FBWatcher Wrote:
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> >
> > Ask yourself this, will football help you in
> the
> > job market?
> >
> > The joke will be on your kids when the best
> they
> > can do is McDonalds after Asian and European
> > companies take over. Sure, school is not as fun
> > there, but they deliver on education.
>
>
> Once again the jackass speaks. There are many
> studies that show a direct correlation with
> participation in HS sports and success in life. It
> took about three seconds to find this article in
> Forbes
>
http://fortune.com/2014/06/19/high-school-sports-b
> usiness-cornell-job-market/
> - there were many more.
>
> BTW HS athletes also do significantly better in
> GPA - about a 1/2 point difference in NOVA.
Once again, Biff shows his ignorance. The article contains numerous disclaimers.
Also, if sports are SO valuable, why don't leading schools such as Harvard and Yale place more emphasis on them? There is a whole world of education out there beyond Virginia Tech and 'Bama, you know.