That's a nice anecdote. In the real world, though, athletics keep at-risk kids in school and trying to get grades because they want to play and need to make sa

That's a nice anecdote. In the real world, though, athletics keep at-risk kids in school and trying to get grades because they want to play and need to make satisfactory progress in order to do so. Athletics have helped a ton of kids grow into prosperous adults because it kept them invested in their educations until they realized that it's what they needed to do anyway.