The real way athletes are treated in college
...siderations to students who are athletes have always been around, coaches take time to have conferences with teachers, make dinner invitations to make sure that their athletes are going well in their respective courses, or simply with the special attendance, or mid term grade reports. While not all the teachers agree with this matter, it is also seen that the stereotype of athletes do not always apply. Athletes are also diverse, some are very bright and some are not, some try to keep up with their academic responsibilities and some keep the sport as a priority. What Neil argues in this article is that hours of practice and road trips make the students exhausted both mentally and physically arguing that sometimes the system of colleges uses and discards the student, by not giving them advice and only using their athletic abilities. Here Neil gives the perfect example of a student who places all his effort in basketball and when he realized that he was not good enough, he could not get a degree because the college did not offer him orientation on how to organize himself. After reading this article by Neil, my opinion has been reinforced, the colleges and universities have a system that does not care for their athletes but what they do care is about what they do. What I mean by this, is that the system only cares about what they will profit from, they have their priorities and that is the economic side. Selfish is the only word that I find to describe how the coaches and the administrators are thinking. Winning teams is what everybody wants to see, when the teams a re doing well the stadiums are filled to capacity, which means that all the money that was gathered from the tickets sold is going to the school. Being on a bigger budget is what administrators are looking for; this is why they give their coaches big contracts so they in return give them what they are looking for. An example, “University of Florida football coach Steve Spurrier earns $2 million a year. Perks include performance bonuses (for his teams wining conferences titles and going to bowl games), a clothing allowance, money for radio and television shows, a sportswear contract and two free cars—one for the coach and the other for Mrs. Spurrier” (Greenlee). Teams are usually sponsored by brands, and are becoming a regular source of inco...