A SPECIAL REPORT: PREP SPORTS
SIGN OF TIMES: High school athletes have a new challenge: money. . . . No less an authority than Anaheim’s Bill Theriot foresees the day when Orange County school districts will need full-time staff fund-raisers. Theriot’s Fund Raising Unlimited has brought in $1.8 million for USC athletics since 1978 by conducting walk-a-thons. . . . “Bingo, carwashes and bake sales aren’t going to cut it,” he said. “There are people out there with money; all they have to do is be asked.”
Gear Up
The cost of a high school football uniform has increased 94% in the last three decades.
1960s: $147.50
1970s: $191.00
1980s: $243.00
1990s: $286.00
Source: Chick’s Sporting Goods
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