Participating in University Sports Improves Marks & Helps Job Search

Two cool videos from University of Guelph about the benefits of University Sports:

1. Advice to First Year Students, participate in sports
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2. Employers look for graduates who have participated in sports
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In Advice to First Year Students, a UofG rugby player and his coach speak. I love this player's comments "The more I've taken athletics seriously, the more I've taken school seriously during the same time period, and ...I've been able to get my marks up along up with my performance in sports at the same time". Absolutely our experience too!

And from his coach ..."Rugby's a fall semester sport, and I've heard this story many times over in my years as a coach--I do way better in the fall when I have to organize my time than in the winter when I don't have that same sort of stress, to make sure I'm where I'm supposed to be at the right time. But sport is a great stress reliever, when I go to the rugby field, the rest of my life falls away. It doesn't matter what the rest of the day's been like, it just takes over--I think that's a huge safety valve in people's lives, students and the coaches too."

Further comments by the rugby coach, Jim Atkinson, in Employers look for graduates who have participated in sports,
"being a 90+ student who doesn't have a life just doesn't cut it in the real world.
Having someone who's able to organize their time, be an effective student -- effective enough to get a decent degree, but also involve themselves in the life of the university, and represent the university on the athletics field;
That's just a tremendous plus, because that's what employers are looking for, a rounded person..."

My thoughts exactly!