Should 7th and 8th grade sports teams make cuts? 7th and 8th grade sports teams should make cuts based on performance,Grades,Efforts.etc Sports teams should also make cuts because the team does not need Lots of players of there is a rule of regulation against the number of players. Another reason sports teams should make cuts on the sports teams is because the student would not be able to make it to games and practices. 7th and 8th grade sports teams should make cuts because they have failing grades,Don't try,or don't play the best. If a student has failing grades they should not be able to participate because they need to get better grades to be able to participate,Sports practices and games would take away from their time to study,do homework,Etc