I have just heard the news that some members of a high school football team in New Jersey were involved in an assault of some people who are in very serious condition. The Coach of the team went before the school board and bullied them into allowing the boys under investigation to play the next game.

I am sorry, but I am now officially anti-high school football. Period. It is not just the New Jersey thing. These thoughts have been on my mind for quite a while. I was a player in high school. I even played while in the army in Europe. I am outraged over the Penn State affair and now this high school coach has gotten my ire up as well. Something is wrong when high school coaches are more admired and compensated than the Superintendent or Principal. And at the college level you can say all that in spades! It is time we got our entire education system out of big league sports. If there is a market for such activity, let it be run by the city or county recreation departments for the school age kids and by the professional leagues beyond that. I am sure that the big colleges and universities could work out franchise arrangements with the pros for the use of the school mascot names and rental of the stadiums and probably come out ahead of where they are now.