In Neil H. Petrie’s story “Athletes and Education,” Petrie reveals his life story about his adulthood in an academic environment. Throughout his college life, he eventually earned a spot as an assistant professor at a university. This gave Petrie the opportunity to witness the true corruption and hypocrisy of the college athletic system (p.31, paragraph 3). One example of Petrie’s experiences with the educational system was when Petrie the stereotype that all athletes were the same in levels of academic opportunity, but he observed and found this to be false. He found that some of the athletes actually had academic capabilities and ways to manage stressful circumstances (p.32, paragraph 3). However, Petrie gets irritated because the system