Negative Impact Of Being An Athlete

Is being an athlete just this glamorous lifestyle we make it be?

College basketball has developed into one of the dominating figures in entertainment today creating a mass following and an immense amount of media attention. On the outside looking in these athletes seem to have a good life, traveling across the nation playing the sport they love while receiving a full scholarship for college in the progress. Can there be any downside to this lifestyle? In short, yes, media impacts the life of these student athletes much more than we know. Media often time tends to impact the viability of an athlete’s success in the classroom, social and psychological lives.

“congress shall make no law respecting… or abridging the freedom of speech” (Madison)

Athletes cannot interact with people back home if they do not have their phone numbers or direct way to contact them as some schools ban the use of social media as a whole. So as a whole it is easy to see how they have been restricted from mainstream society and how they interact in today 's day and age. Socially athletes are affected in their ability to interact with outsiders. Psychologically in can build a wall among the athletes to feel like an outcast as they seem unwanted or alone at times outside of their teammates and school orientated

In her study, she argues that environments that are set up for athletes to be successful with strict enforcements are more likely to create a better well-rounded athlete who performs better based on his moral being higher. Morale being the deciding factor of here argument on how successful players are and their ability to flourish in such media moments. In her argument, she also looks into most outburst and unacceptable behaviors are a result of the social formalities built within the school and programs of which the student-athlete attends. She also states intakes repetition of consequences in order to change a program 's culture from the rare media outburst we