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Buckeyeblue

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4. The problem really is that sports in high school gets the attention that it does

Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:06 AM

Oct 2021

The parents of athletes tend to be the most vocal and critical. Too many think their kids have more talent than they do. They bitch more about their kids playing time and the coaches than they do class sizes. And the kids that play sports get treated differently than those who don't. There is an air of privilege.

I played sports in HS. I've seen it first hand. It still goes on at my son's high school. He's not interested in sports (which I'm fine with). But he sees it.

I'm not sure sports should be part of school. True physical education should be. I think the academic benefits of sports have been overly exaggerated. If we put the energy and effort into improving reading skills, math skills and getting kids excited about science (everyone should be excited about science) we would be better preparing our kids to be part of this world economy.

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Yet Another High School Football Team Sexual Assault Hazing [View all] MineralMan Oct 2021 OP

I wonder how the coaches are involved. viva la Oct 2021 #1

I don't know. The school has cancelled the football season. MineralMan Oct 2021 #2

"Think of the athletes"!..We're are thinking of them -- as violent perverts. whathehell Oct 2021 #6

I'm more concerned with the perpetrators being psychopaths, really. MineralMan Oct 2021 #8

I understand..but you might ask why sex is considered "humiliating? whathehell Oct 2021 #14

Because they treat them like girls and women who nee3d to be demeaned obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #17

So "girls" are, by definition, low status, low grade beings whathehell Oct 2021 #19

Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #24

Happy with that, are you? whathehell Oct 2021 #32

What?..No more badass, one word confirmations? whathehell Oct 2021 #33

I understand..but you might ask why sex is considered "humiliating? whathehell Oct 2021 #15

It's a cult-ure in which, well, one thing leads to another Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #3

The problem really is that sports in high school gets the attention that it does Buckeyeblue Oct 2021 #4

Sports are very popular. So much so that fans and parents often MineralMan Oct 2021 #5

Yes. We revere athletes and call scientists fakes. Buckeyeblue Oct 2021 #7

Yes, exactly. And academics were even less noticed. MineralMan Oct 2021 #9

The sports people don't understand why all kids don't want to play sports Buckeyeblue Oct 2021 #34

Yes, that seems to be true. MineralMan Oct 2021 #35

"We" don't do that, "they" do that. whathehell Oct 2021 #31

From what I understand, this was more bullying than hazing. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #10

Well, it can be called whatever you like. MineralMan Oct 2021 #11

I think it's an important distinction that has a lot to do with how the story is hitting people. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #13

They want to demean and control them by rape obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #16

Underage girls, yes, but the boys are also underage FakeNoose Oct 2021 #12

It's also underage boys initiating it, no? whathehell Oct 2021 #18

Parents tend to trust teachers and coaches. MineralMan Oct 2021 #21

I wonder if anyone has studied the prevalence of these atrocities thucythucy Oct 2021 #20

I also opted out of gym class in my senior year, but MineralMan Oct 2021 #22

Can you doubt it? If there were money to be made, I'd try to Hortensis Oct 2021 #23

Football and Wrestling. Dawson Leery Oct 2021 #25

do they relize they can be charged with rape? This happened in my home town many years ago.. samnsara Oct 2021 #26

this starts and ends with coaching stopdiggin Oct 2021 #27

That's very true. Sadly, most of the coaches, especially in football MineralMan Oct 2021 #28

and for far too long 'boys will be boys' stopdiggin Oct 2021 #29

Agreed. MineralMan Oct 2021 #30

Man remember the good old days when kids were just shoved into lockers? Initech Oct 2021 #36

I never saw that happen, actually. MineralMan Oct 2021 #37