Letter to the Editor: Sports

Dear Editor,

Since the beginning of our public school brainwashing, we have all been forced into playing sports. Random protests to this are greeted with such replies as “It will build teamwork” or “You need the exercise.” But how can something that forces competition be good for us?

Let’s examine some common knowledge. There are always some students, the “jocks,” who excel at sports and plan their whole lives around them. Then there is the entire community who also takes part in this: the cheerleaders, the devoted fans, even the moms who prepare meals for the athletes.

In school there are even monstrous “pep rallies,” designed only for the sole purpose of getting people more obsessed with athletics. By why does every school system set aside entire days for this purpose?

Recently, the answer has become very clear to me. If everyone is preoccupied with fighting their neighbors, then any nefarious government plot will go un-noticed. The whole idea of sports is to get the entire populous to become so obsessed that they completely overlook serious problems. Essentially, the government wants people to fight each other, rather than fighting the system.

So what can we do to stop this? Although it may seem that there is nothing that can be done, there are several options. First of all, you can refuse to participate in Phys. Ed. class. It just takes one person not caring to make everyone else realize the pointlessness of the class. And remember, the next time you want to go see a game, imagine the economy you are feeding.

Sincerely,

Quinten Marsh (‘11)

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