Will you let your son play football?

[SheilaT]

48. I am very, very glad to hear this.

I was in high school in the 1960's. In Tucson, AZ. Twenty-something years later I was back living in AZ, in Phoenix now. As I said before, back when I was in h.s. there were reasonable minimal academic standards for any student in a sport. But now, in the mid-1980's, there was this huge uproar over whether or not kids in sport needed to be passing their classes. I was horrified, and wondered just when things had changed that much.

As you can tell from my earlier posts, I'm not a huge fan of most sports, but I also understand that it's different for everyone, and playing a sport can be precisely what will keep a particular kid in school. ESPECIALLY if the kid has to meet decent academic standards.

Thanks for your reply and clarification.