SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 45

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Nava

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TO CLASSIFY BOWLING AS A SPORT RATHER THAN AN ACTIVITY.

     WHEREAS, bowling is a popular sport in New Mexico, providing hours of entertainment to participants of all ages; and

     WHEREAS, the New Mexico activities association plans to make bowling an official activity, but not a sport, in the fall of 2006; and

     WHEREAS, as an activity, financial support for bowling would come from the high school students who participate in it and their parents and supporters, but if bowling were classified as a sport, financial support would come from school districts; and

     WHEREAS, high school students who wish to participate in bowling deserve to be treated the same as students who participate in football, soccer, track and field and other sports;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico activities association be requested to classify bowling as a sport rather than an activity; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the executive director of the New Mexico activities association.

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