why are intermural athletics considered a superior way of encouraging those skills rather than funneling kids into community-based independent leagues? if anything i think the potential benefits of getting kids to practice teamwork & build friendships in a non age segregated environment would better reflect the realities of the workplace & society as a whole. we spend so many resources turning schools into their own enclosed ecosystems rather than using them as a means to encourage apprenticeship within the larger community where people are actually going to be utilized.