text: "You're assuming the 19 varsity players were good enough to warrant a D1 college scholie offer."  - plaba
  
  No I'm not.  I'm saying that the system has made the playing of high school football an $80,000 - $300,000 brass ring. 
  
  And, just like those playing EVERY SINGLE HAND OF BLACKJACK ever played, there are those, regardless of the odds, who believe they can grab that brass ring.  Who believe their child is perhaps a better football player than they actually are, or who merely get caught up in the hype.
  
  Here's the problem:  REALISTIC OR NOT, if a parent believe their kid has a shot at the $80,000-$300,000 brass ring, they're going to dream, endeavor and yes, FIGHT, to try to preserve or enhance the chances.  
  
  That's what the schools are contending with.  They shouldn't, I believe, but they are.
  
  And, since that is the unfortunate reality, the schools have to take measures that address the type of insanity the dangling of $80,000-$300,000 brass rings give rise to.
  
  That's all.