<p>Is it possible to partake in research oppurtunities and/or other internships if you are a part of a college basketball team on scholarship. How or do the offseason practices and training camps in the summer conflict with the research oppurtunities that are availbale. Is there alot of flexibilty with these programs or is it impossible be on a sports team and do other class/research work during the summer</p>
<p>I bet this would be very tough to do if you were at a D-I program. I have seen D-I football programs that "own" people throughout the year and the summer.</p>
<p>most likely will be d-1. but im not used or havent been exposed to the college sports life so i was hoping basketball would be different. would it be advantageous to do 5 years to get more academic experience because I'm planning on going to grad school.
BTW I am planning on doing aerospace engineer</p>
<p>major conference D-1 schools require a TON of time out of their athletes.</p>
<p>That might be a good idea both for sports (redshirting) and academics. You'll note that hardly any football and basketball players are engineers. Now that's probably partly because it takes so much time, but also those people just aren't interested in that kinda stuff. So if you are motivated, I think you can get it done, especially with five years.</p>
<p>like huskem55 is saying, what conference are you looking to play in? If you're going to a weak DI program, i'm sure you can do both.</p>
<p>hmm... i'm in a similar situation, except the sport is cross country...would that be a less stressful/high time commitment sport to play? the team is not particularly competitive, but they are D1...</p>
<p>I've known a couple guys who've played high D-1 football and basketball (including current ones at UCLA). It would be very very tough to do research and graduate as an engineer if you are a scholarship athlete, not that it can't be done. But understand that it is a major time commitment out of your life, and by that I mean getting up 5:30, 6 in the morning to lift weights, having to stay in school through summer and often through winter break (for games/off-season training, not really a whole lot of time to go home), not to mention things like practices, position meetings, and mandatory study halls. There is a lot less time to mess around than a normal student, and there is a lot more pressure not to mess up cause your team depends on you. I know some guys go to less competitive programs just to concentrate more on academics (usually D-1AA or D2 or 3), so you may want to go that route depending on how much you care about academics.</p>
<p>But that isn't to say it can't be done. UCLA has a football player who's a math/econ double major (though he had to drop engineering due to time constraints), Craig Krenzel graduated in molecular genetics and did research, Babatunde Oshinowo (former Stanford DT) was a electrical engineer, so it can be done. You just have to really love what you're studying and be willing to lose something from extracurriculars/sleep to get it all done. A lot of coaches are very supportive of their players academic interests, they just also know how hard it is to balance everything. So, best of luck to you, I hope everything works out.</p>
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