Past, Present, And Future

The belief that new facilities bring in better recruits was tested by the research into the subject. Although new facilities did attract more initial interest from recruits (Schneider, 2012) the final decision about which school to attend came down to other different factors. In the study of “The impact of Athletic Faculties on the Recruitment of Student Athletes” college athletic prospects were asked why they choose the college they did. With factors such as playing time, location, tradition, education, facilities, teammates, and school color to name a few, the results were as follows. Non-Scholarship athletes that had no option to receive finical aid from the school they planned on attending, like the ones in division III, had top five factors of 1) playing time, 2) social life, 3) Education, 4) Location and 5) Financial Aid. Not until after the top ten did weight room and locker rooms came into effect. In another study it was shown that scholarship athletes in Division I were motivated by completion and achievement, while in division III the main motivator to play was the “experience” or the social

The current trend in baseball park construction is a retro design, reminiscent of the early years, combined with modern technology. This trend, dubbed “The Construction Era” by Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated, is prominent in three new American League parks: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Jacobs Field, and The Ballpark at Arlington. The current idea for ballpark construction is to locate the retro style parks in the heart of urban areas. The whole movement was initiated by the construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and it’s radical new design concept.

And just saying guys, college loves when students get in all these activities, this means that kids really pride in something that they love so much. But, if you take this away from them, then they won’t get into the college that they want to. Kids need to do sports to be healthy, have fun, and follow their dreams. Don’t say I am wrong because I know the pros and cons of playing a sport. Yes, sports are easy and hard, you can get hurt while playing it, but if you love it and dedicate for yourself and others then you should do it. No mayor and school board should take this away from you and others. They want us to have a good education than to do something we love to do. They want us to worry more about school work then to worry about what we have to do outside of school. Kids need the sports to know that they have a talent in something and know that it's something that they love to do. Kids need education in sport right? Yes, yes they do. Kids should be able to go to a college for any activity that they are interested with and know that they love. In conclusion, no mayor or school board should take away a sport knowing that is what you want to do in life and

Many students participate in extracurricular athletics, but sports are not worth their extreme cost. Amanda Ripley, author of a Scholastic Scope article, states, “Maintaining a grass field can cost more than $20,000 a year” (11). She also says that during out of town games, schools provide transportation for teams, cheerleaders, band, meals, and hotels (Ripley 11). These facts reveal that extracurricular sports waste an outrageous portion of a school’s already quite limited budget and it is absolutely critical to put that money towards updating the campus and creating a better learning environment. Ultimately, if institutions don’t stop squandering their money on after school athletics, the future of education will be a grim one.

Disparity in the quality of facilities for boys’ and girls’ teams. The OCR found that the softball field is below the quality of the baseball field.

To start off, grass fields are still used to play soccer on today. In order to keep costs down, many schools or companies don’t perform tests on their fields. They may not think they need it, however, fields could become too hard to even make playing possible.

Some people might say that building an indoor baseball, softball, and football field is a waste of money and it would be too expensive. Each day people would have to pay a certain amount of money per hour they are there, or they could get a membership. If there are tournaments, the teams have to pay to enter them. Also Eldred could have fundraisers to earn money for the fields.

ACTIONS: Except track team sports are not using the stadium field. One conversation with Coach Perry centered around making it happen and 'its about time' in his words.

"Learn more about RFP mounds today, as they may be exactly what a team needs to improve their pitching staff. Any baseball team, from Little League on up, should consider this option, as baseball is meant to be fun. Injuries that are unnecessary may lead a person to leave the game forever, and this should never happen when an injury can be prevented. The mounds are designed to protect players while allowing them to get the practice they need," Perry

Colleges in the areas have soccer and that's very good because they are always looking for people to join the team. People would have an

349). In order to generate more money, Mr. Balboa should start a women’s field hockey team. Five schools that are private with total enrollment similar to Never Land have field hockey teams, with an average of 27 athletes on their rosters (N.A., 2016). These five teams generate an average of $240,907 in revenue for their schools (N.A., 2016). This extra revenue would help to decrease the deficit the Bells are currently in, but the athletic director would need to keep the scholarship totals the same for the whole department, so some sports would lose some scholarship money. Mr. Balboa would have to explain to each coach that in order to keep the department running they have to redistribute scholarship money more equally. Another way to generate more money is to add club sports. Club sports do not offer athletic scholarships, and have very little institutional financing and the players are the ones who handle all coaching duties (Pennington, 2008). By adding club teams, the school could increase their enrollment because an estimated two million students play club sports in the country, while 430, play varsity-level sports (Vitale, 2013). These teams would use the Bells facilities, and could be put under the athletic department’s umbrella so it would be more revenue generated by the

Sports teams are a symbol of a cities pride. Take for example the Chicago Cubs. They create a sense of loyalty toward that city. However, none of that would happen without a stadium. Stadiums and teams can play a very important role in a cities economy, or they could also be irrelevant. To decide whether or not they are useful or not you must first understand each side of the argument. So first, let’s examine the pros of having a stadium within your city. Then, we will discuss the harms of having one. And finally, decide which side is more beneficial for the economy.

Each of the  stadiums are funded in unique ways, communities do not benefit from new stadiums, and stadiums do not save a struggling downtown. Foremost, stadiums hurt public schools, and this money should be used for more important public services.  There are many  reasons we subsidize sports, but stadiums do not help the economy, and there are no net benefits from stadiums.  Teams strive for new stadiums to create an image,  but there are  options so that a community will not loose a team to another city without building a new stadium.

The article explains that sports dictate when the school day should begin so there is more practice time for teams after school (Ripley 11). A former student from Premont states that “there was all this extra time” and “you never get behind on work” (Ripley 11). This shows that even the students from the high school agreed that with no athletic programs, they had more time to work on assignments. This is a significant change to what schools would be getting if they had school sports.

Unfortunately, these arguments contain bad economic reasoning that leads to overstatement of the benefits of stadiums. Economic growth takes place when a community's resources--people, capital investments, and natural resources like land--become more productive. Increased productivity can arise in two ways: from economically beneficial specialization by the community for the purpose of trading with other regions or from local value added that is higher than other uses of local workers, land, and investments. Building a stadium is good for the local economy only if a stadium is the most productive way to make capital investments and use its workers.