TAAS Writing Dear Editor, Recently while reading the paper, I came across this topic "Do schools place too much importance on sports programs?" Well, being a fellow athlete I understand how some people may think that "star" athletes get special treatment and in some cases they do, but they are given the extra help for a reason. The good athletes are the ones who make the teams win and without them you have a losing …showed first 75 words of 521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 521 total…schools need to put importance on sports for lots of reasons. Most of which are for the good of the school and the athletes. If you don't try to make the teams as good as they can be then you loose fans, press, and most importantly money. In my opinion, if giving a athlete a little extra help will keep him eligible and bring in 2000 fans to the game, than I am all for it.