High School Athletics Good or Bad Influence

High School Athletics: Good or Bad Imfluence? “ In America we have laws, laws against killing, laws against stealing, and its excepted that as a member of American society you will live by these laws. In West Canaan, Texas, there is another society, which has its own set of laws. Football is a way of life.” This excerpt taken from the beginning of Varsity Blues, which premiered in 1998, shows the way of life for high school …

…like everyone else? Bibliography Works Cited Krucoff, C. “Youth Sports Shouldn’t Be About Winning.” The Los Angeles Times (26 Oct 1998) 5 p. Online. ProQuest. 6 October 2000. McEwin, C. Kenneth, and Dickinson, Thomas S. “Placing Young Adolescents at Risk in Interscholastic Sports Programs.” A Matter of Fact. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1996. 217-21. Nack, William., and Lester Munson. “Out of Control.” Sports Illustrated 24 Jul. 2000: 86-95. Robbins, Brian, dir. Varsity Blues. Perf. Jon Voight and James Van Der Beek. Paramount, 1998.