High School Athletics: Good or Bad Imfluence? “ In America we have laws, laws against killing, laws against stealing, and its excepted that as a member of American society you will live by these laws. In West Canaan, Texas, there is another society, which has its own set of laws. Football is a way of life.” This excerpt taken from the beginning of Varsity Blues, which premiered in 1998, shows the way of life for high school …showed first 75 words of 1141 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1141 total…like everyone else? Bibliography Works Cited Krucoff, C. “Youth Sports Shouldn’t Be About Winning.” The Los Angeles Times (26 Oct 1998) 5 p. Online. ProQuest. 6 October 2000. McEwin, C. Kenneth, and Dickinson, Thomas S. “Placing Young Adolescents at Risk in Interscholastic Sports Programs.” A Matter of Fact. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1996. 217-21. Nack, William., and Lester Munson. “Out of Control.” Sports Illustrated 24 Jul. 2000: 86-95. Robbins, Brian, dir. Varsity Blues. Perf. Jon Voight and James Van Der Beek. Paramount, 1998.