What's the 'reciprocation'?
It noted, "Hiring managers expect former student-athletes (compared with people who participated in other popular extracurriculars) to have more self-confidence, self-respect and leadership; actual measures of behavior in a sample of people who had graduated from high school more than five decades earlier showed those expectations proved accurate."
High school athletes are more likely to attend college, graduate from high school, and have higher grades than non-athletes.
Athletes develop more robust leadership skills and function better in teams. Among World War II veterans studied, "the 43 percent of male veterans who played varsity sports scored had careers of "higher status" and more success in upper management jobs and those in the trades."
Girls participating have improved health - better bone density (less osteoporosis), less high blood pressure, and diabetes, and fewer mental health problems.
Girls in sports are less likely to engage in risky behaviors, "For example, high school athletes are less likely to smoke cigarettes or use drugs than their peers who don’t play sports."
Teen pregnancy rates are lower among female athletes. Sports helps girls become successful women. "Using a complex analysis, Dr. Stevenson showed that increasing girls’ sports participation had a direct effect on women’s education and employment. She found that the changes set in motion by Title IX explained about 20 percent of the increase in women’s education and about 40 percent of the rise in employment for 25-to-34-year-old women." Competition on the field and in the gym helps women advance in business and in the boardroom.
Physical exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer in young women.
We should encourage everyone to reach self-actualization in life. Positive athletic experiences have a myriad of benefits.