Journal Eleven

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By changing after school athletics to intramural, the school board will save money. Teams won't need to get to other schools in order to compete, so the school won't have to pay for buses. [quote]. Not only will the school save money on buses, but considering that in prior years the school had provided equipment, those same materials can be used. Soccer balls and basketballs will only need to be replaced once every few years, and the same goes for nets and goals. with the various fields Madison Junior School uses, there's enough equipment and space for all of the students to use. Also, MJS will no longer need to pay for pricey uniforms to satisfy the teams. A simple colored tee shirt will suffice so that it's possible to distinguish between teams.

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Changing athletics to intramural will cost much less than keeping teams competing with other schools for many reasons. First, teams won’t need to go to other schools in order to compete, so the school won’t have to pay for buses. One school board in Indiana cut $150,000 out of their budget that had previously gone to school transportation (Goeller 1). $150,000 is a lot of money that could be easily put back in the budget if students did not have to travel in order to compete. Also, Madison Junior School (MJS) will no longer need to pay for pricey uniforms to satisfy the teams. Because competition would be within the school, there wouldn’t be specific rules about uniforms, socks, and hair accessories, and uniforms would be much more laid back. A simple colored tee shirt will suffice so that it’s possible to distinguish between teams. On average, a Nike uniform top costs $45.00 and Nike uniform shorts cost $35.00 (Nike). (How do I cite the Nike website?) Adding it together, a uniform will cost $70.00 per athlete. In order for every athlete to have one, the school must shell out thousands of dollars. By keeping the intramural uniforms to a mere tee shirt, the school will save a lot of money. Through expensive uniforms and pricey buses, MJS can save thousands of dollars per year.