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The latest two-year study of high school athletes by the Josephson Institute found a higher rate of cheating in school among student-athletes than among their classmates. It also found a growing acceptance of cheating to gain advantages in competition.

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zplan
Feb. 18, 2007, 11:08 p.m.
Good article. Comes as no surprise, though. One being held responsible for one's actions seems to be becoming a thing of the past.
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jdhatl
Feb. 19, 2007, 4:16 a.m.
I think (and have thought since High School) that the combination of sports franchises and education is a disastrous practice. This is not done in most countries today. Throughout elementary/middle school, I played soccer (on a YMCA team, not through the school) along with almost all of my peers. One afternoon we had practice at a field in a park which had a rain-sewer tunnel adjacent. One of my best friends was taken by the very mean-spirited teammates into the tunnel and beaten up, because he was "nerdy". This was absolutely unprovoked and sickening. After this, my opinion of sports has declined steadily. I briefly tried playing unorganized soccer in college, but quit because I couldn't stand people yelling at me. Now I am convinced that sports are a way of steering youth towards militarism. I recommend watching the 2004 German film Napola about nazi sports training schools. Not much difference from US marines boot camp.