Grace’s first attempt

All sports fans are losing their minds right now, myself included!!! Especially those who put some much time, effort and money into what we all know as March Madness that we have unfortunately not been able to experience this year. Not only were the athletes and schools effected, but that is one of the most known championships in sports!

Lots of sports broadcasters have been replaying major sporting event on televisions.

For example:

Previous Masters Tournaments

March Madness

Cavs win over Golden State in the Championship game

& so many more

So here are so links to some of the best memories that we could be remaking ourselves but are unfortunately missing out on

A healthy diet is probably one of the most important things for a college athlete!!! Here are some of the meals I personally have been eating while stuck at home with limited food options

• Scholarship- paid to perform in college
• Walk Ons- Non-paid
• Dedicated- those who put in full effort
• Professional- Their job is to be an athlete
• Olympic- Play for our country
• High School- anyone and everyone
• Paraplegic- special athlete

Here are some college wellness centers that some athletes have to choose from and every athletes dream

Today, just like the past few days has really been a struggle for me, and I am sure everyone else! My original plan for todays post was all about my school schedule and athletic schedule with lots of pictures and descriptions. But the recent outbreak has led me to be at home without a gym, class, or a cafeteria to get my healthy 3 meals in a day!

It really is not all that hard to be healthy at home, we just are too lazy for the most part. As long as we are smart about what we are doing. What I have noticed is it is really easy to procrastinate while at home, or choose the wrong thing because stuff is easily accessible.

For example, I have lots of goodies and treats at the house, and full access to Netflix and the news.

But what I need to be doing is stalking up on good healthy foods and making sure I get in somewhat of a workout with what is available to me. I personally have some gym equipment at my house because we try to be a pretty active family, if not that’s okay too! It is easy to go outside for a run or a walk, just great to get fresh air and finally get up from watching what girl Pilot Pete will pick.

Also while being home with nothing to do, we get bored easily, and what is our tendency? To snack!! If this is the route you tend to take that is okay, as long as you are snacking on the right healthy things. Fruit is probably one of my favorite things to snack on, if you are buying the right kind its enjoyable, or even try to dip it in some peanut butter, or veggies in some ranch is always a great snack as well.

Both of these things are honestly fun if you do them the right way; Working out can be a challenge without equipment of course, and running can get old. Finding things around the house you can use to workout with is always an adventure as well, and can be fun to get your family involved!

If you have any questions about certain activities or meal ideas while stuck at home leave a comment or shoot me a text! See y’all next week.

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.

One of the overall most controversial discussions in college sports is whether or not athletes should get paid, and here is why this is an on going argument.

There are two sides to the story just like any other argument, and both have valid points; Here they are.

Those against athletes getting paid simply think this, if good enough they are already on scholarship, that is free money they are getting in the moment of being a college athlete, so what is the need to pay them extra money on top of the possible thousands of dollars they could be receiving in scholarships and grant money. So the athletes are technically getting paid but it will just help them in the big picture.

On the other hand people say they should be getting paid because they do not have time to go get a job like another student might. In college the athletes are given money for scholarship, but with this is the responsibility of dedicating your time to this specific sport, but with this comes no time for a job. The argument here is that they should be paid even if it’s what basic job would get paid. This is where them getting paid would help them finically now to pay for college and their basic college needs.

All in all both sides of the argument have very valid points. But currently no matter what division or school, collegiate athletes are not getting paid, but the push for them to still continues.

One of probably the most discussed debates in college athletics is whether or not college athletes should be paid. My views on this have gone back and forth, where most people are pretty defiant in their choice.

Lets take a look at both views…

Athletes technically are getting paid through scholarship if you think about it. The money rewarded through scholarship is paying them down the line instead of cold hard cash at the time. Athletes have many opportunities on and off campus to find work and make money. Considering they have everything they could possibly need on campus, they really do not need to have loads of cash on them.

On the other hand…

Athletes may need this “cold hard cash” at the time of being an athlete, because depending on how dedicated they are to the sport, their sport is their job and life, they have no time to work and earn cash to pay for their college and everyday life.

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As we all know there are many levels of every competitive athletic program. From competing at the YMCA, high school, college and professionally they are all so similar yet different. In this post I am going to discuss the differences between a D1 track athlete and a D2 athlete.

I interviewed a junior in college at Kent University, Division 1, to get some insight of what it is like. Here are some details I got…..

• The balance of school, family, friends, athletics is crazy
• 20+ hours of training and workouts a week
• Free Merchandise
• More responsibilities
• Always on campus
• Top notch facility
• 20k average cost without scholarship
• Class sizes of 200

I also interviewed a junior who attends Malone University, Division 2, to see what they thought about their athletics

• Balance of school, family, friends and athletics is not much harder than in high school
• 10-15 hours of training
• Select given merchandise
• Held responsible for a lot but coach babies them
• Goes home often
• Promises of a new facility, current is out dated
• 40k average cost without scholarship
• Class sizes of 20

As we can see even with just a simple 35 min drive to a different campus the level of what athletes are given completely different things. The private D2 school pays way more and is given way less in return; While the D1 athlete gets everything handed to them for cheaper but they have to work for it.

Athletics are such a major part of schooling anymore, this is why athletes take picking out a college so seriously because it is where they will be growing their careers for the next 4+ years of their life.