Sports Should Be Taken Away From Schools

A recent, yet controversial, the discussion has come up that sports should be taken away from schools. Studies have shown that numerous districts have gone bankrupt trying to support the athletics program. Therefore, schools should eliminate sports to save money, give students a chance to improve their academic performance and reduce injuries that students may pick up from sports. Some students put more effort into sports, instead of school, and that can affect the student’s academic performance. In a 2015 investigation conducted by Amanda Ripley, she asked a couple of exchange students what they thought of school sports, one said, “It was amazing to see how school wasn't just about the grades. In my home country, school is just for learning” (Ripley 1). More specifically, Amanda Ripley states, “In the world's smartest countries, school is about learning”, which means that she is trying to say that sports interfere with a student's academic performance (Ripley 1). This information should be recognized, because students put hard effort into these sports, get injured, or sometimes get nothing out of it when they could be using that time to focus on their academic’s. These are great ways to have a great future, also known as riding on the

According to Amanda Ripley, it states that a Premont, Texas high school was threatened to be shut down because of financial complications (Ripley 10). “As a solution, Superintendent Ernest Singleton made a brave move by canceling all the sports”, and by doing this, the district realized that they could save $150,000 in one year (Ripley 11). Sports can cause a great deal of financial frustration, and this information shows when the problem was addressed, the results came back looking positive. The evidence is clear, sports can cost more money than districts may have, which is a problem that can be easily