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Sports players not the only team members who suffer
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Thursday, February 27, 2003
At one point or another, everyone wants to feel special. Everyone wants special treatment and to be rewarded for their hard work and perseverance.
As understandable as that is, there are a lot of dedicated, hardworking people and not all of us can fully benefit from possessing such positive attributes.
Recently, it has been brought up that those in athletics should have priority scheduling due to the constant conflicts that arise between practices and academic involvements. But for many, that's absolutely unfair. Just because a certain group is involved with campus and serving their school's reputation doesn't mean that that group should get special attention.
There are groups campus-wide that serve SCSU's students and our university's reputation and none of those groups will ever be given the opportunity to receive scheduling perks. The only group that could ever be an exception to receiving scheduling priorities are Honors students, which is understandable, as they are dedicated to being exemplary students that serve not only that themselves but also the university's reputation. Sports are just as extracurricular as any other activity and cannot be justified in the same way academia can, since this is a university, and education is what it is all about.
A lot of people work hard. Whether a student is a full-time student, or a full-time student with one or more jobs, and/or a student with one or more university activities, everyone deserves perks; it doesn't necessarily mean that student or group of students will get what they deserve. There are so many people that work hard for themselves and the university who deserve special treatment that, after a while, if everyone who deserves special treatment received it, the line would be blurred about what special treatment means and who qualifies for such perks.
There is no doubt that people involved in sports have many conflicts in their schedules about which they can do absolutely nothing when they're given an ultimatum between academia and their university's team. However, they should realize they are not alone -- and seek other solutions.
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