Comments on: The economy and amateur baseball http://www.codball.com/2009/04/11/the-economy-and-amateur-baseball/ Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Capeman http://www.codball.com/2009/04/11/the-economy-and-amateur-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-27266 Capeman Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:48:48 +0000 http://www.codball.com/?p=1260#comment-27266 It is always terrible when cuts affect education...and sports at the high school level is definately part of the educational experience. I think it will survice because communities tend to rally around such causes and I'm sure we'll hear of many stories where towns get behind a sport or a program or a team. What concerns me is field maintenance. Often, this comes under a parts and recreational budget or part of the general school budget and like the athletic budget for schools; these funds are also an obvious target for cuts. Kids will find a way to buy a glove or come up with "fee money" to play the sport but the condition of the facilites can deteriorate quickly and as we all know from following the Cape League, renovations are very expensive. It is always terrible when cuts affect education…and sports at the high school level is definately part of the educational experience. I think it will survice because communities tend to rally around such causes and I’m sure we’ll hear of many stories where towns get behind a sport or a program or a team.

What concerns me is field maintenance. Often, this comes under a parts and recreational budget or part of the general school budget and like the athletic budget for schools; these funds are also an obvious target for cuts. Kids will find a way to buy a glove or come up with “fee money” to play the sport but the condition of the facilites can deteriorate quickly and as we all know from following the Cape League, renovations are very expensive.

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