If we dump football from High school and put History, Geography and ethics in what would be the results?

Question

Would we save money on taxes and get better educated young people?

yes, Geography is gone and History and ethics is unknow subject to teens. An Football won't help obesity they want big fat boys, take a look. And it does cost the tax payers money, in many districts and states.

Answer 1

For the most part all of the above. I think too much money and focus is thrown into sports programs.

But I wouldn't dump it all together. My oldest has been a straight A student all through school. His extra curricular activities have been limited to math club, robotics and other academic clubs. He decided to go out for football his freshman year.

He learned a lot and became extremely fit. It also boosted his self esteem quite a bit as he wasn't as bad as he thought he'd be. He learned he is very fast and has decided to go out for track.

I think maybe a good start in getting better educated young people would be to make the requirements for better grades to play sports a little tougher and without exceptions.

Also, limit the money spent. High school students don't need multi million dollar sports complexes. I think the money would be much better spent paying our teachers more to teach our children to be prepared for college and the real world.

Answer 2

Is this a real question? Have History and geography actually been taken out? It shouldn't be an either/or, sports vs academics. When I went to high school, one year of PE was mandatory. After that, it was elective and there were different sports we could choose from. We had lots of academic choices too.
I don't really see the need for controversy. Adding intro to logic would be nice but college-aged kids have a hard enough time with logic and ethics. Perhaps adding an AP symbolic logic to a math dept?
These days athletic depts don't drain school budgets because they are sponsored by clubs and businesses.

Answer 3

No, football does not cost the taxpayers that much more than any other athletic event does. Should we dump swimming, gymnastics, track, basketball, etc. too? My high school had football; taught Geography, History and had ethics courses. We could save money by firing bad teachers and would get better educated people as a result of that action.

Answer 4

No football... are you kidding? With obesity as rampant as it is you want to get rid of a sports program. There are many ways that a sports program can even be used to make money. Eliminating sports is not the answer. Higher standards for those participating in sports programs is a better answer. Funny thing about the subjects you chose.. in many schools those subjects are taught by the coaches. Cut spending in other ways.

Answer 5

Actually, the schools should offer tennis, golf and bowling in place of football....something people might actually do after the age of 40.....don't see too many 60 year olds playing football, but they sure play golf.

Answer 6

just another question asked by some former nerd who went through high school without any reason to like football or the fact that other people like it

Answer 7

Oh , lets try and see what happens . We might just teach
our kids some manners and other subjects worth while .

Answer 8

everyone's gonna come over and kick your @$$, including me. football and basketball are the reasons i even like school.

Answer 9

If you read my post here:

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgMx_B39mD_GHaY0VShlGbHAFQx.?qid=20061126164425AAgVQcs

Maybe this is kind of what your asking. There is no gain if no one is willing to learn these subjects.