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Thank you Cat, a voice of reason.
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this is a High School girls forum, most kids, I know on soccer teams are a cut above the crowd. Not a cut below. The team usually has a top 5 graduating senior, year after year... do not know about sweet feets home town high school 
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Papa Hatfield:
Do you think that graduating in the top of your class keeps your child from drinking and smoking pot? And your right, soccer players are a cut above the norm.
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If you do the research, high school athletes, use drugs less, smoke less, less teen age pregnancies, plus health benefits that are too numerous to mention...
If we are worried about teenage drug use, look for the skateboards... a generalization, but if I had to choose if my child was carrying a soccer ball every day or a board, I know where I am...
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I agree, I was just defending my daughters school/club.
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Do you think that graduating in the top of your class keeps your child from drinking and smoking pot? And your right, soccer players are a cut above the norm.
Not at all...but playing sports (and being truly invested in what they play) can certainly affect their decision-making process when they weigh the temptations vs. what they can gain and what they can lose.
I'd put my team up for a drug screening any day of the week with no worries of being "crippled" by the results. They know what I expect of them, both on and off the field. Not saying it eliminates all the indiscretions, but I do believe them to be "a cut above."
I've got good news and bad news...
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If you do the research, high school athletes, use drugs less, smoke less, less teen age pregnancies, plus health benefits that are too numerous to mention...
If we are worried about teenage drug use, look for the skateboards... a generalization, but if I had to choose if my child was carrying a soccer ball every day or a board, I know where I am...
hey....wait a minute.i road a skatboard in high school.
wait!!!maybe that is why my spelling is so bad. 
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I'd put my team up for a drug screening any day of the week with no worries of being "crippled" by the results.
I wonder if ol' Jerry Brown would do the same? 
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Papa Hatfield:
Do you think that graduating in the top of your class keeps your child from drinking and smoking pot? And your right, soccer players are a cut above the norm.
Not at all...but playing sports (and being truly invested in what they play) can certainly affect their decision-making process when they weigh the temptations vs. what they can gain and what they can lose.
I'd put my team up for a drug screening any day of the week with no worries of being "crippled" by the results. They know what I expect of them, both on and off the field. Not saying it eliminates all the indiscretions, but I do believe them to be "a cut above."
i think this goes back to sports (along with some other activities) keeps kids off the streets.
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