Edgecombe County loves supporting Edgecombe County. Those games do nothing for the gate at this time, but I do think they benefit the teams themselves. Clearly, Tarboro and SWE use the game as a live practice, seeing what works and getting reps. As far as NE goes, playing much better competition early helps them out in the long run too. And let's not forget, when NE was beating both SWE and Tarboro regularly, no one was saying that NE should drop those teams. Yeah, gates suffer right now, and I would enjoy seeing a different team in their place, but I think the games benefit all three teams.