Enhancing the Opportunity for Middle and High School Scholar Athletes Career Vision Focus Success

Closing the Scholar Athlete Career Vision
Focus Education and Workforce Development Gap

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Adaptation of the Capital “Y” Formation-Career Vision Field Focus Mandate for Middle and High School Scholar Athletes is a Winning Strategy for Career Education and Workforce Development Initiatives.

By: Christopher Anderson, ED.S.

Over 92% of approximately 11million middle and high school student athletes participating in sports between the sixth and twelfth grades will not and cannot participate beyond high school at the college level. Analysis of NCAA statistical data on the Probability of Student Athletes Competing Beyond High School reveals a fault in Middle School Athletic Associations and National Federation of State High School Associations NFSHSA Rules and Regulations that results in catastrophic Career Vision Focus selections failure for millions of middle and high school scholar athletes in preparations for none athletic careers. The root cause of this catastrophic failure is the absence of Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA mandate for all middle school and high school scholar athletes to declare a none athletic, academic, technical school or college career vision focus selection in order to participate in sports at the high school or middle school level. This academic career vision focus major requirement is a standard for NCAA scholar athletes.

THE “Y” FORMATION STRATEGY DIFFERENCE

In competitive sporting events throughout the world, the ability of coaches and players to adapt and utilize winning strategy formations often defines the difference between winners and losers.

This document is being provided in an effort to facilitate an awareness of a need to enhance student success by adopting a career vision focus “Y” formation into the rules and regulations of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) in support of scholar athletes.

CAPITAL “Y” FORMATION VERSES LOWER CASE “l” FORMATION

Adaptation of the Capital "Y" Formation-Career Vision Field Focus Mandate for Middle and High School Scholar Athletes is a Winning Strategy for Career Education and Workforce Development Initiatives.

By: Christopher Anderson, ED.S.

This Executive Summary document is provided to reveal an issue that is one of the most devastating contributors to hindrance of student athletes' career development success in middle and high schools in every community in our nation. Published statistical data from surveys compiled by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is available to all on the Internet website. Clarification of the significance of addressing this problem that negatively impacts secondary and aspiring college scholar athletes can be realized by reviewing research by the NCAA. Relevant NCAA research is published on their website under the title, "Probability of Competing Beyond High School". This data indicates that the estimated probability of only 7.0% of the millions of scholar- athletes will make the transition from high school to the college level in football. These statistics indicate that current National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) rules and regulations design characteristics governing student athletics career vision focus pathway generates a yearly sports career vision focus "die off effect of dreams and aspirations for 92.8% of students with college or professional athletic career vision focus aspirations as they realize that they will not reach their goal. At the secondary education level graduation, the influence and impact for scholar athletes under the rules and regulations of the NFSHSA terminates for the 92.8% majority of scholar athletes not transitioning to the collegiate sports level. This is the specific result of the adaptation and utilization of the "1" career vision focus formation by NFSHSA that terminates by design at graduation. The overwhelming attraction of sports as a "way out" career vision focus for African American student athletes results in a disproportionate negative impact on Black student athletes. During the middle and high school years is the perfect time in the educational process when scholar athletes should become familiar with the elements of the questions, options, and the process involved in making a sound career vision focus selection decision. After graduation, the former 92.8% scholar athletes, previously but no longer under the influence of NFSHSA are now left alone and on their own. Contrary to a generational word of mouth assignment of career vision focus responsibility to parents and students, for student athletes this responsibility is bound and captive in Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA rules and regulations. In Loco Prentiss is an extremely broad spectrum umbrella that also includes responsibilities for the Career Vision Focus of middle and high school athletes.

In competitive sporting events throughout the world, the ability of coaches and players to adapt and utilize winning strategy formations often defines the difference between winners and losers. This document is being provided in an effort to facilitate an awareness of a need to enhance student athlete success. At the college level, NCAA rules and regulations concerning the career vision focus formation for scholar athletes takes the form of a "Y". The athletes' career vision focus starts out a straight pathway which is reflected by the base of the "Y". Then the athletes' career vision focus pathway divides at the fork in the "Y". On one side of the "Y", is an athletic career vision focus pathway, and on the other side of the "Y" is an academic major pathway. This adaptation and utilization of the "Y" career vision focus formation in support of scholar athletes at the college level has proven over time to be a winning strategy. This objective can be accomplished by adopting a Career Vision Focus "Y" Formation mandate utilized by the NCAA, into the rules and regulations of Middle School Athletic Associations and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) in support of scholar athletes.

A basic fact of awareness is that participation in professional sports for the majority of player athletes is short lived. These negative longevity characteristics of the field are critical to the justification for the inclusion of appropriate career vision focus "Y" formation career path rules and regulations for scholar athletes. Therefore, this is exactly why all middle and high school student athletes must by inclusion in Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA rules and regulations mandate, declare an academic college or technical school alternative career vision focus pathway. Implementation of the "Y" career vision focus formation strategy is a low cost, huge benefit initiative for Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA which does not conflict with other educational requirements or initiatives. This initiative provides an opportunity for NFSHSA to close the career vision focus foundation gap for scholar athletes. Also, it is an opportunity for other persons of influence to "pay it forward" for scholar-athletes by lending their voices in support of a capital "Y" career vision focus formation strategy that could significantly enhance STEM initiative inclusion opportunities for scholar athletes and improves educational outcomes in America. The achievement of inclusion of this one career vision focus declaration change in Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA rules and regulations will be one of the most significant historical impacts in education and athletics in our generation. By implementing this small but important change at the middle and high school levels now, we can ensure that scholar athletes, and especially African American scholar athletes, are prepared to fill the employment needs of the future.

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to address and enhance the career vision focus preparation needs of scholar athletes and neglected students in order to greatly reduce the education and workforce development gap with other nations; eliminate the root cause of a fault in Middle School Athletic Associations and National Federation of State High School Associations NFSHSA Rules and Regulations that results in catastrophic Career Vision Focus selections failure for 92% of approximately 11 million middle and high school scholar athletes in preparations for none athletic careers; influence adaptation of a requirement in Middle School Athletic Associations and NFSHSA rules and regulations for all middle school and high school scholar athletes to declare a none athletic, academic, technical school or college career vision focus selection in order to participate in sports at the middle school or high school level. This academic major career vision focus selection is a standard requirement for college level NCAA scholar athletes; develop and integrate a statistical database of the career vision field focus selections of students; advance the inclusion of the Capital “Y’ Formation career vision focus requirement for middle and high school scholar athletes.

VISION STATEMENT

To enhance the opportunity for career vision focus success for over 92% of approximately 11million middle and high school student athletes participating in sports between the sixth and twelfth grades who will not and cannot participate in sports beyond high school at the college level; facilitate student career vision focus success in a practical and effective manner through the establishment and inclusion of a Capital “Y” Formation, Career Vision Field Focus Selection Statistical Database; to identify, publish, maintain and celebrate scholar athletes and other students’ career vision field focus selections to create commitment and greater understanding of the career vision focus decision process; provide stability, direction, team unity, support, and focus on the present and future successes of middle and high school scholar athletes and other students.