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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way, football programs seldom cut.  You may not play, but you can usually be on the team.  And, coaches are hardly paid for the time they put into the effort.[/quote]
Maybe your school doesn't but most do.  I can't think of a single school where a majority of students are on the football team. Typically it's just a small percentage, and lots of students don't make the team at all.  It is definitely exclusionary in most schools.  Many schools are highly competetive in sports and hold a high bar to qualify to participate in any way at all.
Also, I think you underestimate the costs - sports facilities cost a not insignificant amount of money to build and maintain, there are lights, sprinkler systems, fertilizer and turfgrass management, mowing, et cetera - or alternately, a not-insignificant cost associated with indoor facilities.  In DC many outdoor facilities are provided by DC Parks and Recreation but for the schools to use, so the figure is hidden from the schools budget and it's not really selling a couple of hotdogs and bags of chips that's paying for it.[/quote]

Are we talking about high school or college here? Many of the high school football programs around here do not cut and place kids on varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams. If you are willing to practice every day even though you may not play, you can be on the team. High school cross country and track teams tend to be like this, too. Lots of average athletes and even some kids who don't start out as athletic at all, but practice and work hard and improve. Kids can not only improve their physical fitness but learn a lot about teamwork and leadership by participating in athletics in high school. Athletic programs are very much worth the tax dollars for the benefits provided to the kids who choose to participate.
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