Can anyone tell me if this is a good pick for recording High school football games? I am looking for a drone that we can pretty much setup above the field and record with minumum intervention. I'm also looking for something with a long battery life, can anyone out there give any advice?

Yes, you could use the Mavic for this. But wouldn't a better (and safer option) to mount video cameras at strategic points around the playing field?

As flycaster said you could use it although you would need to be 120metres in the air if flying over a crowd of people, I can think of many other forms of photography you could use .