The Sick World of Youth Sports

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        • Vern Gambetta
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          Vern Gambetta on November 2, 2008 at 1:59 am #14992

          This article made me sick to my stomach. What are we doing to our kids? What happened to education? I am interested in your reaction, maybe I am missing something here. Last weekend I saw a terrific special on ESPN called Black Magic, a four hour film on the African-American influence on the game of basketball. It was riveting, for me to sit for four hours and watch anything is an undertak

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          pugetsoundhound on November 4, 2008 at 1:42 am #73980

          What about the sad state of physical education for the average student? I was shocked when my high school son had to decide between art and phys ed. When he did get into phys ed, it was 3 days per week! The plethora of high academic acheivers with sedentary lifestyles is also not pretty.

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