Reading the NCAA Champion Magazine

Well I've been doing a lot of reading lately. Thats a good thing. I almost finished the book I bought on the 1999 Women's World Cup. Just two chapters left.

I'm one of those people who buys/gets so many books and finds the time to only read a few. I also tend to start a lot of books and don't get to finish them.

I have 3 books that I'd love to read this summer and another two I'd love to finish. I bet I only get around to knocking one or two of them off. Working out also takes up time in my life.

Anyway

Here are some average in season weekly time commitments for Division I athletes:

Men's Basketball 40 hours on athletics, 32 on academics
Women's Basketball 36.1 hours on athletics, 37.4 on academics
Football FBS 44.8 hours on athletics 39.5 on academics
Men's Soccer 33.6 hours on athletics 39.1 on academics
Women's Soccer 34.1 hours on athletics 39.6 on academics.

Those are averages.

No female Division 1 sport averaged more time on athletics in season than on academics.

I am guessing this is not all countable hours, because the NCAA limits all countable hours at 20 hours per week in season and 8 hours per week out of season. Athletes could count non countable activities (voluntary practices) as part of those average hours in the study. Also if an athlete wants to workout in their free time they can. There is no rule stopping them from doing what they want to do.

Division 1 baseball, men's golf, men's ice hockey, men's basketball and FBS football averaged more time on athletics than academics during season.

The sports that spend the most time away from campus in season are: baseball, softball, mens and women's golf, men's and women's skiing, women's volleyball, women's basketball and women's soccer.

Across the divisions and sports 50% of male athletes and 33% of female athletes wish they spent more time on their athletics than they currently do. 59% of student athletes wish they had more time for academics, 65% wanted more time for socializing, 68% wanted more time for relaxing and my personal favorite, 75% of student athletes wish they had more time for sleeping. (I agree on the sleeping part.)