Sociology of Sport.

The other day in my Sociology class, Professor Evans decided to have a debates, students vs. student athletes, on who has it better. Right off the back all the regular students were like, "Athletes get a curve on grades", "Athletes get free tutors", "Athletes get what they want," "Blah, blah, blah." So this got the athletes fired up. Well the students are at home sleeping in until their class, a majority of the athletes are at practice or lifting weights before the sun comes up. One of the students said that we are babied when people check on us if we are in class. Well I bet that the student athletes have much better attendance then the regular students for sure, so who cares if somebody is checking up on us or not. Then their are the athletes like me, that are on scholarship, traveling, interning, school full time, and working a job. DO you still think we have it easy. Each athlete has to carry at least a 2.0 GPA to stay eligible so failing is not an option. Do students realize that alot of the events that go on at school are because of the funds their school teams brought in. You can't tell me that when one looks at a school that half of them do not look at their athletic teams. One of the most popular school in the nation is the University of Florida, and that's because they just on two national championships in one year. So give me a break and stop whining. It's a hard job but somebody has to do it.