Whether it be football, basketball, or hockey, since the 2000s, intercollegiate sports have brought in a surplus of revenue to their respective major universities and also increasing the popularity of the college. ... "Paying student-athletes would provide athletes an incentive to stay in school and complete their degree programs, instead of leaving early for the professional leagues" (Should Student-Athletes Get Paid?). ... A lot of star athletes feel the pressure to leave college, one, two, even three years early because of the allure the millions and millions of dollars that the ...
If he can overcome the major struggles of race, getting an ivy league education, being admitted to Phi Beta Kappa and playing pro sports (just to name a few) and do it with such pride and dignity and never loosing his "cool" then that just gives me that much more confidence that I myself can overcome whatever challenges life throws my way. ...
These are two well respected organizations in which both agree that interscholastic sports have a major impact on a students" success in later life. ... In response to that, the Minnesota State High School League is quoted saying, "Student-athletes have a higher grade-point average than the average student and are absent from school less."" ...