>a school administrator I would prolly not want any school
>staff to participate so as not to give the impression that its
>school sponsored or that there would be some sort of
>repercussions for not participating.

Agreed. That's just good sense.

>But to your original point, if everyone on your team isn't
>cool with the idea of group pre game prayer, Why would you
>impose those beliefs or practices on others?

How exactly is a group prayer imposing any belief or practice on anyone else?

Unless there's a mandate with repercussions that's not valid. In fact, denying other students the ability to pray as they see fit is just as bad as mandating that a student participates. If 5% of the students who do not wish to participate are the catalyst that says the remaining 95% can't do it at all, that's every bit as bad.