What Ms. Paxton did say was that she objected to football being played in taxpayer funded schools. She did not say that she objected to taxpayer money being spent on football. Unless you have another source, please do not extend her objection to football being played in publicly funded schools to taxpayer funding of football. An entirely different thing. You invented this claim out of whole cloth and need to back it up or admit you cannot. I doubt you'll do either since you keep trying to avoid the issues.
What other sports? If spending of taxpayer money is part of the issue as you contend, then THIS IS THE SUBJECT. Stop trying to avoid the issue of taxpayer funding of sports in public schools. The same applies to your next comment.
You did clearly answer that students and their parents should not have a voice in the matter of sports to be selected, but rather that it be determined by, "taxpayers and their representatives." Students have no voice and instead of direct parental involvement you favor determination by government. Local, State or Federal? What are you favoring?
Your 'knowledgeable school board member' did not make the assertion that football does not pay for itself. This was your claim and again I ask you for proof of your assertion.
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