Athletes Are More Important Than Academics

Many people argue that athletic programs should not be interfering with academic settings. Others argue that athletics should be more prominent in the academic setting than they already are. The truth is that athletic programs are important to the academic setting if academics is being rightfully prioritized.
An absence of athletics, though often thought of as beneficial to education, could easily produce negative effects, as read in the book Charlotte Sometimes. Charlotte Makepeace went to a boarding school where academics was strictly the one and only focus. This meant that there was no bodily exercise involved in the students’ day to day life, which led to very unhealthy students. Eventually, a deadly illness took about, killing many. Although there were many other factors that played into the epidemic, a large one was the lack of any physical activity. Physical activity is vitally important and is necessary in the academic setting.
Now, with that being said, academics does need to be significantly more prominent than athletics is. It’s like doing homework; if all of a student’s time after school is spent relaxing, then no homework will get done and their grade may suffer, whereas if they spend all of their time doing homework and never take a break, they’ll most

The only issue he stumbled upon was the issue concerning his GPA, which had to be at a certain point in order for him to take any football scholarships he had been offered. With brutal perseverance and the inducement football brought, Michael reached his goal GPA and was able to accept a scholarship at the University of Mississippi. None of these opportunities would have been available to him if he hadn’t of put his education first and foremost in his life, which is how it should always be. Athletes are completely capable of undertaking their sports goals after achieving their academic