At a time when many schools are lamenting cutbacks in schedules to meet budget crunching requirements, there are others who are keeping their focus on the activity value of high school athletics and a "non-championship" prespective. This is also not a secondary attempt to simply provide disabled student-athletes a league of their own.  In a joint effort with the Rhode Island chapter of Special Olympics, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League is offering a Unified Basketball League that will partner athletes with intellectual disabilities and other varsity athletes.