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Originally Posted by randomrules
There were some kids "collecting money for their sports team" on 15th and Vine this evening. To their credit, they were wearing matching t-shirts. The older gentleman overseeing this operation even had a stopwatch around his neck! He must be the coach.
At least they are upping the production value.
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To be fair, as someone who coaches track in the city at a public school, these type of coin drops are needed to run any type of decent program. The district does not provide adequate facilities, equipment, or transportation so the teams have to raise money one way or another.
If we want the kids to run in meets that are actually run well (proper officials with the right equipment) and with good competition you have to do it on weekends. The district won't provide transportation for those meets so you have to find parents willing to drive or hope the kids have a car so you can get to the meets. Then you have to pay the entry fees. Besides that you probably need warm up or uniforms more than every 5 years, so those need to be purchased. Coin drops, bake sales, etc, that's what needs to be done.