ese issues is the enormous amount of pressure put on athletes to perform in their sport. Overall, a collegiate athlete has many more different pressures and requirements than the normal college student. Because of this, the university should provide more help and be more lenient towards student athletes.

Athletes often struggle with their financial situation because of some of the limitations that they face. Many college athletes come from middle to lower income families, which cannot always afford to send them money. An athlete is limited to a certain amount of money they can make during a year. They are also limited in the number of hours they can work at an outside job during a week. Because of these limitations, some athletes are forced to live near poverty. I remember hearing about a football player who did not even own a shirt and tie to wear to his team’s athletic banquet. This is only one example of many instances where these athletes are forced to live a sub standard lifestyle. Too many athletes are going through school without financial support. Some athletes become very desperate during these financially difficult times, which may even lead an athlete to criminal activities such as stealing in order to get what they need to survive. People should consider these issues before condemning college athletes.

Student athletes go to school so that they can get an education while playing the sport they love. People believe athletes are too concerned about their athletics and not enough about their academics. Some think that since athletics do not deal with academics they should not be part of a college or university. Others believe that college athletes have it easier than everyone else because of favors they are receiving from alumni and teachers. Some of the reasons why athletes should be treated differently are because they have to go to school with very little financial help from the university. They have very little time during the day to live a somewhat normal college life. Athletes are often not given enough scholarship money, and this often means that the athlete ends up paying the school so that they can play. After a while, an athlete grows tired of the rigorous schedule and not being able to afford any of life’s luxuries. Collegiate athletes only represent about two percent of the people who graduated from high school; this puts them in a very elite group. An elite group that has a great amount of pressure placed upon them. The university should recognize this pressure and provide more assistance and leniency toward the student athlete. Athletes have to work harder than every one else; therefore they should receive better treatment than everyone else.

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