Again, no one is saying that you have to compete in Middle School and High School sports. If the inherent value of participating on a school team sport is not worth the sacrafice of giving up your elite club teams then more power to you.

In fact, the legislation would probably just prefer to get these non-academic activities off of their dime anyway. Don't be surprised when you all get your wish and we eliminate school sports all together, go to the "European model" which I am sure many of you seem to want. If there is no point to having a school team because we have clubs available, then why bother offering them at all. The more we discredit and devalue our scholastic teams, the easier it will be to eliminate them all together. Again, your participation on the school team may not help you, but it does help your school community.

I am surprised more of you don't realize this.