2008 Woodie Awards
College athletes behaving under the microscope
Eryn Lowe and Martin Peters
Issue date: 3/30/05 Section: News
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Running on full-ride scholarships and talent, college athletes across the nation and from around the world attend American universities to show their stuff. Lifting weights, enduring daily practices, and keeping up their physical health all rests on the shoulders of these athletic students. The burden seems heavy, but yet there are still skeptics who question all the money and the continual guidance these athletes receive throughout the college years. The dilemma of academics v. athletics comes into full play on the university field.
Even on a national level, the question rises as to whether these athletes are living a high enough standard to receive such aid. Steroid use has been a major issue with national baseball players. While authorities critically contemplate what route to take in preventing further steroid use, parents and fans ridicule these American role models for the image they create for the younger generation.
The NCAA in the year 2000, confronted the issue dealing with college coaches getting paid too much, sometimes even more than the college administrators. Many college coaches, including the head football coach at the University of Arizona, Dick Tomey, informed that coaching improves an athlete's life, both academically as well as in the view of a career.
Recently, ISU has faced college athlete dilemmas including a situation where an athlete used violence on another student and another pled guilty for domestic assault in the same week. A rift seems to be forming between the academic and athletic roles on campus.
Shawn Oram, an ISU student, commented on the recent situation dealing with the violent reaction of this football player, who hit an opposing player, in an intramural game.
"It should never happen," Oram said.
In result of the incident, Oram said that many individuals on campus and in the community may now look down on the football players as a whole.
"I think the football players are babies," Senior Tennis player, Jemre Okoh said. "They need to grow up."
Even on a national level, the question rises as to whether these athletes are living a high enough standard to receive such aid. Steroid use has been a major issue with national baseball players. While authorities critically contemplate what route to take in preventing further steroid use, parents and fans ridicule these American role models for the image they create for the younger generation.
The NCAA in the year 2000, confronted the issue dealing with college coaches getting paid too much, sometimes even more than the college administrators. Many college coaches, including the head football coach at the University of Arizona, Dick Tomey, informed that coaching improves an athlete's life, both academically as well as in the view of a career.
Recently, ISU has faced college athlete dilemmas including a situation where an athlete used violence on another student and another pled guilty for domestic assault in the same week. A rift seems to be forming between the academic and athletic roles on campus.
Shawn Oram, an ISU student, commented on the recent situation dealing with the violent reaction of this football player, who hit an opposing player, in an intramural game.
"It should never happen," Oram said.
In result of the incident, Oram said that many individuals on campus and in the community may now look down on the football players as a whole.
"I think the football players are babies," Senior Tennis player, Jemre Okoh said. "They need to grow up."