Unnecessary Roughness By Derek Kreager

More importantly, this can take away much more than just time from the student-athlete. As mentioned before, the loss of a game could distract a student-athlete from their schoolwork. Not only could a loss of a game distract them from schoolwork, but also affect their emotions negatively. Assuming that the student-athlete is competitive and devoted to their sport, a loss of a game could lead to them being angry with their teammates, or even worse, with themselves. In Derek Kreager’s article, “Unnecessary Roughness? School Sports, Peer Networks, and Male Adolescent Violence,” he discusses the negative effects that athletics has on a student-athlete. In particular Kreager mentions that athletics can cause aggression in the student-athletes especially