Reply #14: I was on the swim team. Not a real "public" sport, that.

[Rabrrrrrr]

:-)

But no, I don't think our schools should be in the business of organized sports teams. Let community organizations provide them outside of school time for any youth who DO want the fun and thrill of organized sports.

But in terms of "does having a school football team provide any educational benefit to the students, the team members, the school, or the community?", the answer is "no". And so, there's no reason for school tax money to go for any sport OTHER than sports being used as exercise or in informal ways, in which everyone who shows up gets to play, there are no tryouts, there are no teams beyond that day's fun...