Do you believe US Taxpayers should be paying for Public School Football?

Do you believe US Taxpayers should be paying for Public School Football?

(I do not)

 

Yes


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I agree with you but football is just too popular. It generates a huge amount of money that supports all the other sports in high school and colleges. It will take more of these old NFL guys to die early deaths and show CTE symptoms for people to notice.

 

I think this is a serious problem the way the game is played currently. If you can't get the American Pediatric Association's approval on some changes in the way the sport is played and practiced, I have to say no. We must look at ways to reduce the risk of brain trauma and make sure coaches are implementing them.

 

The vast majority of kids who play football suffer no long term brain injury. Playing from age 13 to 17 is not the same as playing in the NFL for 15 years.

Only a "pajama boy" would decry the violence of football and advocate for its demise.

 

My real issue comes from the fact that we are paying for a recreational sport that clearly does both short-term and long-term brain damage. Why are US taxpayers forced to pay for that? It's immoral and wrong and only acts as a "Right-Wing Sector financial column"

Why should US taxpayers have to foot that bill?

 

Much ado about nothing, I think. Every sport carries some risk of injury or even death with it, and whatever portion of our taxes go to supporting sports at public schools, it's bound to be small. However, I think it might be argued that sports get too much emphasis at schools, whether we're talking about K-12 or higher education. But then, pro sports are such a huge economic opportunity and force, and a hell of a lot of people take an interest in football and other sports even if they don't play themselves, at least at such a level, so I can understand the dynamic at work. Overall it's not a bad thing having sports at schools, and they have to paid for somehow.

Is there an alternative way to fund sports at public schools? Would an alternative provide the same result at the same quality?

 

That would be prudent, I'm sure.

 

Why do sports at public schools have to be funded at all?!


Why on Earth are US taxpayers funding in-school sports to begin with? Why are not only academic subjects taught, not ones that do brain damage?

This makes no sense. Why should you or me or anyone have to pay for another person to play football?

 

School sports couldn't exist without some kind of funding, obviously, and sports are a part of our culture and something that people enjoy, something that brings people together and is even educational in ways.

Why get so upset about it, anyway? I'll bet America is the most money-obsessed nation and culture that has ever existed.

 

There are a lot things our taxes pay for that offend me. But I pay taxes anyway.

There's nearly universal support for football. How many people don't want to fund high school football? 0.00001% of the population? Get over it.

 

Other, unless a activity is directly academic or trade related or cheap to run and has some merit (examples in order a botany club, an automotive club or a chess club) parents should ante up the funds for the uniforms, equipment, faculty time and all related costs for the activity this would mean all sports and some others if they fall outside of say a $100 to $1000 budget. But if you want football then pay for your child to be in it or get sponsors or charge sufficient admission or have the team work for the money.

 

High school brain injuries are more common among soccor players and cheerleaders than football players.

I will come back to this after work and find the source.

 

Yes.

 

Certainly. The school I attended was too small for a football team. But the school sponsored basketball paid by the taxpayer which I played.

 

What's just odd to me is that we, the taxpayer, are paying for other peoples kids to play football. Why exactly are we paying for other people to play sports?

Sports are fine but why should anyone be forced to pay for someone else to play them?

Why not just play it on your own time and your own money instead of everyone's money?

 

It's a local issue, not a "US taxpayer" issue. At least locally, besides the stadiums (which here were all built in the 1960s or 1970s), and coaches' stipends, most of the money for football (and other sports) is raised by booster clubs and ticket/parking sales. My oldest played football for a couple years in high school. He ended up giving it up for a new sport around here--lacrosse. All lacrosse got from the school district is coaches' stipends. Parents raised the rest. Other districts are different.

 

Problems could begin to develop during the high school years and only worsen as the kids grow. Lacrosse isn't much safer.

 

Yes.

 

And soccer is dangerous. Maybe we should just bubble wrap kids until they're 21.

I used to play tackle football without a helmet. And I rode my bike without a helmet while going off ramps like Evel Knieval.

 

It isn't always about the sport or the coaching. Some guys consider it a status thing to get as much of the other teams' colors on their helmets as possible. I played football as a tightend and played rugby where you got nothing but your smarts and a mouthpiece. I never suffered a head injury in either because I don't play stupid.

 

If you didn't develop any head injuries, that is good. However, others may not be so lucky. Soccer is not nearly as problematic for the head as is football and lacrosse. Football head injuries are an epidemic.

 

If the community wants sports in their schools then they accept the risk. I vote yes

 

It's just wrong simply put that hard-working US taxpayers are forced to pay for a sport such as Football that clearly causes short and long term brain damage in those who play it, even for a few years. The impacts are the same be it year one or year two.

Football is an extremely unhealthy game for the human brain and should be phased out of all tax-payer funded programs as it can easily be medically ruled to cause brain damage.

 

Not going to happen. Sorry.