Here are some interesting statistics from a 1998 USA Today article.
 
 
In a 1998 USA Today article, Steve Wieberg suggested that athletes are more
prone to criminal acts than the general student population.
He says, athletes in general, are "over-represented in reports of campus
violence against women." The report on law-breaking athletes found athletes
tend to binge drink more than the rest of the student population. The report
showed that high school athletes tested 12% below non-athletes in a morals
based test. According to this test, athletes, "believed more than
non-athletes that they could bend the rules."
In an ESPN on-line survey fall of 1991, 83% of 6,645 respondents said they
thought college and pro athletes were committing more criminal acts than 25
years earlier. Almost 68% said big-time sports makes athletes violent.
 
And, asked if colleges should revoke the scholarship of an athlete convicted
of a crime, 84% said yes.
 
 
Vicki
 
Concussion Free Zone
www.violentcontact.net
 
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