Category: Athletes

On February 20, the best college basketball player in the nation Zion Williamson, ripped through his shoe and had an apparent knee injury 30 seconds into Dukes basketball game against the University of North Carolina. Fans erupted on Twitter thinking it was the last college game wed ever see him play. Professional basketball players were…

In the article, Predicating Positive Career Planning Attitudes Among NCAA Division I College Student-Athletes, written by Tyrance, Harris and Post, they state that the NCAA has over 400,000 students that participate in intercollegiate athletics (23). They further discuss that there is a mean of 3.13% of college athletes who go on to play professional sports…

Many people wonder how a 2.5 or lower GPA student athlete gets a full scholarship to college, while a 4.0 GPA student struggles to pay their tuition. Are all student athletes have a 2.5? Student athletes does not always have a 2.5 or lower but when they do have a low GPA they still manage…

When people hear the term NCAA, which means National Collegiate Athletic Association, they often think of basketball or football. While there are a variety of sports under the NCAA, these seem to be the most popular. The NCAA offers sports at three levels, Division I, II and III. In total, there are 492,000 student-athletes. How…

Sport has played a key part in Australian culture; sport has provided various health benefits as well as allowed us to develop strong social bonds with our local sporting communities. The sports industry has grown to a point that more Australians are watching sport than ever before and has contributed to the growing nation’s economy.…

Abstract This philosophical research paper aimed to describe and find out whether being a student-athlete is worth the additional effort. The study analysed and evaluated this by comparing the positive effects and negative effects of student-athleticism. This was achieved by handing out questionnaires that garnered the opinions of current student-athletes and their perceptions and experience…

Definition of Terms and Abbreviations Qualitative Data – Qualitative analysis is not simply looking for quotes/ideas etc. that support or relate to an idea or argument Moral Disengagement – is a term from social psychology for the process of convincing the self that ethical standards do not apply to oneself in a particular context. Conceptual…

The benefits of playing high school sports is it helps students stay on track and get good grades to play in their desired sport of choice. Not only that but it helps build teamwork and loyalty. It may also help with home life, like lets say the student is having family issues he/she can go…

According to ESPN: Hidden demographics of youth sports by Bruce Kelley and Carl Carchia, Twenty-one point five million kids between two and seventeen played sports in 2011- and twenty-one point five million kids loved it. People have been arguing about whether or not to exclude sports from schools. People are arguing this for reasons such…

Usually sport is thought to add to social headway, concordance and agreement, advance shared respect and cognizance, join people and actuate them for essential activities. Sports are administered by sets of rules or traditions and regularly, rivalry. Sports have consistently been an approach to associate us to our past and to assemble good faith about…