Extreme sports, skateboarding, aggressive in-line skating and BMX biking are the future of sports in America. The X-Games, Gravity Games and other such competitions are growing larger and more exciting each year. It's unfortunate that Penn State, a university that is supposed to be in tune with its students, is unable to see the value of these sports to college students.

Thursday's article "Vandalism causes skateboard ban, PSU says" said there is a concern with the campus being a skate park and the so-called vandalism that is being caused. If Penn State is so concerned, why doesn't it make an effort towards change and build a skate park?

Why doesn't it have Penn State aggressive sports teams that travel to competitions and win money for the organization just as other club sports do? It has fields and teams for football and baseball, an ice-skating rink and other such facilities, but it chooses to ignore the needs of these athletes and then call the police on them for campus vandalism.

I think Penn State should rethink its restrictions on skateboarding and other aggressive sports.