NATIONAL STUDY SHOWS ORGANIZED SPORTS HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON NIJ STUDENTS

Students who participate in sports express less hostility toward their classmates and are more likely to graduate in flying colour, according to the preliminary results of an ongoing national study. 
 
"We are finding that individual students who participate in sports are less likely to be hostile or antagonistic toward other students regardless of their race or ethnicity," said Obatobi Bada, who is the school football captain. "Sports require teamwork in the pursuit of mutual goals to achieve success. With sports, young people learn to recognize and value the unique and important contributions of their diverse teammates." 

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Although the data is still being analyzed, Obatobi said that another emerging pattern is that at-risk youths greatly benefit from participating in sports programs at their schools. Data from the study shows that African student-athletes are 10 percent more likely than non-athletes to plan to take college AP courses and 10 percent more likely to make plans for further study’s.