For my final post in this blog, I’d like to examine some actions that could be taken to better the negative challenges that college sports brings to students. As many of you mentioned in the comments of my previous post, it is mostly unknown knowledge that the way American’s focus around sports and colleges is… Continue Reading Possible Solutions for College Student-Athletes
Author: Leah Mathews
A Look Into Other Countries’ Sports Systems
Today I’ll examine some other countries sports systems, and how they differ from American college athletics. An article on postandcourier.com states that “In Europe, Canada, and Central and South America, the notion of playing for your local high school or even a university is, well, foreign. The United States is one of the few countries… Continue Reading A Look Into Other Countries’ Sports Systems
Athletic Scholarships
Today, I’ll be taking you on a little journey as to why athletic scholarships are an integral part of many universities success. Scholarships are quite a large part of the life of any high school athlete who wishes to sign on and obtain a sports scholarship with a University. According to Unigo, “In 2018 to… Continue Reading Athletic Scholarships
Negative Aspects of College Athletics
Last week I focused on some of the benefits of college athletics so this week I thought I’d touch on the negative aspects. In my last post, I wrote about the postive effects for students, the university, and the public; today, I will just look at the student athletes and the university. The people who… Continue Reading Negative Aspects of College Athletics
Benefits of College Athletics
While not all parts of college athletics are beneficial (I’ll be talking about some of the negative aspects next week), there are a few groups of people who have specific benefits from athletics being a big part of colleges. The three groups I’ll be touching on today are the campus students (including the athletes themselves),… Continue Reading Benefits of College Athletics