The phrase "a time when athletes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or event involving athletes, often in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "There was a time when athletes were celebrated as heroes in their communities, inspiring young people to pursue sports."
Alternatives: "an era in which athletes" or "a period when athletes".
Manuel oversaw Michigan's Academic Success Program — the athletic department's tutoring and advising arm — at a time when athletes were suspected of being funneled into a psychology professor's independent-study courses, according to a 2008 investigation by The Ann Arbor News.
There was a time when athletes wanted to ensure that their legacies were made on the playing field.
"There was a time when athletes were working-class heroes, when the guy on the field could have been your buddy from school," he said.
At a time when athletes in other sports have protection against intrusion on their rights, track and field athletes have no collective voice.
He was a sportsman, which is in short supply in a time when athletes' egos are often as bloated as balloons.
And at a time when athletes were expected to be modest and self-deprecating, Namath "guaranteed" that the Jets would defeat the favoured NFL Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl; they did, 16 7.
Some New Faces At Breakfast Table Now is the time when athletes are turning up on cereal boxes.
In the end Ms. Reiss's article failed to look back to the time when athletes on scholarship were rarely held to any standards, and an outraged public forced the National Collegiate Athletic Association to institute reforms and set standards that led to a number of the perquisites cited in the article.
Persistent high T2 signal suggests ongoing healing and resolution of injury in keeping with the fact that the ultrastructural healing process continues for weeks to months, even after the time when athletes usually return to competition [29].
There was a time when professional athletes were depicted as the boys and girls next door.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY — In a time when elite athletes are often forced into retirement because of injuries, contract disagreements or fading abilities, Didier Cuche is an exception.
