Benefits of athletic scholarships: the alumni athletes of UM Tagum College in focus

Abstract

This research study investigates the perspectives of alumni athletes of UM Tagum College in terms of the present benefit of their athletic scholarship in their present undertakings. This investigation will provide important insights about the benefits of their athletic scholarships in their current undertaking in life. In order to have a better understanding and in-depth analysis of the perspectives of alumni athletes on the benefits of athletic scholarship in their present undertakings, this study employed qualitative type of research design with thematic analysis approach. In this study the participants are the alumni athletes of UM Tagum College. Upon doing the study the researchers used a purposive sampling. The results of the study revealed that most of the alumni athletes revealed the benefits of sport scholarships in building their present career and present job itself. This includes athletic Scholarship is beneficial in terms of financial support, athletic Scholarship develops time management and productivity and athletic scholarship is a way of learning self-discipline and life techniques. In as much as this, it entails and showed that alumni athletes have gained various benefits. Most of the alumni athletes revealed that the benefits of sport scholarships in them can be seen in building their present career and present job itself.