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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is total bunk. Take a look at which two nations are demolishing the competition because of their high priority on sports funding, and tell me they provide for a better quality of life than what presently exists in Canada.
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Americans and Canadians are among the top nations in the UN's Human Development Index for 2007/2008. China is an industrializing country, with a growing HDI index and a powerhouse economy.
I am not saying your are
wrong with what you are saying, but you are exaggerating the quality-of-life issues in these other countries. Particularly, your comparison between Canada and the U.S. is almost absurd.
Regardless, athletics are a good way to keep kids from getting involved in crime and/or drugs. They have something to work towards and something that keeps them fit, healthy, and engaged in the community, just like other young aspiring doctors, scientists, businessmen, etc.
How you can say athletic programs have little impact on the well-being of kids is simply ludicrous.
You must think then, that kids playing instruments or reading books is a terrible waste of time too.
