The Importance Of Student Athletes

For sports that do not tie into school some kids may feel hurt that other kids that don’t have a GPA to play their sport. For most kids that don’t need a GPA in non related school sports it may be an advantage for them. It an advantage to kids who don’t need a GPA by letting them

Moreover, college athletes have shown a poor academic success rate in past few years, in brief. Their academic performances were significantly low due to the distraction caused by athletic programs. Athletics are not only a distraction for athletes, but also for institutions which are holding these athletic programs. “The low graduation rates among athletics, particularly in sports like football and basketball, are alarming, although there is strong evidence that this problem is endemic to the entire academic enterprise” (“College”). Average outcome GPA of an athlete is way lower than that of a normal student in general. Missing classes regularly, missing assignments, and missing exams have been the reasons for these poor academic performance rates. Daily practices and tournaments are the reason for them to miss their academics. Another side of this argument is that athletes are given unfair advantages in academics unlike other students. They were given excessive grade changes and extra points to maintain their athletic eligibility. This situation degrades the quality of academic programs and it debases

There is a growing problem where much of a school’s popularity and funding stems from athletic success. Even more, if a school has a student or group of students with great athletic ability, the school will likely bend some of its rules to maintain the athletes’ image and eligibility.

that organizes and regulates the student athletes of 1,281 institutions. According to the NCAA website, it hosts over 460,000 athletes, all of which work an average of 43.3 hours a week.

Many high schools and teachers don’t realize the damage they can do to these athletes if they do give them those couple extra points to play. According to a website, “Any student should have good grades to play sports. Even if you are a great athlete, you will probably not get a full-athletic scholarship. Having good grades can lessen your stress about affording college” ( psychologytoday.com ). In this case, what teachers don’t know is not only are they making that athlete happy to play, but at the same time you are hurting that person for future references, when later in their future college sees the kind of grades that athlete is getting he may not be the kind of fit for whichever school that may be. Overall any student that has failed a class and is not able to play that athlete shouldn’t be able to play at all. If an athlete is not able to be responsible to keep his grades up what makes a coach think that he can be

The NCAA states, “Nearly eight million students currently participate in high school athletics in the United States. More than 460,000 compete as NCAA athletes, and just a select few within each sport move on to compete at the professional or Olympic level” (“Estimated Probability”). Everyone agrees that Americans have to improve academic achievement in schools today; however, it is hard to do so with a barrage of athletic activities. Students are focusing more on sports then academics, and this diversion seems to be costly. In order to fix this, high school athletes should be required to maintain a 2.3 grade point average in order to participate in sports because the primary mission of any serious academic institution must be to develop the young person’s intellectual and cognitive skills and help one get recruited; also, there is a very low chance of athletes continuing their careers at the college or professional level.

A 2016 study by the NCAA revealed that there are nearly eight million students who participate in high school athletics in the United States, yet only 480,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools ("Probability of Competing Beyond High School"). Of that approximate 16% who become a student-athlete, an even smaller percent will graduate and become professional athletes. For example, data from the 2015 NFL Draft demonstrates that there is less than a 2% chance of playing in the NFL. During the 2015 Draft, there were 72,788 NCAA football participants, only 16,175 of those were draft eligible for the 256 slots which equates to a 1.6% chance of being drafted to the NFL. According to the NCAA, of the 256 NCAA players selected in the 2015 NFL draft 236 were from Division I FBS institutions, 17 were from Division I FCS programs, two were from Division II programs, and only one was from a Division III program. Student-athletes from the power five conferences accounted for for 200 of the 256 draft picks (SEC=54, ACC=47, Pac-12=39, Big Ten=35, Big 12=25) ("Probability of Competing Beyond High School", 2016). With there being a small percentage of playing professional sports after college, the importance of a college degree has become a priority for many student-athletes.

Dean Clark Carter, I am a junior student here at Charleston Southern University. I write in regards to an issue I have noticed on campus and would like to bring to your attention; should student athletes receive special academic treatment? I believe that CSU should hold a student forum about this issue so that all students gain knowledge about the topic, can share and debate opinions, and create possible solutions.

College athletes are put into games that are not only televised nationally, but sometimes even worldwide. They gain acknowledgement similar to famous figures that any other person would covet. What goes unnoticed is the life behind the player. How’s their school grades? What do they do with their time? Being a student athlete means that person must manage time between school work and a busy sport schedule. This person also must fulfill the academic requirements of a student athlete to be eligible to play. The requirements are set at a 2.3 minimum GPA and 16 completed core classes. Of those 16 classes, ten must be completed before the start of senior year, and 7 must be completed with english, math, or science classes. Transfer students are

College students have extremely valuable and limited time. They each need to focus on passing their classes. It’s even more difficult for college athletes. They have to study, practice, eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, go to classes, and keep up their social life. Failing to complete even one of theses things could greatly affect their life in a negative way.

In today’s society there is an ongoing debate if college athletics play a valuable role in higher education. First, when and where did college athletics start? Historians trace the origins of college athletics to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire when Harvard and Yale had a boat race in 1852. This evidence suggests that schools have been competing for over 160 years which means they need to have rules in place to keep order. The NCAA does have rules in place for athletes. Some rules include scoring a 1010 in the SAT or a combined score of 86 on the ACT along with maintaining a GPA of 2.0. This shows that the NCAA has rules so an athlete must do school work to keep their grades up but, what does the NCAA do to enforce their rules.The NCAA

At the honor roll ceremony, I noticed that almost all of the students, junior and senior high, were all recognized. In addition, 0% of students, in the junior high, were ineligible in the past nine weeks. Since our school is already surpassing the requirements made, why not raise them? It’s becoming too easy to be eligible, with the obviously intelligent students we have here at Little River schools. It will put more emphasis on schoolwork and students will be able to achieve even more impressive and notable grades. This new requirement will force students to do the best they can, and make their grades even better. School comes before athletics. There’s a reason the term “student-athlete” is used.

Athletics are one of the largest sources of revenue for a college, but tends to come at the cost of student's education. Athletes are preparing to compete at the collegiate level well before time has come to even consider a college. Some high schools have instituted grade point average, GPA, requirements for student participation in athletics. Installing the requirement motivates students to work harder in school. This is positive because it allows for an increase in the athletes' knowledge an opportunity to be successful in both academics and athletics in college.

The very notion that students should be allowed to remain in a sports team, if they are failing academically is absurd. This is because the students are more likely to achieve academically than physically, academics always come first because a students future is dependant on their academics, and failure has many consequences, this is why the school board applied the No Pass/No Play into law, that subjects the student to temporarily not be on the sports team if they are failing any subject.

School-organized sports are organized within a students study curriculum. There is little to no evidence to suggest that schools would allow students to skip their classes so that they attend to their sports commitments. Rather, programs are made to suit both the academic commitments of a student and their sports requirements. There is no denying that a balance may lack at some point where sports competitions may require extra commitment but not to the extent that a student would