Many people are aware that athletes have special privileges. People have either heard about it, have seen it on TV or in movies, or have even experienced it first hand. If for some reason, student-athletes do not or cannot meet certain academic requirements, the coaches will aid them to neglect these requirements so that the student-athlete can play on the team. Various times, the student-athletes will get away with more than just breaking the rules. …showed first 75 words of 863 total…

…showed last 75 words of 863 total…that coaches only care to benefit the team and not the athletes as individuals. After the coaches neglect every rule and have! done everything they can do, the coaches will forget about them completely ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** 1. Janet Podell. Sports in America, The H.W. Wilson Company, New York 1986 2. Nancy Mello, Ph.D. Drugs and Sports, Chelsea House Publishers, New York 1987 3. Ted Weriburg. Breaking the Rules, Grolier Publishing 1995 4. Daniel Spurnel. Inside Sports, Bulmenn Publishers, New Haven 1992