College athletics are a big deal to many students and their alumni as well. Many colleges depend on their college teams to bring popularity to their universities. Big state schools have more students that attend football games than classes. Athletics provide schools with great publicity and money but students shouldn’t let athletics become more important than education.
In the ACC, each college has a football and basketball team totaling around 100 players together. While no college player is getting paid to play sports, the team brings in millions of dollars to the school from television and other media sources. This money often gets spent by the university rather than the sports teams. This in turn helps the college focus on creating a better academic society to match their athletics. Here at Georgia Tech, education certainly comes first to most undergraduates, but most students still love watching and participating in sports teams.
Sports teams are also helpful for students by relieving the stress of college work. Having a team to root for on Saturday afternoons helps bring the campus together and raise the overall morale of the college (if we win that is). The only problem arises when students focus all their time on watching and playing sports and end up failing their classes. When the student body learns how to balance both education and sports at college, the performance of the college itself will strive. Students will be both happy and engaged in their schoolwork. College sports help strengthen their student bodies and if controlled correctly, don’t hurt their education.
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