Should School Sports Get Paid?

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For some time, schools have been debating whether they should get rid of sports to help students improve their education. Many studies have found that schools that provide after school athletics are shown to have a lower academic rate. Therefore, school sports should be cut off because they are a distraction from school work, cost a great deal of money, and cause fatigue.
Many student athletes know that their extra-curricular sports may take away from their education. According to the article “Should your school get rid of sports?”, Amanda Ripley states that schools might get closed down due to “academic failures”. Also in that same article she also says that in response to the threat, the principal cut off school sports (Ripley 10). School

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