Um, most hopeless computer geeks don't like Football?
Reminds me of a discussion on an old BBS forum, and was surprising to see the amount of hate for sports. Like saying the money should be spent elsewhere, etc.
Watch out, I'm about to go on a tangent.
I did research on high school and university football. In high school, the city and state pay for most of the expenses, with ticket sales covering only a token amount. At the university level, ticket sales are significantly increased. Ticket sales, along with tee shirt and other memorabilia sales, help cover landscaping and other costs that I would otherwise be paying through my tuition. The benefit of university sports outweighs the cost of high school sports.
From an economics point of view, I am all about school athletics. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, otherwise.