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Public schools should not offer sports or athletic programs to students at all. CMV

Athletics cost schools thousands of dollars because they often entails hiring sub-par teachers for the sole purpose of coaching a school sport (at least at my high school and in my area), taking up more property than necessary for facilities and fields which require maintenance and construction, and most importantly providing athletes with unfair treatment and the sense that athletics are more important than academics.

Furthermore on a collegiate level, class spaces are occupied by athletes whom solely made it to college through athletics and are paid to take up space in classes where many students must pay more because of the price of athletics and scholarships.

Basically, school athletics are a huge waste of money and drag down academics at the same time.
gpt
First of all "academics" are not the sole purpose of school. School is to turn you into from little kid to a mature adult. Sports are a great way to built character, teamwork, and a work ethic, that no amount of school could give you. They help you form bonds with your team-mates and provide entertainment for the community.

Now to address your money concern, HS sports often make enough money from ticket sales and fund raisers to not only fund the athletics program but to ALSO help fund the academic facilities. This even more true on the college level.

Also as people have already pointed out, with obesity and health such a huge issue, we need to give students as much motivation as possible to get active.