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That is total speculation and I would guess totally false since standardized testing scores are higher for athletes also.

• Retric 13y ago
  Athletes are by definition reasonably healthy and healthy people are as a rule both more intelligent and do better at work / school than non healthy people. Further, athletes are required to have a minimum GPA which has both a positive and dramatic impact on testing scores. AKA compare everyone with everyone with a 2.0+ GPA and you will see a positive correlation. PS: You can correct for these factors, but it's far less common than you might think to do so as correlations are published more often than null results.
  • Zimahl 13y ago
    Completely anecdotal but I played two sports seasons out of three in high school and my grades were always better during those seasons. While I did see some students who weren't exactly killing it academically during those seasons, they probably wouldn't have done any better without.
  • skizm 13y ago
    > by definition reasonably healthy and healthy people are as a rule both more intelligent and do better at work / school than non healthy people Playing sports will make you healthier. Edit: also the whole holding student athletes to a higher standard (need to get a 2.0) makes them get better grades and do better on tests is kinda my point. School sports helps people do better in school and in life. Isn't that what people who are against sports want?
    • nitrogen 13y ago
      School sports helps people do better in school and in life. Isn't that what people who are against sports want? That only helps the athletes, while (at least in my high school) creating a stratified society where everyone else was treated as inferior.
      • skizm 13y ago
        Ah. Gotcha. Valid point. I think that is a school by school thing. Not much you can do about that unless the state starts mandating how individual schools glorify different student accomplishments.