Opposing national competitions.Your June issue provides tremendous, comprehensive coverage of interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las athletics.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association hopes AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army members oppose the nationalism of high school athletics. Much like other state athletic associations in America's heartland, we oppose national athletic events, and we make no exception for those endorsed, sponsored or conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Among the unfortunate outcomes of such competitions is that the participating high schools consume disproportionate amounts of school districts' limited resources, harming lower-profile sports and non-athletic activities. Coaches of teams in national events become larger than administrators, just as athletics gets larger than academics. Intercollegiate in·ter·col·le·giate adj. Involving or representing two or more colleges. Adj. 1. intercollegiate - used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball" athletics provides a living model of how national tournaments and television often elevate el·e·vate tr.v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates 1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. 2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of. 3. athletics over academics and coaches over teachers. It is foolish to believe those who administer high school athletics will be any more effective in avoiding the abuses that challenge the integrity of college athletes and their sponsoring institutions. In our view, the national federation's efforts to promote itself through national events do not benefit athletics at the school district level. Rather, national competitions have the potential to contradict con·tra·dict v. con·tra·dict·ed, con·tra·dict·ing, con·tra·dicts v.tr. 1. To assert or express the opposite of (a statement). 2. To deny the statement of. See Synonyms at deny. the philosophy we are attempting to nurture among participants, parents, coaches and the general public. JOHN E. ROBERTS Executive Director, Michigan High School Athletic Association, East Lansing East Lansing, city (1990 pop. 50,677), Ingham co., S central Mich., a suburb of Lansing, on the Red Cedar River; inc. 1907. The city was first known as College Park, but was renamed when it was incorporated. , Mich. |
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