Cal Young Should Have More Sports

By: Kama Markel

Photograph by: Caleb Daniels

Do you think Cal Young should have a bigger variety of sports? Well, I do. Cal Young has only two school funded sports: cross country and track and field; sports that require running. What if you don’t like running?

Cal Young should have more sports because we have all the resources. Team sports can help improve kids' mental and physical health and even emotional health. Sports can help kids' mental health by improving social skills, stress, anxiety, and focus. Sports can also help with thoughts of suicide, cancer and diabetes, bone health, weight status, and self esteem. Kids use sports to escape from the world a little bit.

Club/Academy sports can be expensive and could be far away. If we had more school sports kids could just stay after to play the sport they want to play instead of having to drive miles to an expensive sport.

We have all the equipment for soccer and basketball. We have the balls, courts/fields, hoops/goals plus locker rooms.

Sports do have some downsides; you could pull or tear a muscle, break a bone, or get a concussion. Some sports equipment can be expensive like hockey gear and a pair of gloves can cost from $50 to $200.

I think Cal Young should put in the money for sports. It wouldn’t be that much money because we have most of the equipment.

Do you agree that Cal Young should have more sports? I hope you do.