I don't want to see women's athletics get the same degree of support as men's

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65. Do you honestly think

Do you honestly think that if you get rid of sports that will solve all of your other issues you mention? You think the jocks are the ones that cause all of the issues? Sorry but that isn’t really the case. The entirety of society isn’t the movie Nerds from the 80’s and there is a LOT more that goes into it starting with how the kids are raised and what we are teaching them. There are likely MORE kids not involved in sports that are likely to give someone a “wedgie”. They don’t have the consequence if being thrown off the team and lose everything they have worked for... And that does happen.

I really do not understand the negative fantasy of picking on kids that put in the time and effort to excel at something they love. Be it sports, arts, academia or whatever.

Somewhere in this thread there was a stat about band getting more scholarships than athletes. That is precisely why their celebrations and accolades are different. You can say that they aren’t congruent and that may be true but when 5 times as many kids are going off to college on a less expensive ride do we really need to complain about John y and Suzy being celebrated for achieving theor goals on the playing field? Come on...