올바른 대학운동선수 육성을 위한 개선방안에 관한 연구

The study on Direction for Improvement of Intercollegiate Athletics

Why would a university support an intercollegiate athletic program anyway? Who are the university student athletics? The student, first or the athletics, first? Of course student athletics should be the student first of all. The athletic participants are viewed as student first and athletes second. What is the reality in the university? We have many problems of university athletes. So, the purposes of this study are to know the reality of university athletes based on the real social and educational situations, and seek for the solutions. First of all, we should change our value systems. If we apply the model of athletic competition as the mutual quest for excellence, not just for winning, we could go right direction. The competition is an end in itself. It would not be a means. The participation in sports give values such as intrinsic and extrinsic values. While participation in the sport many bring external rewards such as fame, fortune, and maney, the internal rewards such as fun, self-satisfaction may give more valuable to human being. The university athletes should have equal opportunities on education. The academic attitudes and athletic success have equal weight and importance for student athletes. And the student athletes should be treated as human being who has a personality. We all have the responsibility as the leader, parents, coach, and teacher to teach the right direction for student athletes’ good life.