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Just about every high school has a football team, equipment is often paid for via fundraisers/carwashes etc if it's not in the budget. Hockey is generally not a
by potta_coffee 9y ago
Just about every high school has a football team, equipment is often paid for via fundraisers/carwashes etc if it's not in the budget. Hockey is generally not a high school sport, young people have to pay to participate and do so completely on their own time outside of school.
- talmand 9y agoSo it's just as possible as football, but the locals decide to not offer hockey in the same way? What if predominately black high schools in large cities started demanding hockey teams?
- Spooky23 9y agoThe expenses are high and the exceptional players start very young.
- brewdad 9y agoFootball can be played/practiced on any large grass field in any climate any time of the year. Hockey requires an indoor facility with expensive chilling and maintenance equipment if you want to play outside of a few northern cities for a few months out of the year. Inner city Houston kids will never have access to hockey facilities in any significant numbers.
- talmand 9y agoDo inner city schools play basketball outside? Although, I can see maintaining a hockey rink has increased costs over a basketball court.