No Child Left Behind

If you have children you have probably heard of the Federal Government’s No Child Left Behind Act [NCLB]. If the rules and regulations of No Child Left Behind were implemented in school athletic programs, this is what football would be like:

1. All teams must make the state playoffs and must win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be help accountable. If, after two years, they have not won the championship, their footballs and equipment will be taken away until they do win the championship.

2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time even if they do not have the same conditions and opportunities to practice on their own. NO exceptions will be made for lack of interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities of themselves or their parents.

ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL!

3. Talented players will be asked to work, on their own, without instruction. This is necessary because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren’t interested in football, have limited athletic abilities, or whose parents don’t like football.

4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept on the 4th, 8th, and 11th games. It will create a New Age of Sports where every team is expected to have the same level of talent, and all teams will reach the same minimum goals. If no child gets ahead, then no child gets left behind. If parents do not like this new law, they are encouraged to vote for vouchers and support private teams that can screen out the non-athletes and prevent their children from having to play with bad football players.

Else Ford – Business Dept. Spanish Fork High School