In smaller towns where everyone wrestles that is what you grow up expecting to do.
That may have been true at one time but I think now it is more a result of many or even a few parents or supporters who keep the embers burning for our sport. I have always suggested that the best way to keep programs at the youth level going is to create boards of directors and non-profit corporations. That way when the one or two people who have run the program for years finally wear out there are people waiting in the wings to take control.
The number of sports available to participate in is ever increasing in the last 10 years that I was as Schlagle we added Rugby, Soccer, Bowling, Tennis, Swimming and a few others. "Inner city" kids simply have more opportunity available to them.
A problem that effects every school in this state! When we continue to offer "additional opportunities to our students" all we do is dilute the quality of all of our products. The current and future budget battles may serve a purpose in doing away with some of the really non-revenue producing sports.
