College athletes are often painted as lucky and opportunistic. Although this may be true, why are we hearing about all of the struggles and mental health issues now? Athletes have always been told to “toughen up.” This stigma made it hard for athletes to be open with themselves about their true feelings within their...
Former Ohio State football player, Harry Miller, went on national television to talk about his experience with mental health in his collegiate sport. Miller went on TODAY to spread awareness of mental health in athletes specifically. He was a three year starter on the Ohio State University football team. He was classified as...
We often hear about student-athlete mental health after it’s too late. So many athletes have secret struggles that nobody knows about. There is a stigma that athletes have no right to complain about their craft when most of them are getting free education for “playing a game.” A recent event involving a young woman...