<p>My biggest beef with Div I athletics in state funded schools is the influx of foreign students taking slots away from American students. This happens a lot in basketball and non-revenue sports, not so much in football. It really irks me to see, for instance, Polish nationals fencing at Penn State’s elite program, when American kids, whose parents salaries pay the taxes which fund the college, can’t make it on the team because they are not international champions, only state or even local champs. </p>
<p>A long time homeschooling family, we don’t think sports belong in schools at any level, grammar, middle or high school.</p>