JUST WHAT DOES IT TAKE

I posted about FAU's track meet coming up this Friday as I thought that was important to mention before the team left. But one is probably thinking how different are lives of actual athletes. When you are sleeping in until noon, most of the athletes at your school have been through a 2 hour practice and early morning classes. Florida Atlantic requires all freshmen and athelets under a 3.0 gpa to do at least eight hours of study hall a week. Yes eight hours. So no Grey's Anatomy party's for most unless you tivo it. Being an athlete in college, is more like a job. You have to put in the hours and have good results. One has to do good or it looks bad on the coaches and is dissapointing to the athlete. In classes, Athletic Advisors take part of random class checks. If an athlete is missing, they will receive there penalty at practice. But hey it's not all bad. Teams are sponsored with some free gear, tutors are given to one free, and you get the glory of walking around school and being known as an FAU soccer player, football player or track star. They are college student athletes.