Why isn't boxing a school sport?

[hectari]

I've always wondered if any NCAA college boxers from back then won a world title in the pro ranks.

If NCAA boxing was allowed to continue it would be huge, it was a legit sport and it was still young if it went on into the 70s and 80s Boxing would be alive and well and USA would practically dominate in the Olympics

its sad how they banned it over one death. people have died in other sports like baseball, football yet they never banned it. Baseball some people died getting hit in the head with a fast ball even with the helmet on.

And I believe his death was due to weight cutting, he had to make the weight the same day and his brain didnt hydrate with fluids causing it to swell up.

[juggernaut666]

Football has a lot of injuries and concussions too, but it's allowed.

I can give you the real answer: $$$

The money football brings to schools make it so that injuries are overlooked. In reality, amateur boxing can be made so safe for schools, that it is very realistic to say boxing would actually be more safe than football.

FOOTBALL iS A TEAM SPORT AND BLAME CAN BE PLACED..BOXING IS ONE ON ONE AND MORE PERSONAL AS YOU ARE trying TO HURT THE OTHER GUY WITHOUT OTHERS....READ MY POST AGAIN. Ive lived in an era where teachers actually LET kids duke it out at a point in time...try that now?What do you think would REALLy happen? Come on now. lol...smh.



Adding this ..... a boxing match at my school also created a HUGE race war after the match between two different ppl....lol......really its not a good idea for multiple reasons .

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Trying to figure this one out. Hell they already have wrestling, which is combat and from what I can tell, causes the combatants some pain. We all know the dangers of football and I've seen concussions and injuries happen all the time, myself included.

Cuz I feel like most of the backlash for boxing in schools is fear of injuries to kids. Just treat it like they treat wrestling.

I think when I was in high school I proposed this to a gym teacher, and he said it wouldn't happen because everyone would be too much of a pvssy. Lol.

Anyways, let's get boxing into our public schools! If not an official sport, at least make it part of the curriculum or an after school program.

It was during my dad's day. No one got hurt badly and well, it was a great way to resolve conflicts. I could see it being beneficial and for the pansies who have never thrown a punch in their lives, it would do them some good.

As far as football, I knew a guy who was a pretty cool kid. Lots of energy. Likes to ride four-wheelers. Thanks to football, he graduated in a wheel chair and never has gotten out of it. A real shame. Any sport is dangerous, but I think football causes a lot of trauma. By the same token, many young guys are ****** and willing to do it. So these things will always happen with or without sports.

[b Murphington]

Wrestling is not a combat sport.

Wrestling is for sure a combat sport. So much so that I avoided it in high school while being heckled by my football teammates to join. I already did football and track. You can't do a sport every season, I needed a break. Especially since football is really a 2 season sport, summer and fall.

I've seen what those wrestling guys go through. It's no joke. You're laying your hands on your opponent and imposing your will on him. That's combat.

[b Murphington]

FOOTBALL iS A TEAM SPORT AND BLAME CAN BE PLACED..BOXING IS ONE ON ONE AND MORE PERSONAL AS YOU ARE trying TO HURT THE OTHER GUY WITHOUT OTHERS....READ MY POST AGAIN. Ive lived in an era where teachers actually LET kids duke it out at a point in time...try that now?What do you think would REALLy happen? Come on now. lol...smh.



Adding this ..... a boxing match at my school also created a HUGE race war after the match between two different ppl....lol......really its not a good idea for multiple reasons .

I would argue that with the right coaching, that can be avoided. I think those type of things trickle down from the teaching and the athletic directors. Just because that happened once at your school doesn't necessarily mean it'll happen at others. If we had boxing at schools way back when, I don't see why we can't have them again. Maybe once the sport becomes more popular, which it certainly seems like it might be, schools might start seeing it as a viable sport.

[No Tomorrow]

Dude, in today's soft society it's a miracle that football is even still allowed in school sports. No way Boxing becomes one. Though I could see some ******** politician campaigning on the idea of how it helps lift "P.O.C." out of poverty and that inner city public schools should receive funding so that kids could compete. Surprised one of those hustlers haven't thought of that yet.