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The purpose of this study is to examine issues concerning the curriculum for our sports classes by determining the attitudes and opinions of students who did not enroll for athletics classes, and identifying measures to increase the number of students involved in the university physical education classes. We conducted a survey by distributing a questionnaire to 2,670 senior year students (graduating in March 2007) who did not enroll for athletics classes during their college years. The number of questionnaires collected was 690; the response rate was 25.8%. There were differences in sports class enrollment ratios between faculties; however, no clear associations or links were found between the enrollment ratio and the number of credits required in each faculty for graduation. The major reasons cited for not taking athletic classes were as follows: difficulty in earning credits, scheduling conflicts with other classes, complexity of the enrollment procedure, and lack of interest in sports classes. Forty per cent of the students had a positive view towards sports classes and some of their responses were as follows: "Physical education is essential," "I regret not taking sports classes," "Sports classes should be made a required course in the curriculum," and "The university should review the importance of physical education and increase the number of credits granted for sports classes." On the other hand, only few students had negative biases against sports classes-for instance, they did not consider college physical education to be important, or they simply hated athletics. Based on the findings of this survey, we believe that we should not only focus on increasing the number of students enrolling for sports classes, but also need to clearly define and illustrate the uniqueness of university physical education. The main reason why students participate in sports classes is to gain strength and improve their health; hence, they do understand the significance of physical education from the health science perspective. Therefore, we need to further promote the importance and value of athletics and make sports a part of students' lifestyles. As a research and educational institution, it is our duty to systematically support students' athletic needs and also introduce effective measures for promoting sports and athletics.