Topics covered in these programs include job interview skills, drug abuse prevention and financial management. This program is also significant because it seeks to include many members of the community, such as local policemen and women and educators. This seems to me to be the sort of community building that politicians try to encourage. However, Washington does not contribute money to this program, making it more difficult for it to prosper. It seems as if integrating sports into community development is too taboo for politicians.
Sports deserve a place in our society.
It's just unfortunate that they have become associated with mindless jocks and unnecessarily cerebral coaches and analysts. The government needs to embrace athletics as a positive means to an end, rather than as a privilege of those who can afford to play.