Schools are meant to be learning institutions, not places for athletes to polish their statistics, before heading into college. As you will see in the next pages, sports should have no role in school, and should be moved to club organizations to help foster educational advancement. Paul DeGrote Education 1st, Missed class, Teachers and coaches, GPA enforcement in clubs Education of our high school students will improve if we drop sports, because school could then be just an institution for learning, not a playground for athletes. Our students need an environment where they can learn without the distraction caused by athletics. Along with athletics comes popularity and school should not be a popularity contest.
Athletes run our schools.
We treat stellar athletes like gods, and most of these athletes are bullies. Why force our children to attend pep fests and encourage them to support high school teams when they do not believe in the students who play on these teams. We are saying that sports do not belong in school, because they are a social distraction, which is forced down the throats of our teens. If we support anything at all, we should support the arts. It's a well known fact that kids involved in the arts have better attendance and grades than athletes do.