School and travel winter sports should be allowed in NYS. With these sports not being allowed, NYS is stripping so many chances us kids have to earn a scholarship. Also, playing sports to many people is a huge part of having good mental health. In addition, there has been a increased risk in teen suicide due to a destruction of mental health from events occurring during the pandemic; and playing sports to teenagers is a huge boost in mental health. We are able to block out all the negatives occurring in our life for a few hours and strictly focus on the sport we are playing and nothing else. Another negative about winter sports being taken away from us is we only have a few years to prove we deserve to play sports at the next level (college) and possibly earn a scholarship, so why take this away from us it’s simply not fair. There are so many ways we can make these sports safer to play and healthier for all. Athletes understand that a pandemic is occurring which can affect the health of many people, but I can guarantee you every athlete will adapt to anything they have to do in order to play their sport.