DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 14, 2010 13:36:52 GMT -5
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Post by theexorcist on Apr 14, 2010 16:32:29 GMT -5
This is Texas high school football. They're like college, except they pay players more.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Apr 14, 2010 16:47:03 GMT -5
Yeah, something tells me high schools and colleges in Texas and the south take football a little too seriously... but just my opinion.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Apr 14, 2010 17:25:40 GMT -5
Good for these folks in TX and their administrators. If this example tells us anything, it is that good things happen when administrators allow them to happen. In our case, the football and basketball communities are not permitted to give money for these kinds of facilities unless the donor is the guy with a sticker on his Convocation program, namely one with 8 figures of disposable income.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 14, 2010 18:53:20 GMT -5
Yeah, something tells me high schools and colleges in Texas and the south take football a little too seriously... but just my opinion. Sorry, but that reads like something out of NPR. Would it sound better if the city spent $23 million on a new performing arts center for the kids instead? Well, the bond issue that's paying for the stadium includes a new performing arts center, too. Or $15 million for a "nutrition center" to provide better meals for the district's students? Well, they're doing that too. The Dallas-Ft. Worth area is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the nation, and when newcomers are looking at school districts to raise their kids, they are increasingly drawn to communities which invest in a well rounded education. If the city of Allen wants to invest in a better physical plant for its students, good for them. The neighboring city to Allen, Plano, invested in major high school facilities in the 1980's that helped draw a half dozen Fortune 500 firms to relocate there, from Frito Lay to EDS to Dr. Pepper. Good school districts make it easier for a company to take root in a community. Well, no one accuses Georgetown to taking athletics too seriously, do they?
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Post by CAHoya07 on Apr 14, 2010 21:38:55 GMT -5
DFW, you're probably right, and that sounds like a lot of good stuff. However, I still think that an 18,000-seat stadium for a high school is pretty ridiculous. Of course, I did not grow up in Texas, so what do I know.
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Post by kchoya on Apr 15, 2010 11:56:37 GMT -5
DFW, you're probably right, and that sounds like a lot of good stuff. However, I still think that an 18,000-seat stadium for a high school is pretty ridiculous. Of course, I did not grow up in Texas, so what do I know. If they're drawing crowds of 18,000, then I don't think it's a big deal. Heck, they apparently have a 600 member marching band. The real question isn't how the MSF compares to this stadium. The question is whether the Allen HS team would beat the GU college team .
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Post by hoya4ever on Apr 15, 2010 19:47:03 GMT -5
Or maybe if we can recruit some of these kids who deserve an 18,000 seat stadium.
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Post by derhoya on Apr 16, 2010 7:55:50 GMT -5
Having gone to track meets in 2002 and 2003 there, I thought they had great facilities at the time. I guess the wear and tear was that bad?
Allen has become a powerhouse in TX fball the last 10 years and often times makes deep runs into the playoffs there. I believe they won the state championship in TX's largest HS classification this past year or the year before. You can't do such things without some talent so I'd think a game between gtown and allen HS wouldn't turn out well for us.
FWIW, Allen in a semifinal playoff game drew ~50K to Jerryworld (new Texas Stadium in Arlington) so there is certainly a large demand in playoff games. I'm uncertain if this translates to the regular season but I'm sure matchups against suburb neighbors in Plano draw huge crowds too.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on May 27, 2010 15:51:37 GMT -5
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Feb 28, 2014 11:15:20 GMT -5
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