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Originally Posted by Villages PL
What about Penn. where a school board member, Patty Saxton, complained that taxpayers shouldn't fund high school football? Are you saying she didn't know that football pays for itself? And she worried about expensive law suits; what would happen if someone was awarded multiple millions of dollars? Who would pay? If what you say is true, why didn't Rush point that out? Instead, he didn't address the issue of taxes at all, and didn't adddress the issue of injuries.
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If you actually read Richie's reference, you would have noted that she objected to football in publicly funded schools and made no reference to the costs or monies made from the sport. She also objected to other contact sports such as soccer. Since she objects to contact sports this would necessarily extend to not only football and soccer, but basketball, hockey, girls field hockey, lacrosse, cheerleading, etc as well.
What sports, if any do you believe should be played at public high schools? Apparently you would go along with chess, checkers and little else. No risk of injury and no taxpayer money. Can't you just hear the cheers for a double jump? If you believe some sports should be allowed, do you think students and parents should have a voice in their selection or is up to the superior wisdom of people such as yourself and Patty Saxton? If you can find a reference that shows that football at schools in the Eastern PA area does not pay for itself, please provide it.