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buckeye · 02-03-2003, 12:46 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pliedes:
Seriously, if they invested 3.5 million dollars into our course, and we had 3,000 people show up.....
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There are lots of schools that invest tons of money in a certain sport and don't get near the results they think their investment would produce. Just look at Warsaw basketball with all the money we invest in basketball, we have only 3 state championships to show for it.

I think what it comes down to is the community around the school that determines how good a sports team is going to be. Take the two best swimming schools in the nation St. Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Carmel. St. Xavier is a private school, so they can recruit swimmers unlike most high schools, Carmel on the otherhand has a rich suburban community to get their athletes from. You can invest as much money in a program as you want but when it comes down to it, the community that feeds into your school makes it all happen.

02-03-2003, 12:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
buckeye Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,100 Internets: 10	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pliedes: Seriously, if they invested 3.5 million dollars into our course, and we had 3,000 people show up..... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> There are lots of schools that invest tons of money in a certain sport and don't get near the results they think their investment would produce. Just look at Warsaw basketball with all the money we invest in basketball, we have only 3 state championships to show for it. I think what it comes down to is the community around the school that determines how good a sports team is going to be. Take the two best swimming schools in the nation St. Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Carmel. St. Xavier is a private school, so they can recruit swimmers unlike most high schools, Carmel on the otherhand has a rich suburban community to get their athletes from. You can invest as much money in a program as you want but when it comes down to it, the community that feeds into your school makes it all happen.