[bob green]

I hate to be the one to bring this up, but lots of kids are playing basketball these days because it is easier and more self gratifying than other sports. Of course you have to run, but you do it in a controled climate that is nice and cozy. Every one gets to shoot the ball in practice and sometimes even in the game. All this leads to a kid thinking that they play college basketball at some school that they have never heard of or would have ever considered going to and going to college as an athelete first and not a student that is concerned about making a living someday. Some make it, most don't. Plus a lot of parents push their kids to play basketball, why not, it's easy to understand, you don't have to sit in 100 degree temps and 20 degree temps outside to watch them in the same season (baseball and football). We can all rant and rave but in today's society people are going to take easy paths, or what may look like an easy path. People dont want to know the truth and what some of you are saying here is truth.

What I would like to see from not only players, but parents and coaches is lets all be together and make our high school sports the best they can possibly be for our communities across the board. Not because we want a college scholorship, but because we owe it to those people in our towns that support and sacrifice for us, and make playing high school sports so much fun. If we could just do this then the college scholorships will take care of themselves. Funny, this is how it used to be, people had pride in where they lived. Now it's all about "me" and what I am going to do. Sucks in my opinion.