Why Don’t Dayton’s Kids Play Sports (solutions)

My last two columns certainly g e n e r ­ated some feedback. I was hop­ing to hear more from students during a substitute teaching assign­ment I had scheduled in Dayton last Thursday. Alas, I was unable to go, because I got a full-time teaching job! In the Tri-Cities! As you may have guessed, that's going to put a damper on my ability to cover sports for the Times. In all likelihood my coverage of the Dayton at WP game from last Friday will be my last for a while.

Well, enough about me. You want solutions! (Oh that I had some foolproof ones).

Certainly youth sports programs in football or bas­...