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AAU: The Issue Of Restrictions Over School Sports

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Introduction “Only 8% of high school athletes go to the next level.” There are very few kids that will pick a school sport over a travel/AAU sport. A sport of choice is anyone's decision, but who you play for could be a big factor. Kids from all around the world play travel sports trying to improve on specific skills. This could lead kids into not playing for their own high school team, but going and playing for someone trying to gain recognition or get a higher level of competition. The cycle of kids abandoning their team for a travel team needs to stop; it is taking away from the community as a whole and MHSAA should issue restrictions against students choosing travel leagues over school sports.
Background
Noteably, AAU stands for Amateur Athletic Union, and they were founded on January 21, 1888. Their founder, James E. Sullivan, was very fond of athletics and wanted to provide an outlet for young athletes to have a higher platform for them to get better competition. As of now, the Amateur Athletic Union has over 700,000 participants, coaches and athletes in just the …show more content…

Personal opinions don’t really take account in this, there was a precedent set before travel teams became mainstream like they did, go to play for your school and represent the name on the front of your jersey, and nothing else. Admittedly, AAU sports offer an unfathomable amount of potential, one of the few faults they admit is allowing athletes to play during their season, or during another season where they could be essential to the team. Children are so indecisive these days that they don’t know when to pick between one sport or another, if they are even playing sports as it is, some kids that should be athletes choose their studies over playing a sport, understandable, but

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