Black student athletes. Student athletes with learning disabilities. Causes of At-Riskness with Student Athletes 1. Athletes are poorly prepared for college, yet they are heavily recruited because of their basketball skill. Student athletes who are academically weak are placed in courses of study that are designed to maintain athletic eligibility and not move students toward a degree.
Coaches are willing to change their athletes' grades.
A lot of time is spent practicing and not on academics. Colleges should have the same entrance and academic requirements for athletes as for other students, while reaffirming their commitment to admitting minority and disadvantaged students. Athlete dorms should be abolished. They only reinforce the isolation of players from the rest of the university community. Practice should be reduced.