Better yet, get the Dept of Education (education at all levels, really) out of athletics altogether. Free up millions which go just to cover team insurance and facilities into the classroom so these jocks (and those who couldn't make the cut) can read and do math!
"Athletics" programs are just another money grab (tax dollars and student fees) by a few. Communities of neighbors can and have organized sports teams and leagues at many levels. If you're in it for health or a love of the game, that ought to be more than sufficient.
Too much of professional athletics is supported in the form of corporate welfare (some of the worst offenses are here in San Diego). It's time these addicts, steroid abusers and thugs find real employment, real skills. Cripes, they can't even play clean!
You know this is a great idea and opens the door then for homeschoolers to be a part of athletics(particularly a problem at high school level where the choices for competative sports get limited since the high schools have a monopoly on some of the "big games") I love the way our youth athletics work in this burg I live in and it would be refreshing to see them carry that to the high school level as well and eliminate the high school teams. Would do a bit of good to keep neighborhoods cohesive too instead of being split by two high schools.