Why don't we have the Olympic type sports in schools in the USA?

Question

All the so called little sports the USA does not do so good in the Olympics.We should have more of them in the school system.

Answer 1

Why not??? Americans are also good at little minor sports like baseball, basketball and American style football.

Answer 2

You think it is feasible to have curling when you need ice? Do you think it is feasible to have ski jumping?

Answer 3

They really are not that popular in the US, but in other countries yes. ex. water polo

Answer 4

Well, the olympics consist of some prety hard core sports, that need enormous dedication. And some of them are dangerous without the right precautions and training. If we had the kids learning stuff like this without an olympic coach, injuries would be more likely. 7 year olds flinging heavy metal balls, or running with large poles, trying high dives without a swimming pool underneath...yikes.

Answer 5

you do.

show me a school that does not have a baseball basketball wrestling team soccer team badminton gymnastics swim volleyball track c'mon think about it you have alot of the competitive sports in your schools.

Answer 6

The US public education system is under enough strain as it is just trying to teach basic literacy and numeracy. It can barely afford to pay teachers a livable salary and maintain current facilities.

It all comes down to money, and there isn't enough of it in the US public education system.

Answer 7

The reason we do  not do good in them is because we do not care about them. That is the reason we do not have them in schools.

If America cared about soccer as much as we do about football or baseball we would dominate

But since the majority of us feel that soccer sucks we will always suck at it.

The fact that soccer tolerates a 0-0 tie is enough to keep Americans away.

We will dominate any sport we care about, and if we suck at it then it is not a sport.

Answer 8

It seems the term sport is applied too easily, I watched team handball and it was a bunch of people running back and forth to throw a ball into a net.

Answer 9

we should- i would love syncronized swimming at my school, and road cycling. but the US is already in a ressecion fixn to go into a depression. we just cant afford them. i wish we could though.

Answer 10

They do at my high school.