" The government is running farm teams for the majors,,,AND,,,it is using tax money to it!"
Excellent point!
I'd love to see what part of the $8000 per child the school spends goes toward athletics. I bet it's a huge part of it.
85-90% of the typical school budget goes to teacher salaries.
In large city school systems a greater percentage of the budget goes to administration. As a comparison, there are 100 times as many administrators per student in Washington, D.C. than in the parochial schools of the archdiocese of Washington.
Its over $10,000 per child, not $8000.