Physical Disadvantages

Injury
**Injuries are caused by the excessive activity
of the body. Too much uncontrolled
movement, repetitions and extensions cause
the joints and muscles to be stressed
repeatedly.

Tiredness
**A determined student athlete works out his
body until he cant take it anymore. This
becomes his perception of truth. When an
athlete experiences burn out , it may have a
visible effect in the near future.He may be
unproductive at a young age because of
tiredness

Drugs
** Due to the desire to work well in every
training, student athletes end up taking
performance enhancing drugs. They believe
that these pharmaceuticals help them perform
their best and keep them concentrated.

Sexual Abuse
**There are coaches who are in control of their
athletes who can be sexually abusive. Athletes
on the other hand, are too scared to speak up
because their scholarships might be cancelled.

Emotional Disadvantages
Sexual Abuse
** These athletes end up weeping in silence.
Pressure
**Parents who do not support their children is
another addition to the discouragements that
lead to an athletes emotional thinking. The
dont feel complete happiness because they
think that they arent able to satisfy their
parents wants.

Lowered self-concepts
**Likewise, coaches who force their trainees
to go beyond their limits and participate
aggressively cause athletes to belittle
themselves. They listen to all those
discouragements causing their self-esteem to
go down.

Social Disadvantages
Gender Inequity
**Since sports has historically been considered
a man's world, Men statistically outperform
women in strength and endurance

Discrimination
**In a team, there are athletes with different
performance levels. It is inevitable that there
would be discrimination as to who the coaches
prioritize according to who will succeed.

Limited Exposure
** Economic stability is a big factor in joining
sports,most of the student-athletes who lack
sponsorship get limited exposure.Because of
low income they remain in the environment of
the least supported programs

Character Development
Pride
**Student athletes in universities are the ones
who get famous.Winning makes their self
esteem go higher resulting to too much pride.
It is visible to the people who get carried away
by fame and pride.Thus,all those years of
training and preparation were carried away to
trash leaving the remnants of their very own
successes behind.