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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me it means bloated rosters with kids who will never see the field/court [/quote]

That's the glass half empty. Glass half full = kids have a built in way to make friends, experience being on team, be physically active and get all the benefits of sports. You don't have to be a starter to have a positive experience. [/quote]

If you're the 17th kid on a basketball team or the 19th on a soccer team, the you aren't getting a positive experience unless you really don't care about playing. I went to a school with a sports requirement and we had seniors have to come to games and sit in the stands because our roster was over the league limit. Some were ok with it, but some were miserable [/quote]

DP. And time is much better spent on academics and other pursuits in those situations.

My kids' school only has a one semester sport requirement for the whole 4 years to satisfy a PE requirement.

A lot of sports, like soccer, the top players are prohibited from playing high school soccer and some leagues like (ECNL) don't prohibit it but with the time constraint of the club and the great risk for injury-- a lot of kids will quit high school soccer or not play at all.[/quote]

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