Most important/basic - obviously the student-athletes.
As a very close second, I would have to say the fans. Sports have an amazing way of bringing together communities, particularly scholastic sports. You can have a game without coaches, you can have a (sloppy) game without refs, but I've seen very few games where there are no fans.
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"To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is the greatest of all."
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