Argument:
In addition, the parents are the ones who make the decision on whether their child is to be educated from home or from a public school, and the home-schooled students should not have to deal with those consequences of not being in public school. When a student is homeschooled they are limited to the number of activities that they are allowed to participate in. This should not be the case, each student whether they are homeschooled or not should have an equal opportunity to take part in sports or other extracurricular activities. The article “Give Home-School Students Chance to Play” says, “Most of them revolve around the mindset that because I chose not to attend a public school, I should not be able to pick and choose what to participate in" (“Give Home-School Students Chance to Play.” par. 2). When the parents are making the decision of homeschooling their child or not, the decision should not have to be based on what sports and activities they will be allowed to be a part of. The student should not have to face the fact that they cannot be in sports because their parents made the decision to not enroll them in a public school. Wright continues to state that “...letting homeschool students participate in athletic events does not harm the school, while refusing them admissions hurts those homeschoolers….who hope to obtain sports scholarships to college” (Wright par. 1). In other words, Wright is saying that these students should not have to be refused the chance to earn a scholarship for their athletic ability solely due to the fact that their parents made the decision to homeschool them. The students are not the ones who make the decision of whether they are homeschooled or not, the decision is made by their parents. There should be no limit to what sports and activities outside of school that home-schooled students are allowed to be a part of.
Opposition:
In a different manner, the students who attended the public school think that the home-schooled students lost the ability to compete in the sports when their parents decided to homeschool them. The article “Should Home-Schoolers Take the Field?” says that "...[home-schooled students] don't have to meet the same attendance and academic criteria as public-school students, and that makes for an unfair playing field" (“Should Home-Schoolers Take the Field?” par. 5). There are certain requirements that a student in a public school has to meet to be a part of a team. If the students did not pass classes and did not show up to school when they were supposed to, then they would not be allowed to compete in sports. Unlike the home-schooled students, there would be no way for the public school to know if the home-schooled child was attending and meeting the same requirements that the public-schooled students have to follow. According to “Tebow Bill’ Clears Both Virginia Chambers” it is said that “...it would be wrong to let children compete in sports without requiring them to meet the same academic and disciplinary standards required of students in public schools" (“'Tebow Bill' Clears Both Virginia Chambers.” par 5). Unless the parent has a curriculum and attendance requirement like the public schools do, then the home-schooled students would be at an advantage if they were on a sports team at a public school. That is unfair to the public-school students who work hard to keep their grades and attendance at a certain level while also competing in the sport or participating in other activities.