Big Time Losers

(A) what you felt/knew about the collegiate sports after watching the video

American college sports are a huge part of America today. While the players are not considered professionals yet, they are each prospects for the professional leagues, and play at levels that can match any league around the world. Being a part of the NCAA brings prestige to the school, and some students even make their choice of college depending on which college has the better athletics environment. While I have always been a big fan, especially of NCAA football, the movie ‘Big time losers,' changed the way I perceived college sports. I always known that college sports had a huge fan base, generated a lot of revenue, and played at a very high level, but that the business of college sports was so dangerous, and that players futures were so vulnerable never came into thought.

The first captivating thing during the movie was the maintenance of the players. While I do believe that each individual should look after their own interests and futures, some people need that extra motivation and guidance to succeed. I felt that in the movie, the players interviewed had the hunger for success, but took the wrong road with an incomplete understanding of how to achieve it. This was shown as while they were successful on the field, they failed to truly maintain their health, or their grades in school and were thus unable to go on to further their careers. Had they had someone to lead them through their studies (especially because they couldn't go to all the classes due to away games and such), their lives could have been different. They would have been able to keep their scholarships to sustain their chances of being drafted into the big leagues or, as even if they did not make it to the pros, they would have had a college degree with a life they could be proud of.

Another topic of interest to me in the movie was the independence of