Varsity Athletes

Students in a varsity sport should be exempt from gym. Varsity athletes have their sport almost everyday after school, and on the weekends. They play a sport for all 4 seasons with intense and vigorous training. By already being on a Varsity sports team you are already in shape and have to exercise outside of school. It is to much to have a gym class then go to a sports practice right after school to work out even more. Pat Alfiero a junior at Exeter said that students should be able to drop their gym class for a study hall, “The life of a teenager is hectic enough with trying to balance classes, participating in extracurricular activities and planning for the future. Throw sports into the mix and you have one over-scheduled life.” By having …show more content…
Gym classes in high school are very intense and can be too much for hard working athletes. Many students have gotten concussions, sprained ankles, and many other injuries in school gym class. According to MugsMedia, gym class causes more injuries than any other sport, which sets back their sports training. A sports team coach stated in decades of him doing his job almost every injury he hears about is from gym class, it is a major key point in holding athletes back from playing on their sports team. “Believe it or not in the three decades I have been doing this gig I have heard horror stories of student-athletes getting injured in gym class, changing the course of their season and their respective team’s season.” If the one major quarterback gets a sprained ankle from running and doing activities in gym class and therefore cannot play, then the whole team is affected and the set up for the next upcoming game has to be completely readjusted. It has recently been reported in “The Record of Hackensack that Cresskill High School in Bergen County” is implementing a new piloted program for juniors who play sports to bypass gym class. According to the report, “The aim of the program is to reduce stress students feel when balancing time and energy for both schoolwork and sports. The report states that schools in Mahwah, Summit, Chatham, Lyndhurst, Paramus, Morristown, Montclair, Haddonfield, Bridgewater-Raritan and Watching Hills allowed or currently allowed student-athletes to skip gym class.” The new program gives students many different options when choosing their classes and figuring out what is best for them on if they need to take a gym class or not.” Head workers at Creskill School District is explaining that if students want to not take a gm class they have to complete an educational project by following the directions and rules of their district. They also