If you're in high school in Kentucky and aren't into football, baseball, soccer, golf, basketball, swimming, hockey, cross country, track, or any other sport, you're in luck. Bass Fishing has become a sanctioned High School sport in the state of Kentucky, becoming the second state in the nation to do so. And before you go on a "Southerners are so stupid..." rant, guess what the first state was? Illinois.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/kentucky-becomes-second-state-bass-fishing-high-school-185906709.html
All joking aside, I do think this is positive. Fishing, while it's maybe not as athletic an endeavor as cross-country, still challenges your body, requires you to know about nature (if you're going to be good), and is a reason for kids to be out in the environment rather than in the house. At the very least it's positive that these kids will learn about lake environments and how they work, maybe leading to increased action toward keeping those environments healthy. So...while they may not be exercising as much as they should, maybe we'll at least get a few more kids off the couch.
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