Over the past two years, a number of horrific hazing incidents have occurred during the first month of the school year. Last year, in the month of August alone, there were five highly publicized incidents across the country - one of which forced cancelation of a school's entire football season.
For several years, we have drawn attention to the poor behavior exhibited at high school athletic contests, hoping to bring awareness to the issue and the damage it can cause to education-based athletics.
A year ago, the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee approved the allowance of a shot clock in high school basketball, ending years of discussion about whether a shot clock should be employed at the high school level.