Why do schools let athletes bully non-athletes?

And wouldn’t accomplish anything since bullying is a moral issue, not a mental health one. People bully because they enjoy it; they stop when someone with more power than them threatens them into doing so. Physical bullying drops off sharply after school years not because people suddenly become mentally healthier, but because beating up people as an adult gets you jail time, not speeches about “boys will be boys”.

The reason there’s so much bullying in schools is because they people who are in a position to stop it either don’t care or actively approve of it. And are often bullies themselves.

Or they seek “solutions” that involve themselves as little as possible. Advice like “Bullies are actually cowards. Just stand up to them and they will back down every time” from the parents and “I don’t care who started it. I am going to punish everybody!” or worse “If I punish the bully I have to punish everybody, including you” from the teachers.