[ SECRET POST #3616 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3616 ⌋

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Re: Also a repeat from above, though with some more elabration

[(Anonymous)]

I heard something on NPR recently that academic scholarships are more numerous than athletic scholarships and the total amount of money available for them is greater. That means, statistically, any given child has a greater chance of getting an academic scholarship than an athletic one and it's more lucrative for kids to put their energy into academics if they want scholarships. It's not like you have to be valedictorian. I was not a straight-A student and had no minority status or hard-luck story, and yet the university I went to gave me a partial merit-based grant.

They also said that the way kids sports programs work, most kids don't actually get to play enough to get good. They spend too much time on the bench or in a bus riding to games and not enough time actually playing and practicing.

Re: Also a repeat from above, though with some more elabration

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah but the way kids sports programs are set up is stupid. They want to cover the social players and the wannabe pro players in one go, and often hook in the kids who wouldn't otherwise exercise too. Each of those groups has very different needs and wants as an outcome, and for the latter too you gotta make sure that all the kids get equal game time. The only way to serve the wannabe pro players is to get them dedicated lessons with high one-on-one coach interactions and lots of field time, and that means high fees or the city raising taxes. And they city can't raise taxes for sports alone, because everybody riots if the football team get more funding but the STEM and Arts subjects don't, so taxes gotta go way up.

Re: Also a repeat from above, though with some more elabration

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NAYRT
But why should our taxes cover someone getting the training to be a professional athlete over arts or STEM? I personally feel taxes should only go to sports to get kids off the streets, out of their houses, and engaged. It is not the city's responsibility to get kids ready to play pro sports. I only know tennis, but I know the USTA will give grants and help to kids who are good and need the extra coaching. It is organizations like that that should be spending the money to potentially make kids pro athletes. Not the cities through taxes. I would prefer libraries and museums and schools and pre-k and after school programs be funded by city taxes over pro sports training for kids. A million times over.