Pay To Play? Is it right to charge for school sports?

And beautiful day nice and I'm. 680 double. You know five -- game. You -- network capital funding corporation your future finance. -- retired Rhode school sports programs because it becomes fairly common now. For. Communities to charge kids who were doing a sport. And the question whether this appropriate or whenever we've discussed this in the past it's come up from time to time people are generally furious over the idea. That they have to come up with -- extra money and I understand the mean furious you pay your taxes. The schools are funded by your property taxes and it always used to be that all the sports was included for free. But budgets get squeezed and so they look for ways to defer some of those costs are due to defray the men's and based -- look to sports and say a look at your knew something extra. -- -- It's only applying. Extra it's not -- ever ones are required to do it everyone's not expected to do and I I don't even know if if half of kids take part in after school sports. I was being. Encouraging kids to take part NAFTA school sports especially -- continued to have this discussion. Nationally about obesity instead of discouraging them what's up with high fees I mean it seems to me I don't even have kids -- I -- a ton of money to the Boston school system. I have absolutely zero problem with making sure that the athletic kids are taking care just like the Smart kids are taken care of I had no problem with that I think feeder. These our. A deterrent from kids playing any sort of high school sports so why many Tinny talk -- fact kids and try to be and soda. When they came in place for -- they don't every says -- -- is no gym classes anymore. Well I suppose -- so my position is that. If you if you were to fix the other problems are the reason people can't afford their communities can't afford their schools anymore. Is because of the retirement packages they've given to their town employees and teachers in there. Custodian and all the other people work for the towns in the schools they -- those have become unaffordable to try to find a way to fund those benefits. And that makes it untenable -- the schools if they -- to fix that. -- -- then there and then there was a legitimate financial squeeze I would say it's fine to be charging for sport my only problem with charging for sports is. That there are other places to go for the money first so yeah we've got a lot of Texas mourning -- say how about the illegals in the schools just. There's nothing that. Literally that can be done because the Supreme Court has ruled. Did any kid in the country gets to go to school but I wouldn't object to any town that wanted to block the illegals from coming anyway -- You know make a show of the whole thing. To stand up for what's right in America after that you know what we're every can draw the line answer we're gonna cut costs. Do it and then if you have to turn to school sports I think it's five mile problem is they haven't dealt with the illegal alien problem they haven't dealt with the benefits problem. Do that first. In the benefits -- -- radar just went to find a hack on the Boston Herald website to look at some of the pensions that we are paying in the state still this top three dozen earners are. All school officials every single school superintendents and school superintendents -- -- I -- over 200 grand current. There is day and department of Elementary and Secondary Education former commissioner. Who's right now earning a tax free pension. About 148000. Dollars -- -- mentioned -- hiring in 48000. Dollars a year. These colleges to state colleges to know that there is. Are retired. Officials from UMass medical. 242000. Dollars and a tax free pension he takes home every year. There are dozens of examples 223220. Smart well maybe that's changing and why wouldn't be tax free when Social Security is tax isn't. It's viewed -- tasks he mentions that's -- -- it's it's actually maddening and in this is today and these numbers are extraordinary mean this is more than most people. Make and two to three years in the -- doing it in their retirement. With John Money. It's a scene and then they wanna talk about why they can't avoid high school football helmet gimme a break. -- so I you know I agree with that let's -- six the other problems first but. I'm not morally opposed to the notion of for some excessively expensive sport like football. That you say people have to pay a fee to take part in what's your. -- -- ticket for ten bucks. To see the games. Many parents can kick in that way so that way is it's not singling out the -- kids if -- a high school football game anywhere Massachusetts. You charge spectators five to ten dollars to get it and that's how you raise the money for the football team. Why don't understand the concern a report kids communities come together in the -- to have fundraisers for kids can't afford their sports and does so well we cater to get a for the football helmet there who wants me that one kid who says they can't plagues we can't afford to -- a fund raiser for me. Nobody wants to -- you know it's embarrassingly. I don't know any time it doesn't do fundraising for kids who can't afford things like that -- -- -- getting the wild kid kid or kids slash parent wants to go up to the coach and say can afford to do a committed dip into the fund raising I know what -- -- gonna happen -- at times I -- a little tiny -- doing -- handing for little -- Driven little Joey wouldn't otherwise do you have to have gotten into the street corner -- -- I wanted to play football what -- let's hear from -- what's going on and in in real communities -- this is an issue I assumed that there's some organization right does all these. There's always organization to do this sort of thing like -- going to be a school trip they raise money right for kids who can't afford it it's a normal part of the community environment I think. This -- a part of -- to that community doctor saying that that's the fundraising for kids who can't afford is totally normal. They did did the kids go to school. And they ask for free lunch right you have to fill out an application for free lunch that -- BN on the dole now is not the big problem that used to be people expect to be on the dole. Right is that how the world works out 6172666860. Tom good morning our -- -- good morning Tom. Buried there in particular are very -- you know Rick. Should we are -- -- -- the bottom line is they don't understand or Carolina or are -- we have got. We we have. Not just start JP we have fresh from football teams -- school prayer you know I think they're high school North Carolina. -- joke about politics differ based -- good baseball earlier by thirteen could always I don't know why there. Iraq bottom -- is. I know you could very definitely definitely bench is only charged seven dollars a brigade you know -- or walk out the big club where they go right to opt. Where they ask too many administrators. Anything I have an administrator. Or they're genetically futures. Everything is on -- global they're outsourced -- they get so much it's just like they propagate like like. Mosquitoes every they're just go to their swarming New York what do you do are checked into your the personal to do their jobs. All right thank you that's on 617266. Exceeds six it. For Donna is right I mean the -- is chock full of packed all of the rule that some of the retirees and I'm looking at a not even professors they just administrators. You know bureaucrats that again taking -- or monthly pension pristine 1860 by -- -- I ye among them excuse me a month. Well you're confused and apples and oranges -- weather too many administrators I don't know the schools I see are under managed through this a principal. This may be in a system principal. It's not an exorbitant amount of Manchuria hundreds of kids and it in the school 6172666868. We'll go to Jeff X I Jeff tried yet. Morning everybody. All My Children are old enough interest this year schools are open up are just all young kids go for any organized sports. Tell me why do I have to apply everything contrary markers exposed -- note pad and pencil crayons -- computer that I Kirk. Before people compiled a -- or cricket at school -- -- and all that they're cool we're. Which we have to supply bill and I -- school. I think a lot go to bed George go to about it every at all what arrogance and polls and all that stuff applies to a we're all that money going -- for numerous school without any organized sport currently I'm regarded or look at the pictures are great. Go go go -- it can only do things administration. Insurance or three -- insurance spending millions. Paint pins you can imagine now are there in so you are. That's why I say starting tomorrow every picture they get hired. Can go into 0401. K plan debates so well that they paid until and that there. Yeah the question I don't know why it's it would be nice to be a school administrator and get. I mean these these are outrageous 151000 dollars a month. I'm not. For what. The -- pension -- true. Give us a specific OK let's let's go to the very hard line but as we have the UMass medical school aid. Doctor the former doctor from UMass medical he is getting 200 in 42. Well now we have to go back to it it's in seeing 200 -- 42000. Dollars a year. I retired retired tax free money tax free -- the state -- to honesty in Massachusetts in the go through this -- have website that -- us. Canada and here I wrote dozens of people making that -- in -- another access after -- -- -- in 25 hour. All of the year we'll talk you -- tired of school sports weather fees should be charged for school sports it's happening. In walks and lots of systems now this is 680 WRKO. You know it's true.