Hvor kom udtrykket elev atlet fra?
Student athlete
En studerende atlet (undertiden skrevet student-atlet) er en deltager i en organiseret konkurrencesport, der sponsoreres af den uddannelsesinstitution, som han eller hun er indskrevet på. Studerende atleter skal typisk balancere mellem at være studerende på fuld tid og atlet på fuld tid. Da uddannelsesinstitutioner er kollegier, tilbyder de idrætslegater i forskellige sportsgrene. Mange studerende atleter kompenseres med stipendier for at deltage i disse institutioner, men disse stipendier er ikke obligatoriske for at blive betragtet som en studerende atlet. I USA reguleres idrætsstipendier i vid udstrækning af enten National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) eller National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), som fastsætter minimumsstandarder for både de personer, der tildeles stipendier (med hensyn til gennemsnitskarakterer og standardiserede testresultater) og for de institutioner, der tildeler dem (med hensyn til stipendiernes form og værdi og andelen af modtagere, der i sidste ende skal opnå en eksamen). Udtrykket "student-atlet" blev opfundet i 1964 af Walter Byers, den første administrerende direktør for NCAA, for at imødegå forsøg på at kræve, at universiteterne skulle betale arbejdsskadeerstatning.
A student athlete (sometimes written student–athlete) is a participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the educational institution in which he or she is enrolled. Student athletes must typically balance the roles of being a full-time student and a full-time athlete. Due to educational institutions being colleges, they offer athletic scholarships in various sports. Many student athletes are compensated with scholarships to attend these institutions but these scholarships are not mandatory to be considered a student athlete. In the United States, athletic scholarships are largely regulated by either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which sets minimum standards for both the individuals awarded the scholarships (in terms of GPAs and standardized test scores) and for the institutions granting them (in terms of the form and value of the scholarships and the proportion of recipients who must ultimately earn degrees). The term student-athlete was coined in 1964 by Walter Byers, the first-ever executive director of the NCAA, to counter attempts to require universities to pay workers' compensation.
Student athlete