Being a student athlete should be a privilege‚ a reward; it should always come second‚ after the students education. It seems that student athletes get special treatments‚ getting away with having low grades‚ having an extended time to do assignments‚ or even being excused from them. There needs to be a more strict policy in order to be on a high school sports team and to play in games. After all‚ high schools do not require students to participate in team or individual sports. Most high school students
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The female athlete triad is a health condition in which active women experience three inter-related disorders due to unhealthy body weight and eating habits. In the case of the triad‚ the word active refers to females who display moderate to high intensity levels of performance. The rate of performance must be high in order to counterbalance the decrease in calorie intake. Females who perform at a high intensity are at risk for the triad since they do not take in enough calories to fulfill the
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The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic
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principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8‚ 2014‚ a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated for the use of their names‚ images and likenesses violated federal antitrust laws (Johnson). A former basketball star at UCLA‚ Ed O’Bannon and several other current and former student-athletes brought the case up in 2009. Specifically‚ the athletes challenged the NCAA’s rule that prevents
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D1 Analysis After learning about the factors‚ now with this analysis you can see that most of the factors can influence each other in one way or another. The first factor is stress; this can affect performance because having lots of things on your mind can stop you performing well because you can’t concentrate on the game or training long enough to benefit from it. The positives of stress are that you know that you want it‚ whatever it may be‚ relating to sport otherwise you wouldn’t be stressing
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The main issue that the field of sports faces today and in the future are gambling‚ drug abuse‚ emphasis on winning in youth sports and burnout of young athletes. The youth league has major turn games into all about winning is most important which cause athletes to burnout. The youth burnout syndrome occurs when a youth athlete has worsening performance despite intense training.Coaches and parents have pressure kids that show some talent for the sport‚ to show “commitment” by specializing in a single
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College Athletes: The Struggles of Black Student Athletes College athletics provide a way for a lot of students to pay for a college education. These athletes work hard at their selected sport in order to keep the scholarships. Regardless of all this hard work‚ these athletes have nothing to show for it. A percentage of the athletes are black and come from poor inner city community where their families struggle to keep the bills paid and to keep food on the table. These black athletes are being
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Athletes Should Not be paid Student Athletes should not be paid to play sports for colleges. If college athletes were paid to play sports it would take away from pros getting paid to play. Pro Athletes also would not think it is fair because when they were in college they didn’t get paid and they were good enough to go pro so they should have gotten paid before anybody. If college athletes were paid it would take away from being at school to study. College should be a place to study first and then
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Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? In recent years‚ the salaries of many professional athletes have soared‚ allowing them to collect millions every year for merely being on a team. Worshipped by their talent and the appeal of extreme wealth‚ many of these athletes do not see themselves as role models‚ which‚ in turn‚ affects society’s younger generation. Although many of these athletes are perhaps the world’s most talented in their fields‚ their significantly high salaries are unjustifiable
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Being a college athlete is an accomplishment to be proud of and provides personal benefits to the student. Every year more than 360‚000 students partake in intercollegiate sports programs endorsed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Athletic Participation and Wellness 153). The benefits that come from being talented and dedicated to a sport includes scholarships and social interaction with schools and people. However‚ many are concerned with how it may conflict with their educational
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