Pros And Cons Of Contact Sports

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Cons of contact sports

At Monticello Trails middle school, high contact sports have been a big problem for many students. There have been many cases of concussions in our school. In fact, numerous students have had to miss weeks of school due to them. Also parents put too much pressure on their kids. Many kids don’t have enough time for their schoolwork because of the 2 hour practices. Completely removing football would save students the trouble, pain and stress of being presented with a concussion.
Many students have suffered from dangerous injuries in school sports. The amount of concussions has tripled in the last decade (Pressure on teen athletes soars). These types of injuries are mainly found in sports like football and basketball. Some of the side effects of concussions are things like a headache, dizziness, memory loss, and more. This can lead to students missing school.
Countless athletes are being pressured to get a scholarship from their parents. This

pressure makes athletes become supercilious. In their mind they think they don’t need to study hard and get excellent grades because of scholarships. These athletes also think they need to be the best on the team to get a scholarship. So they don't pass the ball, attempt to score every touchdown, or make every shot to put the spotlight on them. Thus making their team hurt because of their selfish player. But little do they know, that only 6.4% of athletes get a scholarship. (Do athletes face unnecessary parent pressure.) Leaving these athletes waiting at the iron gates. While these issues are important, athletes can also be stressed about time.
When an athlete has an overwhelming schedule, it’s easy for them to become stressed out.

It’s hard for many athletes to juggle regular schoolwork, studying, practice for their sport, and remembering all of their plays at the same time (How much is too much?). Sports require a lot of dedication, as school sports often have practices every day of the school week, for 1-2 hours. This makes it harder for athletes to complete their schoolwork correctly, especially if they have other extracurricular activities, and can lower their grade and academic success. In addition to this, many coaches expect athletes to continue to train outside of practice, in the off-season. All of these things result in much less free-time, which can then result in stress, possible depression, and decreased grades in school. However, while some sports like football and basketball can end in severe injuries, pressure, and stress, there are other extracurricular and sports that students could do to fill some of their

free-time.
Sports provide a great thing to do in free-time, and some studies have shown that having one or more activities that require a lot of dedication can actually lead to better grades (How much is too much?). But sports are not the only activities that can occupy students. There are a lot of different activities that students can participate in that don’t generate as much stress, like Science Olympiad, STUCO, Battle of the Brains, or the play, as well as sports that don’t take up as much time or show as much risk for injury, like basketball, volleyball, cross-country, or track. In addition to any one of these things, we could also provide new activities for kids in our school, like a book club or more focus on personalized learning. Many of the activities available to students, mentioned above, would help increase grades and overall academic success, and could take the place of football for people who had played the sport before it was removed. However, even if we replace football with other activities, how would we replace the skills that students would’ve learned in this sport?
During football season the athletes develop many important skills and abilities that will assist them throughout life (Kids and sports). Some of these skills are patience, teamwork, confidence, reliability, sportsmanship, responsibility. You might think removing football and basketball might take away your opportunities, but you can learn all these skills in other sports, activities and clubs students can join to increase of learning these skills. A few of these include: the play, science olympiad, cross country, and many more. Students don’t just learn those skills in football. They can learn them almost anywhere else. You can learn sportsmanship in any sport such as basketball, volleyball, cross country, wrestling, and track. You can learn teamwork, patience, reliability, and responsibility in any of those sports and in the play, Science Olympiad, or any other of the activities mentioned in the paragraphs above.
Many people could ask how are we going to motivate athletes to get good grades if they aren't able to play their favorite sports? How would you make up for the scholarships that would be lost be cutting football from school sports (Do athletes face unnecessary parent pressure?)? Well, you can also get a scholarship for your intelligence and grades. This type of scholarship can help many less fortunate families get their kids in college for a cheap price. This should completely make up for the loss of athletic scholarships that a few people would get for football. In addition to this, it’s much easier to get an academic scholarship than an athletic one. Many sources disagree on the exact percentage of academic scholarships given out, but it is certainly much more than the percentage of athletic scholarships given out, especially for football.
At Monticello Trails middle school, high contact sports have been a big problem for many students. Students don't have enough time for homework with the 2 hour practices and some students are getting injuries from playing sports like football. Some students are pressured by their parents, which may make them do badly in school or they might not focus well school.These are some of the reasons that the school should remove football at Monticello Trails middle school.