High school athletics: the final frontier for amateur sports
One Badger tradition is parading the Lampasas flag before players run out onto the field. FILE PHOTO
FILE PHOTO Lampasas basketball consistently draws large crowds, including their student section.
The sports world really hasn’t been the same since the introduction of NIL: paying college athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness for marketing endeavors.
In addition, recruiting changes and the transfer portal have turned collegiate athletics into a modern version of the Wild West, and talented high school athletes are choosing to play for the highest bidder.
