I was referring to school programs, not to advertisements. The doctors use the same principle and recommend exercise to everyone, and video store shelves bulge from fitness videos. Nationally, there is not too much, here I am with you.
Whatever happened to chess... that's a sport, isn't it?
Seriously though, the Fischer / Spassky matches (note to youngsters: use your google) were as much about political/national bragging rights as some push to make Americans think deeper. [though i think there was a rise in high-school chess clubs as a direct *result* perhaps (but not any prior efforts).]
[a bit off topic perhaps... but i had nothing else to say, and some free time to say it.]
