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College Sports Essay Research Paper Parents that

College Sports Essay, Research Paper


Parents that have children who are involved in intercollegiate athletics should


be concerned about their child?s education. College athletics have taken a


toll on their athletes and it is being seen in the classroom first. In 1991 the


Knights Commission Report called for a new model whereby intercollegiate


athletics would ?keep faith with the student athlete? ideal. (Thelin 1980)


Today colleges are recruiting and spending more money on athletes then they are


scholars. This might not seem like a big deal because most of the public loves


to watch intercollegiate sports, but do we really want athletes to be working in


our community or do we want scholars? John Thelin realized that intercollegiate


athletics were out of control. Players no longer considered themselves


student-athletes, and were even asking for a share of the coaches? earnings


from endorsements. He then decided to take a poll of what Americans thought


about this 48 percent thought that they were ?out of control?, this was a 30


percent drop from the previous 78 percent. The Knights commission believed that


reform was taking place, but this was not the case the fact is that they are


becoming far removed from any educational activities. While most parents believe


that there is a definite need for education most don?t realize that their


children aren?t really getting one. When Robert Hutchenson was explaining his


concepts of college, he discussed what college wasn?t like in reality: College


is not a great athletic association and social club, in which provision is made


merely for intellectual activity on the part of the physically and socially


unfit. College is an association of scholars in which

provision is made for the


development of traits and powers, which must be cultivated, if one wants to


become a well-balanced member of the community. Surveys were sent to the parents


of athletes asking if they thought that the sport was taking away from their


child?s schoolwork. The majority of the parents responded by saying that they


were concerned with their child?s grades, and they believed there was


definitely some room for improvement. This book was very well written and was


easy to understand due to the organization of the chapters that were divided


into categories. Thelin?s goal was to help athletes and teacher?s realize


what is happening. He made a very convincing argument and definitely convinced


me that intercollegiate athletics are taking away from education. Thelin also


made me realize that there are other problems with college athletics besides


education. He sums one of his articles up by saying: The court is not saying


that athletes are incapable of scholarship:however they are given little


incentive to be scholars and few people care how the student athlete performs


academically, including the athletes themselves. If this situation causes harm


to the university, it?s because they have fostered it and they should be the


ones to suffer. The statements that Thelin offers support my thesis that


intercollegiate athletics promote scandal make the school a ?booster?


college, and they have an effect on the athlete?s education. The findings from


this book also validate my feelings towards the fact that athletes should be


winners in the classroom as well as on the field.


Thelin, John R. ?Games Colleges Play? Scandal and Reform in


Intercollegiate Athletics. (1980) 3-61.

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