Your either an Iolani graduate or know nothing about high school athletics! They do it because athletics compliment academic efforts! Damien is NOT a struggling school! They are using the correct amount of money to build well rounded student athletes . Unlike St.Louis, Punahou and the like that uses whatever money it takes to get the best athletes money can buy to win championships, Damien realizes it only has so much to spend and makes the most of it by staying a D2 team and they are doing a great job of it!