Sound Slide project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKubMm0fq64&feature=youtu.be

Final project

Life of a college athlete

THIS IS A perfect example of a college student athlete and the extra stuff he has to go through with his daughter.

Be careful who you recieve gifts from

This has been a topic that has came a few times in the past few years because college athletes recieved gifts from people and they didn't think there was a problem with recieving gifts from those people. The Ohio State scandal was the latest incident that we all know of. That incident I believe was blown way out of proportion. They thought everything they were doing was legal and would not affect their eligibility with trading material for tattoos. But they got into trouble because they recieved money for a camp and they were not suppose to recieve money. This video shows how the program has covered up or tried to cover up things.

Having a child while in school and playing a sport

This is a very close topic to me because I have teammates who are like my brothers and deal with this specific subject. One of them struggle with seeing their child and another visits as much as he can because the baby is right in Cleveland. But I asked them both about if its easy to adjust to having a baby that is theirs and they have to take care of whats theirs. My roommate is the one who really struggles with seeing his child due to distance. I asked them if it has affected their play on the football field and as I observed it hasn't affected them very much but they do sometimes miss practices because their baby is ill and things like that but they have not missed a lot. My teammates/brothers are really brave and it basically just showed and taught me that whatever decision you make you have to be accountable for them.

Public image

As an athlete on any level you have a certain image that you have to portray to the public because one thing you don't want is your name in the news or getting back to your coach reporting that you have done something that is going to get you in big trouble. This video talks about who should be in trouble when the athlete gets in trouble. I believe the coaches should because when they recruit they should check the kids background and see if he caused any trouble when he was younger. But coaches don't look into that kind of stuff but they should. The reason they don't because they are worried about their damn jobs! It sounds absurd but its true. Half the time these coaches don't care about the players they just want to win and get all the accolades that the specific team is recieving.

Injuries

Injuries happen in every sport and it can affect some people's career depending on how serious the injury is. If you get injured it is mandatory that you go to the training room as much as you can so you can show that you are working on getting better. I know plenty of people who got injured and was never able tp play football ever again. But do to NCAA rules there scholarship is valid for 4 years. So what they do at Mercyhurst the injured film practice and do other things to make it seem like they are doing something for their scholarship.