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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1059936" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>I've always marveled at how different states take to a sport and in a way, make it their own. Minnesota has done that with hockey at a pee-wee level and through college. So many Minnesota colleges are big time programs in college hockey. Attendance at high school games goes through the roof. Empty seats are rare if they have at least a decent team. </p><p></p><p>Indiana goes hoops crazy. Basketball from children's programs all the way through college. Their high school games are selling outs in a lot of venues. My wife's old high school would pack about 500 people into every game even when they were winning less than half their games.</p><p></p><p>In Texas, football is king. As of 2025, there will be 13 D1 football programs in the state. In HS, stadiums are huge, expensive, and scoreboards are worth more than the entire buildings value in a lot of schools up North. It's a different world, where HS football is broadcast on TV with big time advertising and broadcast teams. Coaches who win can get salaries just for football that are in the $150k range, and end up with perks like new cars, all expenses paid trips, and just about anything they might desire as long as their teams win. I think it's overdone, but it is Texas, and everything they do is overdone. I see it every day. Even going out for dinner is overdone. They think nothing of driving a couple of hours to go to a special place to eat as if it was just around the corner. I have friends that drive out to South Padre Island on a weekly basis just for lunch. It's an hour each way. </p><p></p><p>Wisconsin is saddled by the Puritan WIAA that restricts pretty much everything in youth through high school sports to make it almost impossible for a kid to develop into a highly competitive athlete in this day and age. As an example, down here in Texas, kids play football year-round, and coaches end up being associated with their practices even during off seasons. If a coach even tossed a football to a kid during the "forbidden season" in Wisconsin, both would be drawn and quartered by the WIAA and banned from everything including cheerleading until they were in their graves. </p><p></p><p>I don't want to get started on how Wisconsin handles HS sports. The WIAA is totally out of sync with today's reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1059936, member: 17953"] I've always marveled at how different states take to a sport and in a way, make it their own. Minnesota has done that with hockey at a pee-wee level and through college. So many Minnesota colleges are big time programs in college hockey. Attendance at high school games goes through the roof. Empty seats are rare if they have at least a decent team. Indiana goes hoops crazy. Basketball from children's programs all the way through college. Their high school games are selling outs in a lot of venues. My wife's old high school would pack about 500 people into every game even when they were winning less than half their games. In Texas, football is king. As of 2025, there will be 13 D1 football programs in the state. In HS, stadiums are huge, expensive, and scoreboards are worth more than the entire buildings value in a lot of schools up North. It's a different world, where HS football is broadcast on TV with big time advertising and broadcast teams. Coaches who win can get salaries just for football that are in the $150k range, and end up with perks like new cars, all expenses paid trips, and just about anything they might desire as long as their teams win. I think it's overdone, but it is Texas, and everything they do is overdone. I see it every day. Even going out for dinner is overdone. They think nothing of driving a couple of hours to go to a special place to eat as if it was just around the corner. I have friends that drive out to South Padre Island on a weekly basis just for lunch. It's an hour each way. Wisconsin is saddled by the Puritan WIAA that restricts pretty much everything in youth through high school sports to make it almost impossible for a kid to develop into a highly competitive athlete in this day and age. As an example, down here in Texas, kids play football year-round, and coaches end up being associated with their practices even during off seasons. If a coach even tossed a football to a kid during the "forbidden season" in Wisconsin, both would be drawn and quartered by the WIAA and banned from everything including cheerleading until they were in their graves. I don't want to get started on how Wisconsin handles HS sports. The WIAA is totally out of sync with today's reality. [/QUOTE]
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