(1) The excitement of a winning touchdown, the crunch of a hard tackle, the state championship trophy displayed at school. (2) The football team has provided good memories and entertainment for Walker High school. (3) I remember one game where the team rallied to score 3 touchdowns in the last 12 minutes to win. (4) However, the school board needs to be reminded that memories and entertainment are not the most important things a school should provide. (5) The school board has proposed a plan to spend $20 million to build a new state of the art football stadium. (6) The school board should reconsider its plan and use that large amount of money on something more important than sports—academics. (7) Though sports are fun and bring positive recognition to the school, the school board needs to remember that schools were created to educate young people. (8) Our school has a 33 percent dropout rate. (9) Our school also has low scores on the state tests. (10) This year, 65 percent of our eleventh graders were ranked as "Unsatisfactory" based on there state test scores. (11) The school should make academic standards its first priority and use some of the $20 million on intervention programs to help the school's struggling students receive a better education. (12) I understand why the school board felt the need to place such high importance on the football stadium. (13) Because the football team has won three state championships over the past five years, attendance at the games has gone up more than 200 percent. (14) Our current stadium was built in 1984. (15) It does not have the capacity to hold that many attendees. (16) Tearing down the current stadium to build a new expensive one is not the right solution to the problem. (17) Instead, the school board should make a new proposal that spends a smaller amount of money to make improvements and upgrades to the current stadium. (18) In conclusion, the school board needs to refocus on what is most important. (19) They should draft a new proposal for smaller upgrades to the existing stadium and use the money saved to help students achieve academic excellence. (20) The students need to get the message that being a good student is more important than being a good athlete. Which word is best to add to the beginning of sentence 16 to create a clear transition?

So, there isn't much of a transition word on sentence 16, but I feel like the word "Because" would work quite well. So the sentence would be changed to "Because tearing down the current stadium to build a new expensive one is not the right solution to the problem."

Explanation:

Now, there might be several different ways to work through this, might be several better answers, but I see the word "because" as something that explains why exactly tearing down the stadium would be a bad idea.

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  a basketball team comprises of five players as mentioned above. the five players include point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center (ramen 56). the rules do not limit players to certain locations. however, evolution of basketball from the 1980s made players assume certain locations and roles. the point guard should be the fastest team member, and is responsible for organizing the attacks of the team. he does this by making sure that the right player has the ball at the right time (wissel 87). the shooting guard creates mainly long-range shorts and watches the opponent's last player on the defense. the small forward member of the team is majorly responsible for scoring points through dribble penetration and cuts to the basket. he also rebounds and plays actively. power forward plays invasively having their back to the basket and when on defense he plays under the basket or against the opponent's power forward (ramen 54). the center often uses his size and height to score and safeguard the basket when on defense. however, there is no rule that limits the players to these descriptions.  

              there are four quarters in regular basketball game, and each takes 10 or 12 minutes (ramen 67). in college basketball games, the game uses two-twenty minute halves. extra time should take 5 minutes in all games except in high school, where it takes four minutes. teams need to change sides after the first half of the game. a typical basketball game might take approximately 2 hours excluding the time when the game is inactive. at any given time, the court should have ten players, 5 from both sides. despite substitutions being unrestricted, it can only be performed when the game is stopped (wissel 51). additionally, teams must have a uniform comprising of a jersey and a pair of shorts. for identification purposes, the jersey should have a unique number in the team printed at the front and back. in some instances, the jerseys have the names of players, sponsors and team printed on them.  

              in conclusion, regulation basketball hoop comprises of a rim or basket attached to a backboard. violating the rules of the game results in a change of the shot clock if the committed by the defense or loss of ball possession. basketball teams comprise of five players, which includes the point guard, shooting guard, power forward, small forward and center. a typical basketball game might take approximately 2 hours excluding the time when the game is inactive.