9. Sports and Education

I had a conversation with a teacher/coach the other day about the 6A football teams that always seem to be competing for football state championships.  We discovered that all of these school are strong academically.  Whether it be Hoover, Mt. Brook, Daphne, Bob Jones, etc these school are high academic achievers.  Certainly there are schools that perform academically that are not good at football, but the converse does not seem to be true.  If you are a large school, could investing in sports help academically?  Something to think about...