Just like everything else in life, college athletics have change as time has changed as well. In this blog you will read just how much or how little it has
I interviewed a man from my hometown who competed in college athletics in his younger years, to see just how different my athletic career is different than his.
To start off, any student athlete who had at least a 1.6 GPA in 1962 was automatically qualified to receive scholarship money, where the average now is about a 2.2 to become a college athlete.
And as one could guess, how college athletics were broadcasted was very different as well, they did not have huge turnouts and all games were on the radio, unlike now, we can find it on any electronic device. They also promoted for fans to stay home instead of buying a ticket for a Saturday afternoon game fo any sort.
Around 1970 is when the kick for student athletics really hit it off, they picked up lots of different and new sports teams, which is still going on today as schools are constantly finding room in their budget for new things and athletes.
In the 1950s there was what they called AIAW, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for women, which we would not see today. All athletes are under the same Division and grouping no matter your gender/sex. This program gave out athletics to women who were not receiving them otherwise.
Also, what should be a given is the amount of work and safety that has changed over the years. Many years ago sports were just for fun they were not nearly as serious so the time and effort was not nearly the same. Same with safety rules and regulations, they did a lot of things to their bodies that they had no idea were dangerous.
Making a College Athlete 