Student Athlete Persuasive Essay

In a world that demands kids to, to have grit, to love what they do, and to know what they’re doing in life, it can be hard to balance life. For high school student-athletes, practicing and playing their favorite sport with balancing school demands can be hard. Student-athletes need to be able to balance friends, family, and other extra-curricular activities too. If you’re struggling in every class because you play basketball after classes until 9, you don’t have much time to do your work. Then you’ll stay up all night doing a paper, not having the energy to play. Or even if you have practice until 5, you won’t get straight to your homework, you’ll probably take a shower, eat and procrastinate. So high school athletes should have a C as an

When you apply to college to make a team, there are plenty of people like you trying to stand out from the others. As recruiters look at possible prospects, your sheer talent in the sport most likely won’t get you into an Ivy League college let alone your first choice. There are about eight million students participating in a high school sport (NCAA). Given that number, not everyone is considering to continue sports through college. In example, 429,504 women participate in basketball but only 3.9% play at a NCAA school (NCAA). In men’s ice hockey, only 4.6% moved onto a NCAA Division 1 school (NCAA). You might be wondering the difference between Division one (DⅠ), Division two (D Ⅱ), and Division three (D Ⅲ) schools. According to the NCAA, DⅠ & D Ⅱ schools give out “$2.7 billion in athletic scholarships annually to more than 150,000 student-athletes,” (NCAA). D Ⅲ schools don’t provide athletic scholarships, only academic or “need-based scholarships” (NCAA). This relates back to doing well in school because since there are a bunch of others trying to get your spot, you need to stand out in

In men’s wrestling during the 4 year period of 2009-2010 and 2013-2014, it says that “10.92 10,000 athlete exposures” with SRC (sports related injuries) (NCAA). Specific to women soccer, 1,113 women had a SRC concussion (APTA). The next highest rate of SRC concussions in women’s sport was basketball with 998 women (APTA). If you want more of a larger scale, in 44% of 487,575 people who got injured in practice either sprained or strained (Comstock). Comparatively looking at men vs. women in the rates of concussions, in four of the 5 activities, women have higher rates of SRC than men (Comstock). With these stats, we can look at the differences of rates between the genders. It then can help us predict how many concussions doctors should expect to have. The point being is that sports induced injuries are a big part of playing a sport. Not only that but also that people should expect to get hurt at one time or another but not all should be