High School Builds $60 Million Stadium

[C.K. Lawrence]

Texas school to open $60M football field of dreams

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ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Call it the palace of high school football: A gleaming $60 million facility with seats for 18,000 roaring fans, a 38-foot-wide high-definition video screen, corporate sponsors and a towering upper deck.

Welcome to the new home of Eagles Football.

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[lurkingdirk]

And yet, their literacy rate is shockingly low.

Thanks be praised they spent money on football.

 

[Red001]

it's Texas where high school football is a Friday night must and yeah they'd rather spend the money on that than teachers or books or ways to help the **** go farther in life

red001

 

[STDiva]

Part of me wishes I had a chance to grow up in the south to experience this highschool football phenomenon.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Part of me wishes I had a chance to grow up in the south to experience this highschool football phenomenon.

The dumb, illiterate part of you?

 

[STDiva]

The dumb, illiterate part of you?

The 'play shitty football, be a hero to the hicks in your small ass town but don't get a scholarship and because I didn't pay attention in school, I now have to work at a gas station for the rest of my life but the whole town still adores me because I played football." part of me.

 

[lurkingdirk]

The 'play shitty football, be a hero to the hicks in your small ass town but don't get a scholarship and because I didn't pay attention in school, I now have to work at a gas station for the rest of my life but the whole town still adores me because I played football." part of me.

Sounds 'bout right. Or maybe the "would you like fries with that" part of you.

 

[Moonchild22]

Only in Texas.

 

[Rey C.]

Considering how Texas likes to portray itself as a model for fiscal discipline, I'm not sure if this is sad, funny or just sadly funny.

 

[SuperTMcGee]

The really funny thing is, according to the last estimates, Texas has a higher literacy rate than New York.

 

[lurkingdirk]

The really funny thing is, according to the last estimates, Texas has a higher literacy rate than New York.

Well, New York is next to New Jersey...

 

[ThatRedWing]

Hey, a lot of those Texas football players can read. It's mostly the eighth year seniors, and only at a fourth grade level, but they can read.

 

[Wetpussycatsinheat]

60 mil would buy every student a lifetime supply of condoms & lube. Oh yes, and bibles! (Sorry G, just kidding)

At least the facility has a giant gym. Get off the BS weightloss pills and work it girls!

 

[mp69]

That's insane!