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Fri Jan 25, 2013, 06:58 AM

Live and Learn (1,465 posts)

1. Good. Time to place sports back where they belong

as a fun exercise for all and to remember that they are just games.

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100 replies	Author	Time	Post
Schools must provide sports for disabled, US says [View all]	IDemo	Jan 2013	OP
Good. Time to place sports back where they belong	Live and Learn	Jan 2013	#1
^^This!^^	LeftofObama	Jan 2013	#4
You are completely right!	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#72
Exactly! "Sports" have become the "bread and circuses" distraction from a society in decline.	DailyGrind51	Jan 2013	#80
I'm not sure what this may imply in the future?	glowing	Jan 2013	#2
Perhaps districts or regions can pool resources to have consolidated teams?	Bibliovore	Jan 2013	#16
That's okay, if you have perhaps 4 or 5 districts close to each other.	Igel	Jan 2013	#82
But is it right for a district to have 20 sport teams that NO special ed kids can play on? Public	DonRedwood	Jan 2013	#19
If you look at a budget of resources, and having a mom	glowing	Jan 2013	#39
I'm torn as well, but not in the same way.	Butterbean	Jan 2013	#52
Yes u r, in my mom's school (she's a teacher)	glowing	Jan 2013	#56
no one in a wheelchair is going to be allowed onto a field to play soccer or a court to play basketb	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#50
I believe the poster meant	enlightenment	Jan 2013	#53
teams made up of players from multiple schools	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#55
Yes,	enlightenment	Jan 2013	#70
Thank you, that's what I meant.. AND I'm trying to take an outlook on a rural region.	glowing	Jan 2013	#68
I meant within a mixed event. It would be dangerous to have	glowing	Jan 2013	#54
The analogy here is not the Special Olympics but the Paralympics	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#57
What is your point? I'm talking about costs and actual logistics in implementation on school	glowing	Jan 2013	#67
The article would be saying both are entailed. n/t	Igel	Jan 2013	#83
YES!!	pissedoffliblgimp	Jan 2013	#95
Actually, there was at least one more	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#99
This should produce a lot of athletic scholarships for disabled students.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jan 2013	#3
I'm slightly torn on this one	leftynyc	Jan 2013	#5
Agreed.	revolution breeze	Jan 2013	#13
I agree. There isn't enough money as it stands for the educational part of school. These	DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav	Jan 2013	#36
Sounds great, but I can't help but be suspicious.	Chef Eric	Jan 2013	#6
this is a joke or....	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#7
I think it's possible.	Remmah2	Jan 2013	#17
i`m fully aware of the special olympics and their purpose	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#49
"i guess those bloated high school football programs will be taking a hit....."	Bay Boy	Jan 2013	#78
Awesome news!	littlemissmartypants	Jan 2013	#8
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#9
All laws signed by REPUBLICAN presidents...Nixon, Ford, & GHW Bush	alp227	Jan 2013	#27
And your point is?	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#29
In this age, Right wingers would call this Arne Duncan directive "COMMUNISM"	alp227	Jan 2013	#32
"Free appropriate public education"	Igel	Jan 2013	#85
Let's see .... we don't have enough money for arts education, so let's add more costs.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#10
WTF?	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#33
The disabled are not too costly for me.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#40
you said it's too expensive for them to have sports	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#42
You make me sick.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#44
then why did you post the decision as if it were a way to take money away from schools?	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#45
I think the point they were trying to make is the fact that its going to cost money and	cstanleytech	Jan 2013	#66
It's time to make school sports all inclusive vs exclusive	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#11
Let's do the same with college and pro sports too	postulater	Jan 2013	#12
I seriously think that would be a great thing to do	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#75
the realitiy is this	Celebration	Jan 2013	#14
the janitors and teachers salaries....	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#15
Already been done darling. Next cut? And special sports means special equipment	MichiganVote	Jan 2013	#73
I'm for it	coldbeer	Jan 2013	#18
We should do something like Europe and have seperate sports clubs instead.	Crowman1979	Jan 2013	#20
Swell idea! And it has been done before...	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#21
The result of this will be schools drastically cutting athletic departments.	geek tragedy	Jan 2013	#22
I am surprised by some of the comments here considering the 'progressive' leanings of	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#23
Well, not every "progressive" idea can realistically work.	alp227	Jan 2013	#28
NCLB. Promoted and signed by a Republican president.	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#31
Absolutely. And cosponsored by the sheltered scion of an archcapitalist dynasty.	Igel	Jan 2013	#86
unfunded mandates? can we cut the Republican terminology?	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#34
so we can't afford to give the disabled rights	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#89
I think it's the fixation on teams and leagues that's a problem	starroute	Jan 2013	#24
My school had less than 500 kids,	hughee99	Jan 2013	#35
Why can't you find a sport those two can join that already exixsts	pissedoffliblgimp	Jan 2013	#96
For a school that offers only 5 boys sports	hughee99	Jan 2013	#100
Cancel all sports. My kids hike and play outside. Where's my subsidy. Sports should	iiibbb	Jan 2013	#25
Did you forget the "sarcasm" smilie? Actually, I probably know	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#26
Thank you... have a nice day.	iiibbb	Jan 2013	#38
Go attack this secret republican	iiibbb	Jan 2013	#41
Lastly	iiibbb	Jan 2013	#43
It did not occur to me. So I checked. You may be in RKBA to argue policy but	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#59
Thank you...	iiibbb	Jan 2013	#62
So true!	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#65
IMO youth sports should be funded by local governments, not schools	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#47
Local governments don't have	Bay Boy	Jan 2013	#79
+1,000,000,000,000	Dawson Leery	Jan 2013	#77
Got me thinking about the Friday Night Lights character handicapped by football injury.	alp227	Jan 2013	#30
Here it the Actual Department of Education web site notice on this	happyslug	Jan 2013	#37
Good in principle, but in reality this is just another unfunded mandate...	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#46
Some of us might actually be good, you know	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#51
Two things	Blackjackdavey	Jan 2013	#48
A lot of us at DU love sports	OKNancy	Jan 2013	#64
Positive Example Gallaudet University	Lesmoderesstupides	Jan 2013	#58
The Gallaudet football team invented the huddle -- an example of how...	Recursion	Jan 2013	#60
Gallaudet football team had some really good players that would have gone to the NFL	Lesmoderesstupides	Jan 2013	#61
Not because they want to..	pissedoffliblgimp	Jan 2013	#92
Thank you for siting a good example. And welcome to DU!	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#63
A Wonderful Use	RobinA	Jan 2013	#69
Right. We'll get right on it. Another mandate without money.	MichiganVote	Jan 2013	#71
This should help with the rural area's	One_Life_To_Give	Jan 2013	#74
Perhaps it is time to place sports activity into clubs, not in the schools.	Dawson Leery	Jan 2013	#76
+1	Crowman1979	Jan 2013	#84
Thank you for the support.	Dawson Leery	Jan 2013	#87
That will probably help our obesity epidemic, the largest health crisis facing the nations youth.	Exultant Democracy	Jan 2013	#88
If you watch south park,	alp227	Jan 2013	#81
I'm not quite sure how this will work in smaller school disctricts	Marrah_G	Jan 2013	#90
I was disabled and have the same questions.	Trascoli	Jan 2013	#94
Happy dance	pissedoffliblgimp	Jan 2013	#91
I was disable in High School	Trascoli	Jan 2013	#93
Separate leagues, eg: football, cheerleading, band,	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jan 2013	#98
More I think about it..	pissedoffliblgimp	Jan 2013	#97

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