Student athletes get good grades!
Romi Ripp
Do you have a child that does sports or is an athlete? Then you want to read this paper to figure out if they should or should not get good grades. Do you want your child to fail high school or college? I think student athletes should get good grades because, getting good grades can help with collage like; paying for college and help the student athletes getting scouted. In the article “Should Student Athletes Get Good Grades to Play Sports”, it says having good grades can help for paying for college. Student athletes should get good grades because it helps parents with money and could make college a little less stressful. “Most scouts look for excellence on and off the playing fields” It
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If you actually pay attention. Let's say you're running down to court/field and your coach says take a quarter turn then run ¼ meter more do you know what that means? In the article “Should Student Athletes Get Good Grades to Play Sports” having math and reading skills for sports is really helpful. Also having reading is a good skill because you have a long schedule and you need to know when you have a game otherwise you are going to miss your …show more content…
What will mind set and having a good attitude do for a student athlete? Having a good attitude will help on the playing field/court you won't get too stressed and angry that you do things that could harm other players or people that are around.
On the other hand, in the article “should student athletes have to get good grader to play sports” it states if you don't get good grades it is like getting punished for no reason. Is that fair.
This may be true it is not as important because athletes must have a “C” average to play sports. Which means you are not getting punished for no reason you fell under the standers for a athlete Other may state, that you can't learn everything from books like: fast thinking, teamwork, discipline, and other skills. (Should Student Athletes Have to Get Good Grades to Play Sports)
While this might seem great, this is not the best because, you can learn things from school for sports as I claimed before and kids learn both skills it will make them successful in many different thing and
While this is not completely true, sports develop people in many ways still, some people say that “sports make me what I am today.” While it is impossible to prove exactly the way each individual takes in sports, it is seen that overall it has some positive effect. Sports are a tool of development and instead of it being a choice between sports and academics, the real answer is both and that they work together to constantly develop quality generations of people. Though problems exist, the true qualities of sports maintain the role they have in developing young ones.
Amanda Ripley argues in The Atlantic in her article “The Case Against High School Sports”, that the United States place too much attention on sports rather than academics. Ripley argues that sports programs at schools should be reduced, maybe even cut out completely. She states that there are a lot of countries that outperform America on international tests, and it is because they put more of their emphasis on academics, where the United States puts more of an emphasis on athletics. Ripley says that high school sports negatively affects academics. (1). I disagree with Ripley on this topic; I think that sports are important for young kids because it teaches them very valuable life lessons and it keeps them out of trouble.
Athletics in American schools have always been controversial for many reasons. Some of these reasons include health concerns, safety precautions, and academic significance. Daniel H. Bowen and Colin Hitt wrote an article titled, “High-School Sports Aren’t Killing Academics” to present the factors of positive correlation between success in athletics and academics. I believe that athletics in high schools not only benefit students socially, but also academically.
Some of them can be intelligent and some can also be unintelligent. The fact of the matter is that, colleges need to try and work more for the student athletes. They need to try and make sure that every player has an opportunity to succeed in academics not just the sport they are playing. Colleges need to see that the athletes have an education when they leave the university not just that they played a sport for the school. A proper education is the key to a successful future, they need to be aware that you may not succeed in the sport your trying to contend in, so a degree is a prerequisite for your future, to make sure that you can support your family when your time comes to an end in the pro’s. It’s acknowledged that not every school takes advantage of the players and many the schools want the student athlete to succeed in life, but a great way to show this would be by demanding the athlete stay in school and become more educated. Doesn’t it make sense to put the education of your student athletes first, over sports? After all, in the phrase “student athlete”, student comes first, then athlete comes
Now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has gone ahead and quantified that by comparing average SAT scores and grade-point averages of athletes with the rest of the college's student body. Not surprisingly, football and men's basketball players came out on the bottom, and some averaged hundreds of points lower on SATs than their classmates.
Success isn’t given, it’s earned on the track, on the field, and in the gym with blood, sweat, and the occasional fear” -Unknown. This is relevant because it is hard for students to want to play sports but also to do well in school. If high school students can’t find the time to keep their grades up or to keep a certain GPA, they should not be allowed to play sports. Students need to prove themselves to be able to play any sport and still be able to do well in school. Also, having good grades shows the coach maturity and may earn them more playing time if they are working hard in school and in practice.
job”.If the athletes were paid for the talents that they possess while in school,they might be more willing to
The article “Paying College Athletes” also reads, “Supporting Evidence/Source: On many campuses across the country, athletes' academic studies are forced to take a backseat to their athletic performance” (Garda 2). College athletes have to take focus away from education in order to practice and perform well in sports, so if it was also making them a profit it would encourage players to focus less on education. A limited percentage of college athletes become pro athletes after graduation, so it is imperative for students to excel in academic classes in order to have the tools necessary for future employment. Coaches commonly attempt to persuade athletes to sign up for less involved classes so that they can focus on football or basketball. After graduation, many student athletes are left with an impractical degree and no future in professional sports.
Practicing for 3-4 hours a day, doing schoolwork, and going to classes is a hard and complicated life that not everyone can do. That’s why college athletes are inspiring because they can handle all of this stress from school, but they still manage to play their hardest in the game they love. These college athletes have worked hard to get where they are, but they still have to work harder and that’s why there are debates on whether the colleges or the NCAA should pay their athletes. The idea that they should get paid is ridiculous because there are other opportunities that these athletes receive, that most students wish they could afford.
It is brought to attention within the argument that college athletes may spend more of their time focusing on their sport and not their academics. Student-athletes face many of the same pressures as their non-athlete counterparts academically. Many carry a full course load that is tightly regimented by someone other than them and they are unable to drop below 12 credits otherwise risk losing their NCAA eligibility. For many student-athletes the time they put into a sport is comparable to having a 30-40 hour a week job. A student-athletes daily schedule (when in season) may consists of attending classes, practice, weight training This can cause issues because it can put players on academic probation, they could lose their scholarship, or worse.
Imagine someone that is amazing at a certain sport like basketball. He is incredible at basketball but is not excelling in school. No good college will take him and his dreams of playing a professional sport is over, what then? in high school you are required to have good grades to play sport, so if you want to play sports you must excel in both sports and academics. Also, when we had middle school sports you needed to have good grades.
Student athletes live very busy lives. A typical school day runs from 8:00-2:30, add in a two- hour practice or game, score a part time job, dive into some family time, a grand slam of homework and catch a little bit of sleep. Students are more stressed due to the many activities they are a part of. This issue affects a lot of people not only in this school district, but most other high schools throughout the country. All student athletes exercise more than other children who are not involved in an extracurricular sport. In school athletics, the players are called “student athletes” meaning that school activities come first. There are strict rules for student athletes, not only on the field but in the classroom as well. In physical education
Sports programs have been an integral part of all schools. They support the academics of the school and therefore foster success in life. These programs are educational and help produce productive citizenship. They help students experience and build skills that may help them in their future, like interpersonal and time management skills. Education may kindle the light of knowledge, but sports help to maintain the proper physique. Sports are also an important means of entertainment and a use for energy after long hours of study. Sports increase a student’s performance not only in the classroom but also in their life.
...es are poor should not be able to play their sport. The NCAA understands this and implemented a rule that states student athletes must maintain a 2.3 grade point average or they will not be eligible for athletics. This is a good start on the path to helping student athletes learn to prioritize academic over athletics. However, in the future the NCAA could raise the minimum required grade point average to a 2.5 or even higher. Some colleges in our country need to do a better job of enforcing these rules. There have been cases reported in which colleges kept their student athletes eligible even when they were struggling academically. This is not acceptable and colleges should not hold back from punishing student athletes who aren’t succeeding in their academics.
...d. Placing the blame of below average grades on athletic programs is a way to shift the focus off the fact that students are simply not applying themselves, and can in no way be proven.