High School Football

As this weekend comes and High School Football Championships are taking place, I was sent this Page 2 Article centered around a novel about the commercialization of High School Football. I think I will go out and buy thhis book. The ESPN article is interesting. Its not as much about the book but the feedback that the book has provided in different regions.

Being close to many High School Athletes its interesting to see the "Win at all cost Attitudes" and the affect that it has on young Prep Students.

***From the Article**



All this is happening right now because high school sports is the next gusher in the jock entertainment complex. The ground is already rumbling. It took H.G. Bissinger's classic, "Friday Night Lights," 14 years to make it from the page to the big screen, but now it's a network TV show as well. Its time has come. Hoover High of Birmingham, Ala., arguably the best prep team in the country, has its own MTV show, "Two-A-Days." Last year, an ESPN reality show, "Bound for Glory," featured the football team of Montour High in McKees Rocks, Pa., trying to return to its state championship days with Dick Butkus as coach, Reebok uniforms and a new $40,000 scoreboard.

Its an interesting Read.


Anyway I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving Holiday. Going with a Goose Family Tradition for years, I welcome anyone over to Casa Goose tomorrow in the event that you dont have somewhere to go. Like Vietnam. No one gets left behind.