I was reading Jariels thread about the $60 million dollar high school football stadium, and it really made me wonder:
Why doesn't high school sport matter in England/ the UK?
I've been a pretty successful rugby player and used to play for my county (like state) in rugby. However, rugby was never that important to me. We'd meet on a Saturday, go to some school in the middle of nowhere, play them with no one watching and then go home. A couple of months ago, I played in the county cup final for my school, and it was such a non event I felt let down. We lost, and it was played on a field with about 100 people watching. They couldn't even hold it in some shitty stadium with a grandstand or something. The best high school footballers are famous and have highlight videos on YouTube. They're even in video games. If a football team wins a state championship, they get championship rings! I won the county cup two years ago and we didn't even get a medal.
I'm interested to know what people's opinion on this are? Why is high school sport so big in America, and why is it so meaningless in Europe?
Why doesn't high school sport matter in England/ the UK?
I've been a pretty successful rugby player and used to play for my county (like state) in rugby. However, rugby was never that important to me. We'd meet on a Saturday, go to some school in the middle of nowhere, play them with no one watching and then go home. A couple of months ago, I played in the county cup final for my school, and it was such a non event I felt let down. We lost, and it was played on a field with about 100 people watching. They couldn't even hold it in some shitty stadium with a grandstand or something. The best high school footballers are famous and have highlight videos on YouTube. They're even in video games. If a football team wins a state championship, they get championship rings! I won the county cup two years ago and we didn't even get a medal.
I'm interested to know what people's opinion on this are? Why is high school sport so big in America, and why is it so meaningless in Europe?