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Disadvantages of School Sports

Sports Injuries

Sports have always highly regarded in American culture, we praise those with athletic ability and follow them religiously every play or trade decision but very rarely are the risks and implications of our sport obsession ever discussed. This fixation particularly has detrimental effects on our youth. Student athletes are at a much higher risk for injury as well as substance abuse.

"Sports-related injuries is the leading cause of injury among school-aged children,"(Luke et al. 2011).

"The growth plate is actually at its most vulnerable in the year before it closes" according to Dr. Jon Divine, medical director at the Sports Medicine Biodynamic Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Gorman & Sayre, 2006).

"Excessive exercise intensity. training and competition, seasons that are too long and competition demands at young ages" (Luke et al.,2011)

This added stress can be due to repetitive motions such as playing the same sport year round or playing sports that put stress on the same joints (Gorman & Sayre, 2006; Luke et al., 2011)

This occurs due to the breaking down of tissue that occurs during puberty so the body can prepare the joints to ossify however this unfortunately leaves the joints suceptible to injury (Gorman & Sayre, 2006).

"Chris McCray, the scoring leader and captain of the big-time University of Maryland Terrapins, a perennial basketball power in the Atlantic Coast Conference. But just as Maryland was poised to make a run at the NCAA tournament, dubbed March Madness, a devilishly maddening thing happened. McCray, rolling well as an athlete, faltered and fell as a student. He was declared ineligible for the spring semester and was dropped from the team. The repercussions were immediate and devestating for the Terrapins. The team floundered without their leader and missed the cut for the 'Big Dance'. How could the most prominent member of the school's most prominent sport become academically inelgible at the critical point of his final season?

McCray, according to ESPN, ran afoul of a relatively new NCAA rule that requires student-athletes passing enough credit hours each semester to stay on pace for graduation. McCray reported failed to pass six hours of course credits that he needed in the fall semester" (Holsendolph, 2006).

"According to new NCAA regulations the credits that student-athletes take must have academic merit to help progress towards graduation rather than insignificant electives" meaning that courses actually contribute to the degree they're pursuing" (Holsendolph,2006).

Purdy, Etzel & Hufnagel conducted a study "comparing ten years of data regarding college athletes and the general college population." They concluded that the,"the educational value of the college athletic partcipation is negative rather than positive" (Myers & Whitner, 1986).

What were student athletes accountable for beforehand?

Drug Use

"Student athletes have a dual role of student and athlete create a unique collegiate experience that places them at greater risk for substance use" as compared to nonathletic peers (Ford,2008).

College athletes have reported a higher frequency of drinking as well binge drinking (Naylory, Gardner & Zaichkowsky, 2002).

"College athletes are at a greater risk for certain types of substance use"(Ford,2008)

According to Westchester et al., "athletes involved in team sports have higher rates of substance use than do those involved in nonteam sports"(Ford, 2008).

"Wadler and Hairline (1989) have suggested that athletes may be more likely to experiment with recreational and ergogenic aids than individuals not participating in athletics. Physically, athletes might use recreational drugs to cope with the pain of injury rehabilition" or stress related to school(Naylor,Gardner & Zaichkowsky, 2002).

Ergogenic substances include anabolic steroids creatine, emphetamines as well as barbiturates (Naylor, Gardner, Zaichkowsky, 2002)

"Ergogenic substances are used to augment performances" in sports this enhances speed, strength as well as muscle development (Naylor, Gardner, Zaichkowsky, 2002)

With all the added pressure of performance not only academically but athletically places students at a greater risk for substance abuse, injury and risk for greater failure.

References

Student-Athlete

Injury Susceptibility

OVERUSE

Sports Affect on Youth

Educational Value

A Lesson from Chris Mcray

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Causes of Injury

Youth sports often entail a rigid practice schedule with long hours of practice, several times a week as well as high physical demands on developing bodies.

Academics

Risks outweigh the benefits?

Credits

Overuse injuries are becoming more prevalent in youth sports and one correlated to a high number of practices with a 48 hour time period before the injury (Luke et al., 2011).

Vulnerable

Contributing Factors to Injury

Ergogenic substances

Coping

Greater Risk

Ergogenic Uses

"The college environment places students at greater risk for substance misuse" (Ford, 2008).

Ford, J. (2008). Nonmedical prescription drug use among college students: A comparison between athletes and nonathletes. Journal of American College Health, 57, 2, 211-219

Gorman, C. & Sayre, C. (2006, September 18). To an athlete, aching young. Time, 168(12), 60-62.

Holsendolph, E. (2006). When Academics and Athletics Collide. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 23, 4, 22-23.

Luke, A., Lazaro, R. M., Bergeron, M. F., Keyser, L., Benjamin, H., Brenner, J., D'Hemecourt, P., Grady, M., Philipott, J., Smith, A. (2011). Sports-related injuries in youth athletes: Is overscheduling a risk factor?. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 21, 4, 307-314.

Myers, R., & Whitner, P. (1986). Academics and an athelete: a case study. The Journal of Higher Education, 57(6), 659-672. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1981198

Naylor, A. H., Gardner, D., & Zaichkowsky, L. (2002). Drug Use Patterns among High School Athletes and Nonathletes. Adolescence, 36, 144, 627-39.

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