[justjim]

As mentioned in this Thread only about 1% of those who play sports make it to the professional sport level or D1 level. What about the other 99%? In some respect, aren’t we creating an artificial expectation in relying on sports for future income and employment for these students? Having said that, being able to play at the high school level does keep some in
School that otherwise might dropout.
Education is associated with lower poverty rates.

When a country has an educated workforce it tends to be more productive thus increasing the GDP of the country. As Joe Friday use to say “sorry, they’re just the facts.”