Life as a Division 1 Football player vs Division 1 Soccer player

Division 1 sports are a huge commitment.  Whether you are a soccer player or football player, you can agree that the commitment is huge and time consuming.  It has to be something you are willing to work at for years.  You know that you are not getting paid and that your career as a player will most likely be over at the end of it.  Although you have to be incredibly talented and committed to play at a division 1 college, both soccer and football players will agree that their experiences are completely different.

Division 1 football is more about getting a free education.  The athletes attending these schools are completely focused on football as oppose to school.  Many colleges have been caught cheating trying to help their players maintain their grades so that they can practice more.  There is big money involved in college football so extreme measures are taken by the coaches and the school to make sure there athletes are ready to play.  If an athlete cant play it can effect the whole school, not just the athlete or the team itself.

Although division 1 soccer is extremely competitive and one of the most competitive leagues of soccer in the United States, education is more relevant to them.  Division 1 soccer players do not get as much sympathy as football players. Soccer brings in very little income so their games are not nearly as important.  The school/coaches will not go to the extreme that they go to in football to make sure their players are ready to play.  Missing the captain of the soccer team may affect the team, but missing the quarterback of the football team will affect the school.