A new study, released today by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, insists that “minorities and people with
lower incomes have much less access than wealthier people to recreational
facilities” which leads to children being “less physically active and are more
likely to be overweight.”
Hogwash.
Just because a family is poor doesn’t prevent a child from getting off
the couch and running outside or playing sports at schools or with
other kids in their area. As a young child, my family often did not
have the financial resources as others in my area yet I was still able
to participate on an organized team or play recreationally baseball,
football, soccer, wrestling, tennis and golf among other sports. You
may not play with the best equipment, but you make due with what you
have and go out and have fun.
Since when did sports become a case of the haves and the have nots?
