>Can jocks please drop the "nerds and their 'sportsball'" bit? That is not what parent said at all, but rather questioned why it's attached to schools.

Oh please, defending sports on Hacker News hardly warrants calling someone a jock. And the parent said, and I quote, "high school sports are such a waste of everything" - that's absolutely showing a lack of understanding of why sports are a thing. There's nothing wrong with questioning why they're attached, and there absolutely is a problem with valuing athletics over academics in many school districts, but the parent's argument largely boils down to "I DON'T LIKE THING". That's not a convincing argument, and there's plenty of opportunity to balance academics and athletics without weighing too heavily on the scale with either one.