Summary Of How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life

The atmosphere of a division one campus can be felt by walking through the campus, or by seeing one of many sport teams on the television competing. With that said, how does that atmosphere effect the non-student athletes, who attend the same university but only for an education? Lauren Pappano wrote the article "How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life,” published in 2012. Another author John Cheslock composed the article “Diverging Revenues, Cascading Expenditures, and Ensuing Subsidies: The Unbalanced and Growing Financial Strain of Intercollegiate Athletics on Universities and Their Students" published in 2015. Both in turn share thoughts on the effects of athletics on the daily life of students attending the university. Although Jane Pappano

Pappano believes that campus life is affected by athletics through the amount of time that is taken away from studying, the grade reflection in the classroom, and the budget of athletic departments. Cheslock suggests that division one athletics pulls money away from the rest of the university’s educational funding, through institutional subsidies or student fees, as well as external sources.

Jane Pappano dives into the athletics on campus and focuses primarily on the sport of basketball and football. Keep in mind that Pappano only has focus on the effects of collegiate sports on division one campuses. To begin Pappano takes a look into how athletics takes up the time of the rest of the student on campus. For example, when Duke University hosts a basketball game against their rivals, North Carolina Tar Heels, students will camp outside the basketball stadium a week in advance of the game day. Students are still required to attend class, yet they are waking up in tents outside a basketball stadium. This atmosphere is not place for a student to effectively study or finish their required assignments. While this tradition is by no means required for students to