Comments on: Sophomore Sports to be Cut at all Chicago Public Schools http://northandclark.net/2010/03/sophomore-sports-to-be-cut-at-all-public-school/ Interviews, Chicago, and Whatever else We Want Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leigha Barth http://northandclark.net/2010/03/sophomore-sports-to-be-cut-at-all-public-school/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Leigha Barth Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:43:09 +0000 http://northandclark.net/?p=1213#comment-799 I appreciate you for this fantastic post. Together with the world cup coming around your are starting to get much better articles on sports around the world. Continue the good work please. The web needs it. I appreciate you for this fantastic post. Together with the world cup coming around your are starting to get much better articles on sports around the world. Continue the good work please. The web needs it.

]]> By: Ted Hessing http://northandclark.net/2010/03/sophomore-sports-to-be-cut-at-all-public-school/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Ted Hessing Tue, 25 May 2010 14:35:51 +0000 http://northandclark.net/?p=1213#comment-798 I remember when my highschool went on austerity - all sports were cut (unless you had a $250 fee) as were many AP classes. Lab equipment, especially materials, was non-existant. As a 3 sport freshman athlete a $750 charge was formidible. I played soccer with the savings from summer lawn mowing. Winter track was postponed as I built a successful snow shoveling business that ultimately paid for spring track (and led to many more lawn mowing accounts.) In the end, those lawns I mowed paid for junior prom, prom, car insurance, gas, and my first clunker. Sadly, that year many of the other would-be athletes discovered drugs and never came back. Somebody has to pay for those sports. Why not the ones enjoying them? I remember when my highschool went on austerity – all sports were cut (unless you had a $250 fee) as were many AP classes. Lab equipment, especially materials, was non-existant.

As a 3 sport freshman athlete a $750 charge was formidible. I played soccer with the savings from summer lawn mowing. Winter track was postponed as I built a successful snow shoveling business that ultimately paid for spring track (and led to many more lawn mowing accounts.) In the end, those lawns I mowed paid for junior prom, prom, car insurance, gas, and my first clunker.

Sadly, that year many of the other would-be athletes discovered drugs and never came back.

Somebody has to pay for those sports. Why not the ones enjoying them?

]]> By: John http://northandclark.net/2010/03/sophomore-sports-to-be-cut-at-all-public-school/comment-page-1/#comment-730 John Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:14:34 +0000 http://northandclark.net/?p=1213#comment-730 Congrats on your blog success, casey. You're blog is booming (at least with comment counts)...making me and my blog that I've had going for 7 years, seem even more of a complete and utter Failure! Congrats, man. Looks polished and professional. Cheers. Congrats on your blog success, casey. You’re blog is booming (at least with comment counts)…making me and my blog that I’ve had going for 7 years, seem even more of a complete and utter Failure!

Congrats, man. Looks polished and professional. Cheers.

]]> By: City Fan http://northandclark.net/2010/03/sophomore-sports-to-be-cut-at-all-public-school/comment-page-1/#comment-675 City Fan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:32:49 +0000 http://northandclark.net/?p=1213#comment-675 Since a third of the sports program will be cut by eliminating the sophomore level, I assume that the people that coordinate these sports will have their salaries cut by a third. They will have less to do according to my simple logic. Next year, if the proposed reduction of varsity-only CPS Sports, they should make 1/3 of their current salary, right? One gives, all give. Since a third of the sports program will be cut by eliminating the sophomore level, I assume that the people that coordinate these sports will have their salaries cut by a third. They will have less to do according to my simple logic. Next year, if the proposed reduction of varsity-only CPS Sports, they should make 1/3 of their current salary, right? One gives, all give.

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