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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]physical activity is important, but doing an organized physical activity is not  [/quote]

+100 My son loves soccer and I'm glad he does it because he enjoys it. I am under NO delusion that his soccer team experience is a life building skill and he should be guaranteed a C-suite job because of this.

The focus on sports is a throw back to the old tradition of the rich white guy that played on the football team, was a football star and then became CEO or senior level of a company. While most of these guys ended up selling mattresses, the stories of the congressmen or CEO's reminiscing about how their football days gave them the leadership skills to succeed created a powerful myth that fools still buy into today.

[b]White parents see sports as a path into popularity and success.[/b] It may have been this way in the manufacturing and managerial era but not in the Information Age. Nerds rule now. [/quote]

Yes! I see this all the time. Most parents have a desire for their child to be part of a group, and sports is the way to do it. [/quote]

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