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College is looked at in a different perspective by every student. Some students may see playing sports in college as taking away time that is needed for school work and others can see it as beneficial to the college experience. It all matters how deep into the topic a person looks because on the outside sports can be seen as just taking away time because of practices and games but in reality there is also mandatory study halls and coaches that make sure you stay on top of your grades. Also some people have stereotypes about athletes as well saying that they drink to an excess and also get treated differently because of their athlete status. It all comes down to how a person sees the athletes because there are many stereotypes out there. In the first article that I found it talked about styles of confronting stress in Athletes and non-athletes. It talked about how even though athletes have more to do in a day they are more effective in lowering stress. “It seems that athletes and physical activities are effective in lowering stress and checking styles. (Library) The article was able to find this information by giving 80 boys and 50 girl athletes and non-athletes a questionnaire. The article also found that non-athletes had more stress to begin with on a daily basis than athletes. The second article I found showed a research study that went along with the stereotype that student athletes drink more than non-athletes. “ Male student athletes reported a significantly higher average number of heavy drinking episodes over the past year and during high school compared with male students”.(Yusko) The article also went on to say that Female athletes on the other hand consumed alcohol less frequently than female non-athletes. ‘Female student athletes reported consuming alcohol significantly less frequently over the past month when compared with female non-athletes”. (Yusko) In my own investigation on the subject I interviewed an athlete and a non-athlete. The data that I found was interesting there were some that seemed accurate and others that shocked me. When asked if it was hard to play a sport and stay focused on school work the athlete responded with “Yes, very hard, but time management is key to be successful with balancing both” Another question that was asked was do you have enough time in your day to get all you need done? Response ‘Yes, I always find time to get everything done stressful at times, but everything gets done.” The data that shocked me was when the non-athlete was asked is there enough time in the day to get all your school work done he responded with “There is, never enough time in the day to get my work done.” This was shocking to me because I would have thought it would be the other way around and that the athlete would have less time and not be able to get all his school work done rather that the non-athlete.
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Based off of all the information I found on this topic I learned that student athletes are able to deal with stress in a better way. The physical activity helps the athlete get rid of some stress while helping them cope with it as well. I also learned that Male athletes are different from female athletes in the way that male athletes drink more than non-male athletes while on the other hand female athletes drink less than non-female athletes. I also found that it ultimately matters on the person whether he or she is able to achieve more as a student athlete or as a non-athlete because if you are lazy and don’t want to do the things that need to be done you won’t prevail as an athlete or as a regular student.
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