Blog: High School Sports Are the Number-One Ticket

Whether they're cheering on their team or booing a ref's call, the fans in the stands at high school games are doing one thing consistently - showing up in big numbers. And whether you're optimistic and attribute that to a lot of school spirit, or whether you're pessimistic and blame it on an economy that has us all searching for less expensive entertainment, it's still a great trend.

The National Federation of State High School Associations has been tracking the numbers of high school athletes for more than 40 years now, but this is the first time it has compiled statistics on those who watch them. According to this first survey, in the school year 2009-10, more fans attended high school basketball and football events - 336 million - than the same sports at the college and professional levels combined (133 million).

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