Student athletes have an immense amount of pressure on them with the mix of their school work and their sports. They go almost straight from school to practice practically everyday, have an average length of two hours per practice and still have homework when they get home. Compared to students who don’t do sports, they have a lot more stress on them.

However, some research shows that students doing both school and sports can actually help students learn more and keep what they learn in their heads easier. Participating in sports can help students be more confident in themselves and be more motivated to complete their school work. There are multiple sources that state that students doing sports can help people’s brain health and overall health.

A majority of student athletes feel as though they can do everything that is needed, just that they might need a slightly extended deadline, so they can take care of everything properly and complete their assignments well.

“I think everyone should get the same amount of work, but I think student-athletes should get more time to do it because of how busy their schedules are,” sophomore Alexia Little said.

Like Little said, student athletes are capable of doing both their schoolwork and their sports as long as they communicate with their teachers about their needs and what they need to be successful in both academics and sports.

“I think it is fair for student athletes to have the same workload as normal students during the season because everyone has stuff going on in their lives, so it would be unfair for just the student athletes to do less,” senior Dara Olotu said.

Olotu stated that she sees from everyone’s point of view on if student athletes should have less of a workload during the season and she makes multiple good points. She talks about how everyone in the school has something going on in their life so it would be unfair to have the people who do sports and represent the school through their athletics have less work because of that.

Indeed student athletes have a very busy schedule; however, they still have the same standards as everyone else. This is a good thing because they are going to need the skills to be able to do both school and their athletics if they are planning to continue on their athletics into college, where they will be less lenient on whether or not they accept late work or not. It also goes along with what Olotu said about everyone having things to do in their lives, not just the athletes. Unless everyone gets the same benefits, then it isn’t fair and a little unreasonable to have student athletes have a lighter workload than others during their season.