Next year, our local IAABO board will
require all varsity teams in the most competitive CIAC bracket (based on school population, previous two year combined record, record of league, and whether or not a school of choice (Catholic, magnet, charter, and vocational-technical schools) to have three person crews in a minimum of three regular season games.
I'm not sure how some schools will be able to afford this.
We've got three local boys teams and nine local girls teams in the most competitive CIAC bracket.
If a school's boys and girls teams are both at this level, it will require at least an extra $660 in the school's annual basketball budget.
That ain't chump change.
That's a lot of hot dogs, pizza slices, and boxes of popcorn.