Controversial Issue-School & extra-curriculars

Sometimes it seems hard to balance extra-curricular activities and school in a Sports-Driven society.  It is hard when every coach is saying that whatever it is they are doing should come first.  I think that teachers and coaches of extra-curricular activities need to get together more to discuss what should really come first, and that is school.  I do like that at schools, if a student is failing a class, he or she is unable to participate in their extra-curricular activities until they are passing again.  I still do not like that coaches seem to want their activity to be first in a student's life because this just seems to wear students out.  In the elementary classroom, I feel as though it is a little easier to balance these two things because there are not as many extra-curricular activities available to younger students.  If we, as teachers, let our students know at a young age how important work is, it may help them learn to stay on task and get their work done before participating in extra-curricular activities and this could help them in the long run.