We need football

Many of us may not like  football.  Many of us may not have liked the football players when we were in high school. Many of us may think that football is just too dangerous.

But, we all need to support high school football in Greenville County public schools!

The next time you complain about football, you should remember that football allows all of the other high school sports to exist! Most of the larger schools in Greenville County host as many as 21 sports other than football. Some of the smaller schools host 10-12.

For most schools, football is the only revenue sport.  That means that your high school football team pays for all of the non-revenue sports to continue.  In some schools baseball and basketball come close to being self-supporting sports and lacrosse is growing every year but football keeps all of those sports on the field, court or track.

So the next time you feel the urge to criticize high school football, the players or the traditions that go with the game, you need to remember that without high school football your student might not be an athlete at all.

Cindy Armstrong
Greer