Wow. I usually agree with what you say, Soapweed. Usually but not always. However, you absolutely nailed it this time. There is WAY too much emphasis placed on sports in high school. I mean way too much. When I went to High School in Moundridge, KS we were right in the middle of an absolute domination in basketball. I think they won 60 or 70 some games in a row. Won the state title for five years in a row or something like that. That was the boys team. When they were just starting to wind down, the girls team took over for a few years! The resulting pandamonium was astonishing. School would be cancelled on game days in the finals, pep rallys would last for hours, and education got put on the back burner in a big way. I'm not against team support, but then, as now, education should probably be the cheif concern in schools. That's just my opinion and I could be wrong, though.