Football Cuts Article...This is going to be bad

[Welpe]

Is it your math or your typing that's off by a factor of 10?   

You have to forgive him, he is a backjudge and all...

[Joe Stack]

The drop-out rate will increase, simply because athletics is the only thing keeping some kids in school.

I don't buy this for several reasons. The kids that are going to drop out simply don't put ANY effort into their work -- school or athletics related. With no pass no play, they won't be on the field/court long enough to make a difference. Do those kids drop out of school after 6 weeks on the football team?

The same argument was made regarding no pass no play -- if we enforced it, the drop out rate would increase. That didn't happen.

fact is that those bean counters don't really care if those kids drop out or not.

Nowhere near the truth. The school districts need students -- any body will do -- for revenue from the state.

[ETXZebra]

The same argument was made regarding no pass no play -- if we enforced it, the drop out rate would increase. That didn't happen.

That didn't happen because it wasn't enforced.  Many athletes move from football to basketball and then to either baseball and track.  Too many districts never lose any to grades, but have very few who could qualify for the next level.  We've all seen athletes who could learn plays and put forth 100% on the field and are getting passed in the classroom with no effort.  Until no pass no play is strictly enforced, we'll never know.

[Arbitrator]

Nowhere near the truth. The school districts need students -- any body will do -- for revenue from the state.

 

I still stand by my observation that the bean-counters, who are usually contracted from CPA firms to give the school districts the bottom-line projections, still don't care about the students. They're going to get their contracted fee from the school district no matter what! Now the admin. people from the school districts definitely care because their lofty salaries are somewhat contingent upon those state and federal monies coming in. But the bean-counters: No way!   

[Joe Stack]

Not sure what your point is, then, since the bean counters you speak of don't make policy for the district. Who cares whether they are concerned about the dropout rate or not?

I wonder if we'll see schools allowing more 8 minute quarters and more liberal start on ready situations so there are fewer bus runs for JV teams.

[Arbitrator]

 

I really feel that the well-heeled school districts will continue to have the 7th Grade A, B, and C games and the multi-tiered subvarsity high school schedules. Those more financially secure school districts will continue to use TASO officials to call those games. But when "push" ultimately comes to "shove", then we'll, no doubt, see them circumvent the officials and conscript their coaches/teachers to officiate those games for little to no compensation. For the more financially strapped districts, you'll see that 7th Grade C game mysteriously just go away, and probably all but the JV and Varsity will be called by the coaches. It's just simple economics on their part~ it's the only viable way that they can afford to get those games in!