Agreed, but I wasn't PO'ed ... I chalked it up (pun intended) to lesson learned. If you want to see PO'ed, ask me about what I think about how different sports are treated by HS Athletic Trainers.
One comparison ... Every Friday night our AT and her staff is on the fields sidelines for every football game as they should be ... They're running on the field every time a player is slow to get up ... Every banged up finger, knee, ankle is evaluated and taped. One Friday night I have a key player roll an ankle sliding into third base and the AT happens to be walking by the field on her way to the baseball field ... I call out to her, Suzie has rolled her ankle, I've got some tape and we have ice ... Can you take a quick look at it to see if she can go ? Her response, "Tell her to see me Monday".
I bet everyone can guess what the hierarchy of high school sports.
Football, Basketball........Track&Field...............baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, cross country, swimming, soccer, bowling, rugby, field hockey, ice hockey, badminton, golf and archery ........ Men then women
The list would be the same regardless of the topic: Funding, Attendance, Schools Assemblies, Support Personnel, Boosters, how fast you get a return email/phone call, ETC.