Should Sports Be Taught In Education

A star high school wrestler sits on a bench outside of his school, pondering what choices he made to let his grades slip, ultimately getting him kicked off the team and making him lose his main interest. High schools have a rule where if a student fails a class, they are to be kicked out of their athletic pursuit. This scene and others like it are unfair and unjust because sports are a viable career path, non-athletic high school students also fail classes with much less harsh repercussions and not everyone is built to be a scholar.
Imagine being a media star with thousands of fans and making thousands of dollars for every hour of working. You could be, if you professionally played sports. According to the Huffington Post, the average NBA player makes 5,150,100 dollars per year. You’re probably thinking But there aren’t that many NBA players! Well, your average sports career makes $81,000 a year! For a job that doesn’t require a college

If a child is pulled out of sports, these lessons cease being taught and they’ll lose an opportunity to gain valuable skills. There’s something else that pertains to the lessons being taught and gained from this, which is the message sent by pulling kids out of sports. According to the article called “Should bad grades mean no sports” by Wilson, Keith “If the parent takes away the commitment, the child begins to believe that making a commitment doesn't have value.”. This quote showcases that pulling a student out of sports due to failing grades makes them feel as if their commitment doesn’t matter what so ever. If a child feels as if their commitment doesn’t matter, then it makes the child less willing to commit to something, since it feels like it would be a waste of their