Essays on Student Athletes

WRTG 393 Advanced Technical Writing

Dear Members of the Board, I am enclosing my research report into the aftermath of injuries in our youth, from which changes are needed to protect not only our children’s health better but also their future. I have received and documented information from multiple credible sources that establish the overuse, misuse and turning of a blind eye to injuries our youth are undergoing, while parents along with coaches continuing to enable it. I am interested in meeting with you to discuss this matter further and would welcome any opportunity you are available to do such. ...

Paul Marx and Warren Hartenstine present two contrasting arguments on whether college athletes should be paid or not. Marx highlights various disparities in earning between college players and their coaches and point at the need to pay college players. He argues that most of the players are blacks who come from poor socio-economic backgrounds and have not been involved actively in academic work (Marx 1). On his account, Hartenstine argues that college athletes should not be paid because eighty-five percent of student athletes graduate with various academic qualifications (Hartenstine 1). About sixty-seven percent of these graduates are professional and ...

I. Introduction There is an ongoing debate about whether participating in athletic activities is beneficial to academic performance. This is an important issue in the field of education, as educational leaders must take into consideration those matters that have a direct impact on the performance of their students. Some educators argue that academics should not be mixed with athletics because college “should be a place for cultivating the mind, not the body” (White and Billings, 348), therefore, educational institutions should not be turned into a recruitment place for individuals interested in professional sports. This is based on the premise ...

The cohesive and all-sided education policy in the U.S. and some other Western countries includes a strong focus on the ‘holistic’ development of young individuals, which means combining development of not just mind alone but also body. Therefore, athletics has been literally embedded in the academic culture in multiple levels (Sitkowski17). However, given the nature of the issue, the correlation and impact of both athletics and academics on the individual’s performance and development outcomes have been debatable. Supporters of athletics and especially intercollegiate sports typical for the U.S. education system argue that sport is extremely helpful in building ...

Introduction

For years, there has been a major debate over paying or not paying college athletes. These college athletes are making their schools millions of dollars from advertising and ticket sales, increase enrolment, and their performance creates a legacy for colleges. Some colleges are paying their coaches 5 million dollar salary. The organization responsible for managing college sports, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is paying its executives millions of dollars in salary. But, when it comes to paying the labour that helps the colleges and the sports association have a clear answer, they are student-athletes. Therefore, treatment of college ...

Bibliography

Holmes, R. M., McNeil, M., & Adorna, P. (2010). Student athletes' perceptions of formal and informal team leaders. Journal of Sport Behavior, 33(4), 442-465.

The majority of sports leadership studies focuses on the coach, his or her effectiveness, and relationship with the team. However, the coach is not the only leader, as the athletes also perform roles of formal and informal leaders. Furthermore, the majority of studies involve only quantitative approaches, which become the reason of such issues as the absence of description and methodological flaws. The absence of description means that quantitative approach cannot provide details about social ...

Introduction

The concept of college sports has slowly built a prominent place for itself both in the institutions as well as the young minds of students who pursue sports as one of their favorite passions. In support of this perception is the establishment of sport governance organizations on a national level. Contrary to such establishment, in the previous times, the presence and persuasion of college sports among students was limited to the organization of athletic clubs that were predominantly managed by the students only with barely any resources at their disposal. According to Kamusuko (2012), “Historically, college sports have evolved from student-run ...