"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" (Nelson Mandella). School is what develops our future generation, so why should it be left aside in favor of sport? Most white kids won't participate in any major sports anyway. School should be priority number one, nothing, not even sports, should get in the way. If an athlete cannot do both, they should not play. And in fact some athletes don't even want to do their sport, they are pushed by their parents. This is why it cannot be replaced by things like basketball, football and soccer. Associations like the NFL and NBA don't have a lot of people. Almost no one will make it that far, and some people train for countless hours. "According to a survey last year, only 7.6% of high school athletes play college sports, and only 1.7% go professional in college sports. And when you think about it, the people who play at university had to train for such a large amount of time and there even no pro (Manfred)!” So why should the 55.5% of students who play ...