As reported by Fox.

https://www.outkick.com/culture/fights-texas-state-championships-att-stadium

I didn't see this mentioned elsewhere. Seems like fairly widespread bad behavior. Makes one think HS football is just not a family friendly event anymore. Besides the perps themselves, who is responsible for order and security? The City? The ISD's?

Esteban du Plantier said:

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I guess add high school State football championship to the list of things to avoid, which already includes Carnival cruises and Spirit airlines.

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I've been to about 8 at Cowboys since they pretty much went to single site there around 2012 (minus a year, I think in Houston). Never saw any such behavior. However, sadly, certain very urban schools who seem (for whatever reason) to have a greater percentage of "fans" that are drawn to this sort of behavior, were playing Saturday.

Infection_Ag11 said:

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Fights breaking out at a North Shore/Duncanville game is just about the least surprising thing ever. Call me when the Carroll and Rockwall-Heath fans start fighting.

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Esteban du Plantier said:

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I guess add high school State football championship to the list of things to avoid, which already includes Carnival cruises and Spirit airlines.

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Walmart.

How many of these fans need to be in the deportal?

such a shame

DannyDuberstein said:

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The state's HS football has become a complete joke anyway with the ridiculous amount of recruiting. It's the same teams every single year.

In the past, there would be great programs that were always good, but they weren't going to the semis and finals every year. They may have a 2-3 year peak, fall back some for several years, then peak again. Now it's just the same few schools over and over again

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We all know about the parents getting jobs in power districts to bring their star players to play for a school, but heard from an AD how some districts do it within the district (not his).


Districts have rigged the system to allow open recruiting to foster one (or two if different divisions) dominate school just for the playoff aspect.

The "lessor" schools /coaching staffs allow their star players leave the home zone school (while still living in their home zone), and go across town to the "district approved school" for sports (football usually). The reciprocal to the staffs, of now sub par teams with little/no talent is that the ADs let them shelter in those spots with horrid records and no hassle for it as long as "the game" is played. Some coaches riding 0-fer or similar records for many years, completely safe. That record usually means demise in this state, but not in those districts.

Recruiting by apartment complex. So simple, so stupid.

Little League, and I loved it, had no barriers to entry.
Meaning, that plenty of people that shouldn't even be parents, are half assed parents of kids on your team.

#enlightened

Buck Turgidson said:

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You won't typically find that BS in the TAPPS championships.

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they keep you separated by home/visitor. which helps tremendously.

When we were in the same district and later when we weren't every time we played teams like North Shore we had police escorts that stayed with us the entire game.

We had a little league game with one team mainly from the Nimitz area that we had to end early since the parents of the other team were threatening to kill us after one of their players broke his neck by lowering his head. Sad thing is at that time the fans sat on separate sidelines.

BCSWguru said:

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Buck Turgidson said:

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You won't typically find that BS in the TAPPS championships.

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they keep you separated by home/visitor. which helps tremendously.

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Even at the entrance?

I'm sure the uil will address this with some "more" new rules...

Ag4life80 said:

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I would imagine there is a fan profile to these brawls

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Look at the schools involved...

Withholding the school's take of the gate would help.