If it is not fun, why do you do it?

If it is not fun, why do you do it? 

An important question for all of us to answer. Katelyn Ohashi caught a lot of folks attention with the perfect 10 in January 2019. While it was an 'overnight' sensation, as usual, it took years to prepare for.

Didn't see the perfect 10? Check out the link  https://youtu.be/4ic7RNS4Dfo




A key part of the preparation was with Miss Val, Katelyn's coach at UCLA who is the real thing. The quick summary of Miss Val's story as she retires this year.

https://youtu.be/gZF6GKzBLQo




The longer (and great version) can be found in the "Laughter Permitted" podcast by Julie Foudy and Lynn Olszowy interview with both Katelyn and Miss Val: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qShhXbjsxpmFnG27hm9eG

or on ESPN http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/26092845

In the Globe: High School Sports fees

By Lisa Kocian and Brian Benson Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent / August 24, 2008

Mark and Monica Juitt's son and daughter both go to Ashland High School, and both play sports. Between them, Nina and Tim Juitt will participate on five teams this year.

Last year, their activities would have cost the family $650 in sports fees. But this year, the school district has raised the fees and eliminated a cap on how much a family has to pay, and the Juitts are facing a bill for $1,353.

"It's a lot of money," said Monica Juitt. To offset the cost, she will not pay the bus fee, about $280 per student, and will instead drive her children to school, she said.

Read the full article in the Boston Globe here.

It is too bad the Globe does not provide a link or way to share the table of the fees charged by the high schools in the 28 communities shown in the printed version of the paper. That is a table that one should keep for reference.

Franklin: the price of sports

"Advertising is something that's so commonplace. You watch the kids walk in, and they're advertising . . . all the types of clothes," Sidwell said. "It's a far worse thing that we make them pay to play sports."

He and Ogden would like to debut the ads next year on the Franklin High School football field, which they estimate would raise about $20,000. For now, they envision banners on the 3-foot-high fence that surrounds the field, but would consider expanding to other fields, Ogden said.

Sidwell estimated the total cost of operating his athletic program in 2006-07 at $1.5 million, including coaches' salaries.

From an article in the Sunday Globe on the cost of school sports and efforts to find alternative funding (i.e. advertising).

I would prefer to properly fund the school budget and avoid these additional revenue sources.

What do you think?