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8:30-12:00 p.m.: There is a thirty minute free period where you are expected to eat sand get in the shower before your classes of the day. .
1-3 pm: I would get something to eat (usually either a sandwich or sushi– USC has some great places to eat for lunch!) and then I would head over to throw the shot. .
3:30-4:30 pm: One important thing that I felt that I needed to do everyday was visit my "home-away-from-home." Today, that is Annenberg–but last year it was the training room. I felt like I had my own table in there! But with the aches and pains of training–it's something that all athletes have to do.
5:00-6:00pm: Dinner at the Galen Center. This is where all the student-athletes go and eat. Today I still go there after I am done working with the track team– they have great food and the people working there are really nice! It's also a chance to review my notes and get prepared for my classes.
6:00-9:30 pm. Class!! Each class I have meets once a week, and they are all at night. One thing is for sure– Starbucks is a lifesaver! .
10-11 pm: This is basically my "free time" during the day. This is the time where I make my phone calls, watch movies, and just relax.
There was a new study done to show exactly how much and how valuable a college athlete really is according to a CNN study. The study that yes indeed the student athletes should get paid, the funny but yet breathtaking thing is that CNN puts the dollar amount in which a player is worth. "They came out with that the average football player is worth the amount of $120,000 for their big-time college and 265,000 for the average basketball player. Even though the athletes as a whole bring in millions and millions of dollars to their school that they generated, yet the athletes get to see none of it."(Carlos Diaz CNN sports) Most people don't know that the same stars that are seen on television are the same people who are estimated to be living below the poverty line.
