California schools have soda machines. The schools get paid back for the sales. Water is available also from vending machines, but being a pre-teen or teenager, which would most of them choose???
Wake up call is here and now before more damage is done to their young bodies.
I personally have a difficult time with those type of "sponsorship" deals. While I can accept the idea of an "exclusive" contract with a particular company for refreshments at sporting events as a fundraising tool - I've got a major problem with it being done just for general purposes.
I remember it being a hot topic a few years ago in a school district near the Maryland/Delaware state line ....when parents heard about the proposed deal with the school district and Pepsi they went ballistic and the plan was dropped.
In no way did I mean to imply that I didn't believe such situations existed, I was just giving an example of one district that does not do it. Kids get enough soda and junk food outside of school, they don't need it in school.