[mandan]

Here's a good example of what's going on in Ohio: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/mi...19246.html

Most local school districts in Ohio rely heavily on property taxes to operate. Residents will NOT vote to raise their own taxes when they can barely make it now, in this ecomomy. State is cutting school funding. So, something has to give. The burden is falling back on the parents of athletes. A necessary evil, unfortunately.