Chicago Public Schools Cancel Sophomore Spring Season

That's to bad.Sorry to hear that.

I'm going to guess it doesn't mean sophomores can't play baseball. It means there isn't a team specifically for sophs who can't make JV or varsity. Most high schools around the country don't have this in the first place. My high school had a soph team thirty-five years ago. I have no idea when it ended. Almost all sophs ultimately headed for varsity were on JV.

Is the Sophomore team the JV team? That is too bad that they look forward to the season, only to find out at the last minute it has been canceled.

This is happening all over, but you would think the Chicago politicians can loosen up some slush fund.

I went to Lane Tech and graduated last year. The sophomore team is sophomores and anyone younger. Freshman can play up but they have to have enough talent. I don't get why they would cut the sophomore team though. It would make more sense if the freshman team were to get cut. That's too bad though. I'll probably talk to my high school coach and see what they are trying to do about it. It is unfortunate for those soph who are talented but have a better varsity player ahead of them. Questionable timing as well.

At a time when the politicians are talking about alternatives to keep kids off the streets, you would think keeping sports would be a no brainer! My thoughts and prayers to those at-risk kids that now will have too much time on their hands.

Or it could provide an opportunity for a private entity to start a spring league.

One of the news articles suggested corporate sponsorship for the fifty-five sophomore teams. The writer thought it would be positive publicity for corporations to have their logos on the uniforms. I can imagine how that would be received by the tight cheeked state atheltic association. These governing bodies usually have great difficulty thinking outside the box.

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"...you would think the Chicago politicians can loosen up some slush fund."

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This is what public schools in Illinois do. They cut things that solve nothing other than tick people off so they vote for tax increases.

Just another sickening and embarassing failure of our pubic educational system.

Truly a national disgrace.

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This is what public schools in Illinois do. They cut things that solve nothing other than tick people off so they vote for tax increases.

Yeah, I'm sure the 40+ teachers laid off in my home school district within the last two months would much rather see underclass athletics than their job. Sometimes it's not the school districts at fault..

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"Sometimes it's not the school districts at fault."

Most often, certainly now, these cuts are occurring because we have run out of money.

No gas in the economic engine.
So here we sit.
On the shoulder.
Tough finding a safe parking spot along the Prosperity Parkway.
Barely enough juice to keep the flashers going.
Learning lessons that we could never imagine.
But not all is gloomy... spring and baseball looms ahead!

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