Are Black College Student Athletes Being Neglected Academically in Favor of Sports?
Some scholars believe that college sports programs in the United States are intentionally encouraging Black student athletes to focus on sports while encouraging them to neglect their studies. In fact, according to sources, the reason why college athletic departments do such a thing is because college sports tournaments, such as the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament brings in millions of dollars to college athletic departments from deals made with network television. So, in order for the tournaments to be competitive and exciting, players have to perform at very high levels. How will a player play at a high level if he doesn’t practice long hours in the gym? Where will players get all this extra time to practice if they are studying? The answer is…They won’t get a lot of time to study if they are always practicing. This is common sense! It is therefore up to the player to sacrifice study time for practice time. So, are Black athletes treated any different from players of other ethnici
