-Societal pressure to keep their emotional issues to themselves, especially in sports.

-It is hard for athletes to focus on grades with the added activity of sports. Athletes may also be more distant from friends and family

-Mental health rates are lower in athletes.

-Parameters aren’t followed for sports.

-Many concussions go unreported, this is because many players want to keep playing.

-42% of athletes suffer from overuse injuries, this reveals an ingrained issue within sports.

- Athletes are being repeatedly concussed and injured

-Acute Injuries

-NIL exploits college athletes and is unfair when comparing the salaries of players and coaches.

-Another negative of NIL is that athletes don’t receive pay straight up.

-Racial injustice in sports as colleges are seen as predominantly white colleges “buy” athletes and take in most of the money generated from the sport.

-Fans of sports teams also contribute to the racism within sports culture.

-Low income families can’t afford club sports.

-SAT scores are lower in student athletes by 160 points in comparison to non-athletes.

-Many athletes don’t receive help from colleges as they lack programs or institutions.

-many students allude that extrinsic barriers of success for their academics were other obligations