Athlete and Academics

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the athletes and academics and identify the issues prevailing in UNC for the purpose of providing academic facilities to the athletes. For the different athletes, the sports start as the fun and then ultimately it becomes their passion. Thus, for these athletes it is necessary that along with their sports they should also perform well in their academics. The athletes should also be good in their academic career. Thus, it is a very challenging factor for the athletes to maintain a relationship between the academics and athletics.

Discussion

These days the passion of athletics is increasing day by day. The athletes are making their hard efforts to gain the success. However, it is necessary that along with the athletics they should also concentrate on their academic performance. The importance of the academics for the athletics is highly recognized. This is the reason why there are many educational institutes which have developed their guidelines that the athletes should necessarily inform the professors about their athletic classes and the schedules which they are going to miss. As per the guidelines of different schools it is necessary for the athletic student to provide his schedule to the professor so that the missed classes can be managed (Dan, 12). Thus, these guidelines mentioned by the institutes are helpful in creating a balance between the athlete and academic career of the students.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is also one of the colleges which have imposed the regulations which make the athletes eligible. However, ultimately it is the responsibility of the student that he should develop a balance between the studies and sports. The NCAA has set a minimum GPA showing the eligibility of the students i.e. 2.1 CGPA. However, this GPA can be changed in other schools. Thus, it is necessary in NCAA that the student should be aware of the sports policies set by the school.

There are different athletes having a full schedule so it is necessary for them to manage the time properly. According to an athlete, the athletes have very limited time to manage the balance between their studies and sports. Thus, it is necessary for them to manage the time between their practice and homework so that they can manage the athletes and academics at the same time (Yiannakis, 143). According to that athlete it is necessary that the proper schedule should be constructed which can be very helpful in the proper management of the athletes and academics.

Overall, the students claim that managing the balance between the academics and athletics is a very good experience for them. According to the athletes it is very difficult to manage the balance between the athletic activities and the academics but when u actually manages it, it becomes a very exciting experience. According to one of the athletes, I had always been involved in creating the connections between the dedication, team work and motivation (Steinberg, 15). Therefore, I have developed a complete ...