"Economics and high school football" Annotated Bibliography

Ward Gossett argues that specifically money generated by high school football teams, comes up every year. He claims that Tennessee's high school athletics governing body, takes half of the gate from every football game played between Friday. To give an example, the first round Sequatchie County-Bledsoe County netted $16,000. Gossett develops this claim by first stating that Sequatchie County-Bledsoe County paid for officials and a discount plaque for a winner and loser, but that leaves the 2 schools splitting approxiamately $8,000.

Gossett acknowledges that one football coach thinks the TSSAA should get anywhere near 50 percent, and he wants the state to provide expenses for teams that go on the road. Lastly, the author comments that one coach stated "They tell us the 50 percent is to cover the cost of catastophic insurance." Ward Gossett purpose is to inform us on how economics play a role in high school football, in order to make high school football a success.

Works Cited

Gossett, Ward. "Gossett: Economics and high school football." Chattanooga Times/Free Press (TN) 31 Oct. 2011: Newspaper Source. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.