re: Patches for Letterman jackets?

I can't figure out if this is a "My kid's a great athlete" or a "I have enough money to send my kid to a small private school, where he's nearly guaranteed lots of patches" brag.

I kid. When I was in high school in the 70'a, we ordered All-District patches thru a store in town. When they came in, you left your jacket with them and they'd call when they had the patches on it. I was thinking they gave us a letter with the slashes on it every year we lettered. Back then there was only one all-district and one all-state team. No second team. Pretty sure they did have a few hnerable mentions, but I don't even think it was enough to make up what would kind of be a second team.

My brag for the thread:
I earned a maroon and white jacket from one school as a freshman, moved to a different state and earned a black and orange one.