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“The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley presents the idea that High- School sports should be shut down so students and teachers can focus on academics.

She explains that High Schoolers are more focused on sports than academics which causes students to be less academically successful. “The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley asserts that High School Sports should be, ban to improve the academic success of students.

“The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley incorrectly portrays that shutting down sports will lead to students being more academically successful because the students are helped by the sports they play. Students who play sports often benefit from their sports socially and academically.One example is,”A survey conducted by the Minnesota State High School League in 2007 and reported by the NFHS found that the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a student who was not involved in athletics had an average GPA of 2.68. The survey also showed that student athletes missed less school than their non-athlete counterparts, with a total of 7.4 days missed and 8.8 days missed, respectively” (Chen).This shows that students who play sports get higher grades and attend school more often than those who don’t. Additionally, Instead of hurting the student-athlete academically it actually helps them. However, Student-Athletes may benefit from sports the nonathletes actually suffer from sports because the school funding. Ripley states “Football at Premont cost about $1,300 a player. Math, by contrast, cost just $618 a student.” This shows that High Schools spend more money on sports than they do on school. Sports end up hurting the average student because the one that and should be spent on academics because that is school is meant for, is being spent on sports. Many think that high school sports harm students and student athletes, at first glance this seems reasonable because the focus would be taken off of academics. However, many studies show that student athletes are benefiting academically from sports. Playing sports and being a student makes it so the students have to learn how to divvy up their time. “The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley incorrectly portrays that high school sports are a waste of money because Many studies show that there are multiple benefits to them.