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Cris (without an H)@ambignostic.bsky.social |
It is honestly amazing that no school district has moved yet to remove football. Any student injury is bad, but it kind of feels like brain damage is directly antithetical to the core mission of a school
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grollen
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Unfortunately the core mission of many school sports is money.
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Daniel Feldman
@dfeldman.bsky.social
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at my high school at least, EVERY SINGLE FREAKING KID thought they were going to get an athletic scholarship, mostly for football or basketball and each year, a few did ... (vast majority didn't) but, most didn't actually understand that they wouldn't likely be studying all that much
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@mhkmhk.bsky.social
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The effect being so much later in life means the schools don't need to care
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social
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Absolutely right
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DaveAnthony
@daveanthony.bsky.social
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They don't want to lose students.
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Mayor of the Moon
@moonmayor.bsky.social
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High-school sports is a weird big business. From the company that supplies the uniforms, balls, and other football accessories. They also get a lot of free things from Gatorade. And lots of grants for sports too. It's a real racket
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Pocket Cindy
@pocketcindy.bsky.social
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Parents wouldn't allow it.
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felonious squid
@iron-squid.bsky.social
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years ago I read a book that expressed they thought it likely that eventually American football would become niche. They said they thought would happen by modern NFL players showing more and more signs of causing long-term damage (maybe even one dying on the field) ...
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