APPENDIX B

1. What did high school football mean to the boosters and fans of Permian High School?

2. When Odessa, Texas, truly desegregated its schools in 1982, how did the whites view African-Americans living in the southern section of town?

3. The case of football star Boobie Miles is one of narrowly-focused and misdirected goals. Throughout high school, he devoted all of his energy to football, banking on a lucrative professional career. When a career-ending injury shattered his dream, he had no contingency plans and nowhere to turn. What message does this tragic story have for all high school athletes?

4. The importance of winning and intolerance for losing was readily apparent throughout the article. Why was this school and community (or at least a segment of it) so fixated on winning?

1. What benefits did social reformers at the turn of the century see coming from high school athletics?

2. What is the "athletics are educational doctrine" and why did educators adopt it in the early twentieth century? Why does it still persist today?

3. Do the modern theories of the evolution of high school athletics discussed in the article help to explain the meaning and role of high school athletics in the early decades of this century? Justify your answer.

4. What benefits do coaches, teachers, school administrators, and educators of today see in high school athletics?