text: Lastly, the students extracurricular activity could help them with many things later on in their life. Many athletes play sports because they like sports, but some sports can get the athlete a scholarship to college, if the student wants to attend college, and can probably give them many opportunities while they are in college. Their activity can be on their record and look very good to colleges and the student would have a better chance of getting into the college that they want to go to.