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    its people and governance but never in the area of sports. Since its independence in 1965, education and sports have been instrumental in the nation building process. This approach is likely a deliberate attempt to build a national culture and identity in a multi-cultural society. Sports and education provides a unifying ground and equality of opportunities for citizens to strive for a better future as well as to bond with a common interest. Sports as a social unification instrument have been ironically

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    emphasis placed on sports and sporting activities. Every public school, middle and up, offers some sporting program, and most private schools do as well. The real issue at question is whether sports are affecting the education of students and young adults, who may have carried their sporting career into college. In general, people of all ages spend a lot of time both in person and on TV watching sports, not to mention those who are actively participating in the sporting event. With sports taking up most

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    known for their sports teams, and school spirit. But the question that parents and school officials are stumbling upon is, should school sports be scaled back? The article, ¨Yes! It's Time To Scale Back¨ by Amanda Ripley is about how cutting back on athletics would benefit the students and school community. The opposing article ¨No! Sports Are More Important Than Ever¨ by Tim O'Shei is about the effects of sports and how it is favorable to students. Cutting back on school sports could be helpful;

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    Keep Sports in School Ask a room full of healthy individuals what they had for dinner a few days ago and most likely not many hands will go up. But ask them for memories of competitive sports they played when they were younger and there will be stories about how they pitched for their school baseball or softball team, scored the winning touchdown or saved an important goal. Sports offer physical, psychological, academic, and social benefits. Sport participation conveys a numerous of physical

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    KIds Should play More Sports Minors should be more active with sports.A lot of my friends don’t play sports and all they do is play video games. Sports are a great thing to keep minors active.Sports can help us in a lot of different ways. There are more than half of the country of people that don’t play sports. “Students participating in one or more sports had an average GPA of 3.151.” (Sullivan) “ The impact of sports on Middle School Sports.” Kids being active fell from 69 to 62 percent between

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    Even though kids enjoy participating in sports, they can be harmful to them, and their grades. According to research, school sports have been a burden upon academic learning for decades. Therefore, schools should not have sports in order to raise district test scores, cut costs on athletic supplies, and support other key classes. Having more time to study for tests is crucial to help students improve their grades. “More than 20 nations have better district test scores than the United States alone”

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    have funded extracurricular sports programs for decades, but it’s debatable whether or not if it is a good idea. According to several studies, children who are physically active pay more attention in class and become better problem solvers. Therefore, schools should have sports programs in order to keep students active, give everyone an equal opportunity to play, and teach children how to be team players. As any coach knows, students who participate in after-school sports exercise more, and as a result

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    The sport agent profession has become one of the more intriguing professions to emerge as the sporting industry continues to expand. Most people may know of the profession from watching the famous film Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise. With the emergence of both the sporting industry and sport agent profession, many ideas about sport agents have evolved over time. There have been many questions regarding the way that sport agents conduct their business with athletes. Especially those on the collegiate

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    School sports can be very beneficial for children to participate in. It would be a good thing to give students the option on whether they want to join a sport or not. For many children, sports take up a big part of their life. School sports can help kids get their needed exercise to be healthy and they also teach important life skills. School sports are a constructive way for children to use their free time. For one thing, school sports allow children to get their needed physical activity to maintain

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    School sports are a good way for children to get active, and to expand their social life. However educational activities might be shades by the sports. But overall, sports should still be allowed to be participated in. Many of the children in educational activities might be upset that they do not get the recognition that they deserve, but that does not mean that the children playing sports should be punished. To begin with, The sport players do not deserve to get the opportunity of sports taken away

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