No Pass, No Play, Good Or Bad?

[Guest Wildcat 08]

No Pass, No Play, Good Or Bad?

I didn't realize until last night that Florida and some other states don't have the No Pass, No Play rule.

What do you think? Is Texas diluting their teams by having the rule and if so, do you think this is good or bad thing?

[shorttexas1]

I beleive in the student athelete!!!  Great is my response... You can't reward a kid that is not passing.  It is another way to promote failure!

[wos08]

Having the no pass no play rule makes the students buckle down on the books (or cheat on tests) so they can play.  If a student is busting his a$$ and still manages to fail i think he should still be able to play though..My reason, because some schools are ridiculously easier than others

[Guest tigersvoice]

No Pass, No Play, Good Or Bad?

I didn't realize until last night that Florida and some other states don't have the No Pass, No Play rule.

What do you think? Is Texas diluting their teams by having the rule and if so, do you think this is good or bad thing?

I believe that it is the correct action to take.  Football is extracurricular and if you don't make your grades then YOU cannot participate in extracurricular activities.  Everyone knows this going in - it's not like someone threw this in after the third game.  Attend class, pass your courses and nothing adverse happens.

[PURPLE 4EVER]

High school athletes need to realize they are STUDENT athletes.

No Pass No Play puts the empahasize back on STUDENT.

[play-ball!!]

Having the no pass no play rule makes the students buckle down on the books (or cheat on tests) so they can play.  If a student is busting his a$$ and still manages to fail i think he should still be able to play though..My reason, because some schools are ridiculously easier than others

yeah because PNG is one of the hardest academic schools in the area

[LB76]

Once  again Purple4ever I whole heartedly agree with you!!! It must be to better yourself in life. Acedemics first, then athletics may take you there. All our fine young atheletes, it is up to you.

[Guest coachhooker]

yes you need to have this, i was told at an very young age god, family, school, then athletics

[Guest tigersvoice]

yeah because PNG is one of the hardest academic schools in the area

Excuse me!  But just how do you know that?

[TradinUp BH]

How many athletes? How many are doing it for a living in the pro's? Now you know why people tell you academics FIRST!!!!!! If your a high school kid reading this, You should be studying

[SETXsports Broadcaster]

back in the day the first and most serious no pass no play policy was my parents, then my coach :-[

[24 over par]

good good good

no pass no play is great

back in the day no pass was started at home

[WHFAN]

I think its great I have a no pass no play policy at home I require more than just passing though

[Guest Orangeboy]

It's a great thing. It teaches kids accountability and responsibility. Something many of them are not learning at home anymore.

[TradinUp BH]

It's a great thing. It teaches kids accountability. Something many of them are not learning at home anymore.

Amen

[Ned11str8]

Its a very good thing

[TradinUp BH]

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but when this rule first came out, if you failed you were out six weeks. Now I think the player only misses 3 weeks. If this is true, I think they need to go back back to 6 weeks.

[Guest Orangeboy]

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but when this rule first came out, if you failed you were out six weeks. Now I think the player only misses 3 weeks. If this is true, I think they need to go back back to 6 weeks.

I'd be all for it. It puts even more emphasis on dem grades.

[WH-BackInThaDay]

Its the only way to go. Football is extra-curricular. Kids who love football but not school try harder in school to play football. If it weren't for sports, some of these kids get not motivation at all to even stay in school. Their mindset is okay, I'll drop out when I'm 18 and get a 40k job a year anyway busting my butt. But with sports, going into the next level, they get motivation to stay in school and even go to college. Again, its a lot of these kids' only chance.

[SFA85]

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but when this rule first came out, if you failed you were out six weeks. Now I think the player only misses 3 weeks. If this is true, I think they need to go back back to 6 weeks.

That's true.  When it started in the fall of '84, it was 6 weeks.  You turned your stuff in and you hope(as in football) your team made the playoffs.  Now they check every 3 weeks and if a kid is failing, he can still practice but misses 3 weeks while trying to pull his or her grades up

[Cardinal Supporter]

If a kid receives a failing grade on his/her report card then they are inelligible to participate in any extracurilicular activity, including any UIL event, example pros and poetry, football etc... Progress reports are handed out after 3 weeks into the next 6 week grading period. If the failing grade has elevated to a passing mark then they are reinstated. I like this better than the 6 week no pass no play rule. If the kid is passing after the progress reports are handed out then why is it fair to keep punishing them?

[RonBurgundy68]

It is a great thing... All through my years of high school, my dad wouldn't let me play if i didnt even have a B, so i still succeeded in athletics and in the classrooms as well... If the schools go without making the athletes pass, then all theyre there for is for sports, when like somebody said earlier, how many people are actually doing this for a living? not many...

[McLovin]

I am against. I completely DISAGREE with the rule. It is an irresponsible and expedient regulation to accomodate modern parenting, or the lack thereof, and education standards. A more centralized and individualistic method should be sought. We should not reward our YOUNG ADULTS, because they are certainly not "kids," for furthuring themselves academically with incentives such as sports. It should be instilled earlier on, and by varsity level it should be a personal choice . School should not be a chore.

[shorttexas1]

But without good grades they can't go to college!!! Which means no matter how good they are, they will not get to go out and further develop their skil.  That means no pros and no free college!!  And last I checked the NFL wasn't taken them straight out of high school!  Don't forget people this is SCHOOL not recreational fun! If a kid wants to play the game without the school then there are other leagues for them to do it in, i.e. Little Leagues all the way to Semi Pros!  That is the place for kids who can't put up in the class room!  Not on a SCHOOL footbal team or any other SCHOOL associated activity!  remember these are SCHOOLS?

[bleacher_bum]

Grades come first.  But I do like the way it is now, if a kid works hard to bring a grade up in 3 weeks, I think its ok to allow him/her back to their extracurricular activities.