Those worried that our nation’s youth didn’t have enough exposure to sports — or that ESPN wasn’t doing enough for our flagging school system — will no doubt be pleased about this story. Everyone else … well they might be kind of skeptical. From the AP:

ESPN the Magazine is offering to help the New York City Department of Education create a new high school focusing on the business side of sports.

The Business of Sports School, or BOSS, will open in September in Manhattan with 81 ninth-grade students. The school plans to emphasize real world skills through mandatory internships at companies including ESPN the Magazine.

Mike Soltys, a spokesman for the Bristol, Conn.-based sports network, said ESPN’s magazine, which is headquartered in New York City, made a “nonfinancial commitment” to help develop the curriculum and provide volunteer support.

The school is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to modernize outdated vocational or trade schools.

Boo-ya! We are now accepting comments regarding what ESPN-based courses might be taught at the high school level.

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