We are not sports fans in our house, so my kids didn’t actively look for sports at all. They were turned OFF by schools that overemphasized sports. Schools dropped from or moved down on their list from that.
All of their schools have some sort of sports. I don’t think any of my kids have attended a thing.
We did, however, get a chuckle at a ceremony where a student athlete was getting an award presented to her by her research mentor. It went something like:
“X encouraged us to come watch one of her swim meets. It proved to be quite interesting as we found out our school has a gym.”
That fits us. We’re active people, but outdoor active - hikes, etc - not organized sports active.