Students should be required to see if they are a MRSA carrier order to take precautions to help prevent MRSA transmission in high school athletics. MRSA testing to see if a person is a carrier during a regular physical in order to participate in high school sports is necessary because the numbers of MRSA cases are increasing especially in high school sports. Testing to see if a person is a MRSA carrier can help prevent the spread of MRSA in sports and in general.