[mason]

Football does not pay the bills for football much less other sports. Equipment alone will be 10-15 G a year and thats with 30-40 players. Coaching salaries from 20-40 G. Thats not even counting field upkeep, travel, camps, weights, clinics. If it were not for booster clubs NO school in the state could field a football team.
You can't even put a player on the field on game unless he has AT LEAST $600 worth of equipment and uniform on.

Boone County Schools do not pay for anything other that coaches salaries. That is why the only sports in Boone County that take buses for away games is football and they have to pay for it themselves. Anything over an hour they take charters because it costs the same as paying for the school buses. Football gates are split with the athletic department(boosters) 50/50 the other 50% goes to the other sports.

The school system bought the initial equipment for the sports but then it is up to each sport to outfit and maintain their own equipment from their on out. The school booster money comes from the 50/50 split with football and concession sales at the games.