Fort Mill went from the outhouse to the penthouse without the benefit of MS soccer. The year we went to the state championship we didn't have middle school soccer, the JV roster was stacked with 7th and 8th graders.
As Daddy says, in "good times" there is definitely a place for middle school sports, but in "these times", I would hate to see my daughter lose her teaching job because someone chose to keep the MS program.
It's been a terrible couple of weeks up here. Many school district employees are losing their jobs and teachers, coaches and administrators are taking a big financial hit.
For those 7th and 8th graders (or 9th, 10th & 11th) graders who don't make the HS JV team, there is still club and/or rec. We are not denying them the opportunity to play.
In conclusion, I wish we weren't in this mess and that we weren't even having this discussion.
