In today’s world, sports are embedded in American school districts more than ever before. Although many students rely on physical activities to relieve their stress; studies have concluded that they are blocking the study time for tests, causing intelligent students to fail their classes. Therefore, districts should get rid of after class sports because athletic programs put a heavy financial load on the community, physical exercise causes distraction from learning, and students will have more time to get their homework done.
The immense costs of physical activities have made many districts conclude that they should be spending their money on better education rather than sports. According to an article by Amanda Ripley, “New bleachers can cost half a million dollars” (11). Premont Independent School District stated that they saved more than 150,000 dollars in just one year without sports (Ripley, 11). This evidence supports the idea that investing money in athletic program is a struggle for almost every school and the money being used should go to a better academic system for their students. It is clear that the costs of sports are on the top of the list for reasons why schools …show more content…
An article by Amanda Ripley states, “Player’s spend long hours practicing, and that commitment extends to the rest of the school- from late-night brand practices and pep rallies to meetings with parents” (11). Student’s focus particularly drifts away from learning throughout the tough football season (Ripley, 11). This illustrates that sports are interfering with academic skills during the class time given because athletes are possibly thinking about the big game later instead of other educational topics. For this reason, districts should cancel out all physical and extracurricular activity to save students from getting drawn away from
The immense costs of physical activities have made many districts conclude that they should be spending their money on better education rather than sports. According to an article by Amanda Ripley, “New bleachers can cost half a million dollars” (11). Premont Independent School District stated that they saved more than 150,000 dollars in just one year without sports (Ripley, 11). This evidence supports the idea that investing money in athletic program is a struggle for almost every school and the money being used should go to a better academic system for their students. It is clear that the costs of sports are on the top of the list for reasons why schools …show more content…
An article by Amanda Ripley states, “Player’s spend long hours practicing, and that commitment extends to the rest of the school- from late-night brand practices and pep rallies to meetings with parents” (11). Student’s focus particularly drifts away from learning throughout the tough football season (Ripley, 11). This illustrates that sports are interfering with academic skills during the class time given because athletes are possibly thinking about the big game later instead of other educational topics. For this reason, districts should cancel out all physical and extracurricular activity to save students from getting drawn away from