All interscholastic sports had to be dropped for economic reasons Some people don’t know why schools are trying to drop interscholastic sports. Some schools are trying to get rid of the sports that are going on for the district because of the cost to cover the injuries for the players or the cost of the equipment. Although people say that the equipment for school events like football pads, football cleats and basketball things. If the price goes down on the equipment schools would probably buy a lot of the equipment so they don’t have to buy it so they have extra material for events if something breaks or gets ruined. Among the cost of the equipment school districts would possibly use the same equipment. Who doesn’t want to have to do exercise? Everybody needs exercise to be in good health, but some people don’t like to exercise. They just want to stay inside and do nothing in life. Even though people don’t want to exercise all the time they could have a treadmill or a bike to exercise on instead of going outside and running or play basketball with friends just to lose weight. Sometimes students get lazy after work or school and don’t want to go outside and enjoy the nice weather. Although for students they have to exercise because they have to stay in shape for sports, but if the school is trying to take away interscholastic …show more content…
On the contrary interscholastic sports can be character to the sporting events in town. Students act dumb and they end up doing something to earn respect back to play. However building character is something all the sports for school the students shouldn’t act immature and actually be mature so the school can build its character on the sport, so people come and watch them play. On the other hand the students need to keep the grades up to participate to play in the school
Sports are a crucial part of an individual 's character. Counter arguments made against having sports at schools are getting more and more public. The arguments make people, think again about having students play sports. Sports are useful because they give players skills they can use on and off the field: strength, leadership, and confidence.
Within a community is a sense of unity, which for many is brought together by the young athletes of the community. In his article “High School Sports Have Turned Into Big Business,” Mark Koba of CNBC highlights that within the last thirty to forty years high school football has escalated into a highly revered tradition in which not only communities, but highly successful corporations have begun to dedicate millions of dollars towards (Koba n. pg.). This highlights the status of sports within the community and may explain part of the reason schools would favor sports over other programs. Because sports programs can often turn over big profits for schools, they tend to dedicate most of their excess funds towards sports, and rely on sports programs to create large profits for the school. When school administrators see how much sports unite, excite, and benefit the school, they develop a respect for sports and consider it a necessity to provide a good sports program for their students and community. Also in his article, Koba quotes an interviewee named Mark Conrad who is the associate professor of legal and ethical studies at Fordham University 's school of...
Should college athletes be required to graduate with a degree, before they go to the pro’s? I believe that all colleges should make it mandatory for their student athletes to graduate before they are allowed to go to the pro’s. Only a small percentage of student athletes go on to have a career in professional sports after college. The few that are lucky enough to make it to the pro’s usually end up playing for a couple of years and then end up not being able to find work. College athletes should be required to obtain degree’s because not only does it allow you to have something to fall back on if you can’t make it to the pro’s, but it also can show pro sports teams that you are a mature individual, and your education is important to you as well.
An 18 year old, fatherless youth just found out she is pregnant. Does this sound like the start of a success story? Thanks to athletic scholarships, universities, and the NCAA it is. Kaneisha Atwater gave birth to Andarious Fulton on December 31, 2011. “He was one of 333,746 babies born to teen mothers in the U.S. in 2011 and one of 275 in St. Lucie County, home to Fort Pierce, where the median household income is below $30,000 and the violent crime rate is nearly triple the national figure.” (Burnsed) Thanks to athletic scholarships, and other assistance athletes receive Kaneisha received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. “Kaneisha said she wants her son to see that there’s more to life, and wants to get him out of Fort Pierce.” (Burnsed)
As the stakes become greater with an emphasis winning championships, debates about the meaning, purpose, and organization of high school sports become more contentious. Historically, boosters who covet state titles and want high school sports to resemble big time college sports have dominated these debates, but many students, parents, teachers, and local citizens have different visions of what school sports should be in the
High school sports are approached with clashing opinions. Some of these opinions are positive, and supportive of athletics. “Athleticism, among many activities, offers teens a physical outlet to exert their troubles, anger, emotions, and other feelings” (Chen 1). This can be observed in nearly all of the football players in Friday Night Lights. This can also be noticed in the world today. “Athletics help high school students understand their own abilities and talents” (Chen 1). This piece of evidence is very accurate when describing high school athletes. Sports can make a high school student humble. As can be seen by the preceding information, high school athletics can have a positive impact on a student’s life.
...lways have to try your best and want to win. Sports also teach students teamwork skills. In order to succeed you need to have the ability work with others.
Some schools that still have middle school sports have realized that when a kid plays a sport, they learn new skills that they can apply to real life. For example, an article states, “Participants in middle school sports teams can develop interpersonal and leadership skills and increase their social circles.” ("Should Middle Schools
When applying to University there are multiple steps which lead to many frustrations and stress. Everyone from the top student to the student who is forced to apply, deals with these frustrations. In my experience, I threw things, abused my computer, and my eyes may have watered from the frustrations of course. Not only is the process hard, filling in every form, obtaining letter of recommendation, but the four years that you spent trying to come up with the information you are providing was hard.
Most schools only require a gym class for a small period of the school year. Some people only see PE as an irrelevant requirement that takes up time. However, gym class has a lot of benefits for its students. Gym opens up doors to activities such as sports and exercising. Both of these activities increase a child’s mental and physical health. These activities are great for children but a lot of children don’t get the opportunity because they don’t fully understand each activity. Gym classes allow the students to get a chance to experience various sports so that they can make the decision if they want to play them. They also encourage students to get the daily exercise they need. How are gym classes supposed to do this with only one day in the week? Gym classes need to be mandatory every school day so that they can teach students how to be healthy in a way regular classrooms cannot.
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters,” Paul “Bear” Bryant. Before there were multi-million dollar endorsements and guaranteed spots on reality shows as monetary lures, student-athletes stepped on college playing fields with the love of their sport in their hearts. There was Herschel Walker setting and breaking multiple NCAA records at the University of Georgia in the 1980’s and renewing the south’s love of SEC football. He couldn’t have known that his college career would lead to an equally impressive professional career, so he didn’t focus his energy, his ego, or his time on endorsements or paychecks. That was back in a time when the payment for
Asking if sports build character is not as big of question than asking what type of character is being built. This depends on coaches, parents, and other sport leaders and how they teach it. Positive experience plays a part in the development of character, and not everyone has the best experience. Some might also say that their environment was not the greatest either. Teaching through sports can focus more on the sport itself, than things bigger than sports, such as right and wrong, and how to make the right decisions (Manning and Morgan).
Opposition of mandatory Physical Education in high schools believe that if a student has not developed a desire for voluntary physical exercise by the time he or she reaches high school , he or she may not ever (Eberhardt). It is true that individuals should not be forced into something they don’t want to participate in, but if these students don’t get any exercise outside of school, where will they receive an appropriate amount of fitness? Paul Eberhardt, athletic director, intramural director and head coach of the McNair Marlins basketball team in Richmond, B.C., believes “that students don’t care about participating in P.E. anymore and we have to educate students on the benefits of Physical Education”. In the 1994-1995 school year there were 1,133 students enrolled at McNair High School but there were only four P.E. classes available, which meant approximately 120 students attended in these classes. The remaining 1013 grade eleven and twelve students had no Physical Education at all. This is an astonishing figure. “Many students participate in sports and recreation activities outside of school, but most of them get hardly any exercise at all.
If children follow the example set by today's athletes, the definition would equal a sore loser. High school sports should be a fun way to physically express yourself as an athlete, but at the same time learn some of life's lessons, like sportsmanship, discipline, and respect. In today's society, winning comes before everything, but if winning requires neglect of good sportsmanship, then nothing is gained in the long run.
The main goals behind Sport Education are to help students become knowledgeable about different sports and activities to the point where they can participate in these outside of the classroom to stay active. Also it teaches execution and strategies and encourages competitiveness. It is important for kids to be competitive because they will have to be in life and it will teach the importance of winning and losing the right way. “Sports offer kids a great chance to work cooperatively toward a common goal. And working coope...