Student athletes balance their time between school, studying, and the sport they compete in, sometimes-even balancing a job as well.

In the life of a college student is this to rushed and busy or is it fine to have so much going on?

One might say it is up to the student themselves to decide whether or not they are to busy for all of this. However some can take on too much and become easily overwhelmed and crack under the pressure.

There are two kinds of student athletes; the ones who flourish with the chance to participate in their sport and in school, and the ones who become overwhelmed and end up letting both get 50 percent of the effort.

Lets take a closer look at the first kind of student athlete, they can use school to push and fuel the sport and they can also use the sport to fuel school.

In most if not all schools of any type of level to participate in sports one must keep a grade point average above a 2.0, meaning if it drops below this the athlete cannot play in the games, or sometimes cannot participate in practices, this may seem like a good incentive to keep grades up.

However, looking back to the second type of student athlete mentioned, the student becomes over-taken by this allowing grades to drop.

When the student’s grades drop they are required to raise their grades to a passing level, however they have no extra time to do so.

This now leaves the athlete below where they need to be. The student would then have the choice whether they choose to take time away from the sport to pull the grade up or take time away from sport.

Being a student athlete is a delicate mix of school, and sports that not everyone can handle. For a select few this mix is ideal allowing one to push the other to produce a wonderful result.