Why We Should After School Sports Be Banned In Schools

People have been debating whether to dispose of after school sports for many reasons. Some schools that have banned sports have saved thousands of dollars and students got higher test scores. Therefore, school districts should not have sports so they a can help cut costs for the district, improve student grades, and the fact that emphasis on sports has gone too far.

Schools across the U.S. have banned sports to increase their budgets and have succeeded. In Ripley’s article “Yes, It’s Time to Scale Back”a school district cut off all sports and saved about 150,000 dollars a year giving the district extra money for much needed supplies(10). “To cut the cost of school the district moved the middle school to the high school building” they renovated the area to suit their needs for a better establishment for students(9-10). Therefore all states of the U.S should stop sports programs to save money because of the fact that schools need the extra money. It is now apparent that schools should shut down sports to increase the amount of money for all districts.
“People spend long hours practicing, and that commitment extends to the rest of the school, which means that students are practicing for the game instead of doing their school work” (Ripley 10). When one school banned sports for good, they had a 30% increase in the school’s average grade level. Student’s grades are suffering from sports, schools should no longer have after school athletics. It is clear that all after school sports should no longer be so that all students can learn with their full attention on school