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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Audio of the first meeting is here: 
https://dme.dc.gov/page/dc-sports-review-study[/quote]

Their finding are idiotic.  Lots of focus on baseball as a high school sport.  The notion that DCPS kids — who don’t grow up playing baseball outside of upper NW and don’t play travel —- will be national standouts is laughable.

If anything, high school sports would be dramatically improved by more indoor basketball courts.  
DCPS elementary kids play games in their lunchroom at some schools.  For high school kids, the struggle for gym space is unbelievable. [/quote]

The premise was idiotic so it's not surprising the findings were idiotic. They're really not doing the vast majority of kids any favors by leading them to believe that professional athletics is a viable career path. They may as well have classes in picking lottery numbers.

Sports are great for kids, but they should be focusing on creating more opportunities for participation. [/quote]

I watched the video, and what struck me was that the emphasis was much more on adults than kids -- increasing salaries, creating more positions, making part-time positions full-time.  There was never any evidence presented that there are vast numbers of DC kids who are on the cusp of turning pro, the only thing holding them back is that the AD at their school is part-time and their coach is underpaid. It seems that in fact the opposite is true, if kids have talent the opportunities find them. [/quote]

THIS.  There are so many adults hungry to have found the next phenom that even moderately talented kids get, if anything, too much attention by high school.  My moderately talented kid had coaches telling him that he was going to go high D1 in basketball from 8th grade on, and in high school he had parents from Maryland publics and privates (not the top ones, but still) trying to convince him to transfer out of DCPS.  One Maryland coach even offered to fake and address for him so he could pretend to be in boundary.   And he was not a superstar.  High school kids do not need more of that. [/quote]

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