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Well since ninety nine percent of those who want to participate in sports can't at any meaningful level, that's hardly surprising.

DIDM wrote:take the stupid fething machine OUT of the school


no reason we need our kids drinking soda all day long

Er yeah...

In many of these instances(high schools, elementary and middle schools), the machines are before and after school hours. They're not actually selling during school hours.

The placement of these machines, however, is done in such a way that people can access them during afterschool events like sports games, etc. It's also done in such a way that students can get some caffeine before school to wake themselves up if they feel that it is "needed".
I know I didn't ever drink coffee in high school (I still really don't drink coffee either), and sometimes needed that little pick-up before an ethics class first thing in the bloody morning.

Melissia wrote:Well since ninety nine percent of those who want to participate in sports can't at any meaningful level, that's hardly surprising.

What? If you want to participate in sport, you ask your friends if they want to play. If there really is a lot of people who want to participate in sport, then enough will say yes and you can all have a game after school by yourselves. That's all you need to play and keep fit.

I agree that way too much money gets spent on competitive, inter-school sport, that could be spent on other things, but lets not pretend it is stopping anyone else from having fun and getting fit on their own.

What is the problem with a drink machine? This is becoming a Nanny state.

rockerbikie wrote:What is the problem with a drink machine? This is becoming a Nanny state.

Your logic is irrefutable. Fortunately we're talking government rules and bureaucracies here. You'll find none of that here!