The debate over whether sports have a detrimental effect on school work continues, and each side is sticking to its guns. Wang Min-nan acknowledges that the connection between physical and intellectual competence so often mentioned by persons involved in physical education has not been proven.
練體育到底會不會影響課業，仍是公說公有理、婆說婆有理，國立台東師範學院體育系主任王敏男承認，體育教育者常嘗試表明體力與智力間的關係，但是仍缺乏有力的證據。