girls learn more about the sport I love so much, but also teach them to be confident young women. As a young girl, I attended the Mini Cheer Camps put on by the varsity cheerleaders. I remember looking up to these girls and wanting to grow up to be just like them. I admired their intelligence, their charisma, and,

My organization is the Sam Houston State University Athletic Department. The offices are located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, in Huntsville. The Athletic Department has about 73 employees.

Dependability is essential to success of the Athletic Department. Directing under difficult circumstances, such as during budget cuts, becomes even more complicated if the Athletic Director is not seen as consistent in the staff’s eyes. Weight & Cooper (2011), At Division I institutions, the main sharing points were based on the fairness of revenue creation and fan appeal while the other divisions more commonly used equality principles as their primary methods of resource distribution. During the time of budget cuts information will continuously change. As an Athletic Director, part of your responsibility is to consistently communicate those changing messages to your staff as well as the employees in the department and help them interpret what

Secondly, for student athletes who practice a sport and attend classes, it is often difficult to complete both tasks. Many students begin to show less motivation making it harder to stay focus and attend their required classes. This is the case of student- athlete Cardale Jones, a quarterback for the University of Ohio. After taking his sociology final exam, he commented that coming to class was pointless when his only responsibility was to play football for the university (Tracy 1). Student athletes start to show poor academic achievement when they consume a lot of time in their sports and often forget about their role of being a student. For instance, when students are not able to complete their school assignments during the day they decide to study late and do not sleep the necessary hours they need in order for their bodies to function and their brains to focus. In this case, the poor achievement in students is notable because they do not perform well in school and do not have a good nutrition. They often do not have time to eat the required three meals a day that their bodies need. The poor academic achievement is often noticeable when many coaches begin to tell their athletes that they are not allowed to take classes that interfere with practice. This puts athletes in a barrier when they have to balance the two roles of responsibility of attending class and completing homework assignments and attending the games. Student athletes have a poor mental and physical body

Choosing a new coach is one of the toughest jobs for a college athletic director, especially when hiring a coach for a program that is a consistent winner. He or she must try to hire a coach who they feel can continue the success that the program has had, while also being a good fit for the department and the school. It would do no good to hire a coach you know will win but will butt heads with administration as well as alienate the fans and will not have the respect of the players. The athletic director must sit down and set out the criteria that they want in a new coach and for a search committee that will help him or her to select a new coach. Having a search committee will allow the athletic director to have several different set of

The Cornerstone University Athletic Department was a great experience to the sports management world. Before this internship started, I was hopeful to learn many new things, and I did. I was excited to work with so many people that love sports as much as I do. I was pleased to be working under Rachel Wood, the assistant athletic director focusing on facilities and logistics. Also working very closely with Trey Reed, the events manager.

The current position of intercollegiate athletics in the United States is a peculiar one when compared to most any other country in the world. In no other nation will one find varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that pay their athletes to attend the school. Therefore, in no other country will one find quite as much debate as to whether or not these athletics programs should continue to be affiliated with the colleges and universities they represent, particularly if the primary objective of colleges and universities is to educate their students (Beyer, 2000). Moreover, the role of amateurism and whether or not student-athletes should be paid is a controversial issue among college sport fans and scholars in the

The NAIA Governance Structure chart has 5 hierarchy that keeps the sports organization in order. It begins with the Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives the highest beings with the Registrars Association and Faculty Athletics Representatives Association, then the National Administrative Council consisting on NAIA Coaches Associations, Association of Independent Institutions, Sports Information Directors Association, Athletic Trainers Association, and Athletics Directors Association. Then their National Office of National Coordinating Committee and President & CEO and the highest is the Council of Presidents. (NAIA.org, 2015). To properly represent a student athlete, the Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives must consist of a total of 14 faculty athletic representatives chosen from various powers to have a balance (NAIA.org, 2015). I believe the Association of Student Athletes is very influential, because students sometimes accept guidance and advice from their peers a little easier than from a higher ranking person who may not be able to relate to them on some of the new struggles among athletes. This organization gives the student-athletes a chance to be heard about what changes they think could benefit the new athletes and the current athletes there now (NAIA.org, 2015).