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At these championship-winning schools, coaches sacrifice time and money for players to beat the odds

  • Written by Rob Book, PhD Candidate, Lecturer, University of Southern Denmark
Coaches say dedication and sacrifice can help low-resource schools overcome the odds.www.shutterstock.com

When high schools compete against each other in sports, often the winner is not the school with the best talent, it’s the one with the most financial resources to help develop and support its athletes.

Perhaps nowhere is that stark reality...

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