I suppose every school district has a certain amount of politics including Granite City. Many years ago Edwardsville, Collinsville and East St Louis had some shenanigans going on with high school basketball that would dwarf anything going on today. In the end though the coaches are paid to win, at least to some degree. In order to do that you better be playing the best players. I would hope that 3Dee is joking too, but i wouldnt bet on it. Ive heard that very line of thinking many times, and its not as uncommon as many of us would think. Its funny how we can all find something that we dont want our tax dollars going to on the county, state and federal level. But i get it that goodies buy votes on a federal level.