Personally I think working out year round does help every player to be better in all sports. Weightlifting helps to protect against injury, as well as all types of running. All the coaches of every sport at that school need to get together and deceide when the best times are during the day to practice for that sport. In my experience most of the coaches of other sports, except basketball, are normally football coaches. With that said I don't see where the argument is. I at least practiced year round for football and couldn't wait to get in pads and get to camp. So if coaches have a problem with kids not wanting to get in pads as soon as they can then I think the coaches need to reevaluate the situation.