The Money Chase

by Jane Musgrave

American Football Monthly May 2001 Issue OnlineWhen Michael Christensen needed money to buy high-tech equipment to revolutionize his football program at Lakewood High School in California, he got it that old-fashioned way: He went to his booster club with his palms outstretched.

\"Luckily, we have a real active booster club,\" he says of the group\'s ability to raise the money he needed to buy a $13,000 video-editing system.

Without a good booster club or a well-heeled sugar daddy, however, most high school and small college coaches are ...Login to Read More

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