High school football is
huge in the state of Texas. It is the thing to do if you are a young man and want
to play sports. Football is king and garners all of the media attention; in
fact, many high school football games are televised in real-time on local and
cable TV outlets. Some high schools have
more of their games broadcast on TV than many lower division collegiate
programs (i.e. NCAA Division II and III football programs). Texas is ahead of
the rest of the country when it comes to high school football.
In Texas, the saying is
“Everything is bigger in Texas”. In this case I will agree because the city of
Allen, a suburb outside of Dallas, has just built a football stadium that cost $60
million dollars. This is the most expensive high school football stadium in the
nation. According to the U.S. Census, the population of Allen has increased
from 43,000 in 2001 to 84,000 in 2011. The city is continuing to grow due in
large part to the phenomenal high school academic and sport programs. Many people, who have no interest in
football, attend the Allen football games just to check out the amazing sports
venue. Sports are popular, but football is KING.
Football truly is the sport of Texas, but with that some schools put more in to their football program then in any other of their sports. In Texas some people look at you weird if you say you dont watch or like football. Also if you are big and tall the first thing that comes out of some peoples mouth is do you play football. Personally I could care less because I like basketball more, but it does get irritating
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