In general, it's just a better way to start a year. Everyone is real positive and excited. Last year, it was hard to be positive in the situation. It's very refreshing this year.

In some cases, kids are going to excel in school regardless of their sport participation. For others, they could fail in the classroom and go unpunished. The kids that didn't do well, there wasn't too much to take away from them because we didn't have any dances or extra-curricular activities.