After a long interval between episodes, I’m back with VFAF 5. Mark Temple joins me on this episode on a trial basis because podcasts with one person just seem awkward to me. We did this episode Diggnation style, but it’s audio, we’re drinking Diet Coke instead of beer, and we cut down on the profanity. I should also mention that if you ever need someone to bake cookies, don’t ask Mark or me. We burned cookies out of a package. Twice. I claim partial responsibility, but since I’m the one writing this post, I will say that it was mostly Mark’s fault.

I was inspired to do an episode this way by the Neal Show. Neal says he was inspired by me, but then I’m inspired by him, so we’re in an endless loop of inspiration now. So I didn’t cut out awkward pauses or mistakes; everything’s in there. Let me know what you think.

This episode is about sports in schools. I’ve noticed that my school spends a ton on sports. We have a huge athletic center, a large sports staff, most of whom do very little at all, and there’s a ton of waste. My position is that it’s important to make sure that students are physically as well as mentally fit, but sports should take a back seat. Mark isn’t so sure. He cites this study as a reason for keeping sports as a large part of school life.

Ultimately, we should be spending more money on academics than on sports. If sports enhances academics, then we should be supporting sports to the extent that it is assisting academics, but in an academic environment, sports should not be a focal point. I doubt my idea is going to be wildly popular, but I think that my school should cut the athletics budget in half and use it for academic purposes.

Thanks to Neal Campbell and Cali Lewis for providing a Snowflake USB microphone. The audio quality in this episode is certainly improved and I’m still experimenting with it to make the quality even better.

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