When a Football Team Wins, Male Grades Suffer.

            This makes sense. Think about it. In college sports, if a football team (or any team for that matter) wins, students celebrate more. This time of celebration and partying should be used for studying and schoolwork. This study has found that the more a football team wins, the less time the team and friends spend on schoolwork, therefore their grades drop. Obviously I don't think college football and other sports should be banned for this reason. I think that students should take responsibility for their studies whether they are celebrating a big win, or not. It doesn't really come as a surprise to me, but I guess a lot of people (myself included) haven't thought about it before.
           The author of this article uses a lot of logos evidence. To get their point across about male versus female GPA's, they write, "On average, men were earning GPAs of 2.94, compared to 3.12 for women. But the more the team won, the more the gap widened; three extra wins amounted to an approximately 8 percent increase in the difference." (Fox 1). Another point of logos evidence is "A survey they conducted of Oregon students found 24 percent of men reported they "definitely" or "probably" decreased study time when the football team was doing well, compared to 9 percent of women. Nearly half of men reported increased partying, compared to 28 percent of women." and also "Especially concerning is the effect on men, who are struggling mightily on college campuses -- women ages 24 to 29 are already 29 percent more likely than men to have completed a baccalaureate degree." (Fox 1). This logos evidence appeals to the reader and makes the significance and amount of male grades that are plummeting very apparent to the reader. 


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/20/study-when-football-team-wins-male-grades-drop/#ixzz1hBJaSGoV