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Can We Talk About The Hypocrisy Of School Sports Fees Please?

FatCamera/E+/Getty ImagesWhen my youngest son decided he didn’t want to play football anymore after his first season, I nearly wept with relief. It’s over, I thought, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.My three older sons all played football every year of their high school career. They also played rugby, and the oldest two played basketball. I was always so impressed with how dedicated they were, so different from me. I halfheartedly played T-ball for two weeks one summer when I was around 8 and quit when I realized it might get in the way of swimming in my grandparents’ pool. Not my...