Re: Herndon and Mclean Football Head jobs
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oh please has it wrong
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Date: December 07, 2013 02:06AM
Actually - oh please, high school sports make a lot of sense. It is a great opportunity to learn focus, commitment, teamwork, toughness, and above all competitiveness. The last factor is especially important because the schools sure don't competititiveness, which has the affect of boring most boys half to death.
I do speak from experience. I was a NCAA Div. 1 All American on scholarship at a highly ranked academic school. Yes, the scholarship was nice coming from a poor single mother home, but college athletics rarely make much sense. I did well academically and in graduate school, but the college athletic gig merely extended my adolescence and was an unwelcome detour. College athletics was a job; my high school exploits and accomplishments were undertaken for my teammates and the spirit of competition.
This doesn't mean that criticism of high school sports in the vein that they are taken too seriously is out of bounds. Sports are taken too seriously. But sports at the high school level, particularly if properly conducted, add quite a bit of value. There is a value to developing mentally tough, disciplined and competitive young people.