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12-26-2011, 08:31 PM
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Are there high schools in Texas, the southeast, and florida that are not highly competitive in football, and is not a major concern for them.? And does this competitiveness come from the students themselves or is it pressed on them by the school admin?Or is football so important that anything under .500 is a complete failure not only on the coaching staff and team, but the community and school as a whole. Here in the northeast, you have some schools that are very serious about sports. And those tend to be the private schools. There are public schools that have excellent athletics, and some that do not. Obviously every schools wants to have winning teams, or why else have a team. But for the student athletes, and admin, having a losing season is not that shunned.
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12-26-2011, 09:40 PM
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Although in most aspects I usually combine Florida with the southeast, I have noticed that Tampa, Miami and Orlando are not as interested in football as they are in basketball and soccer.
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12-27-2011, 09:02 AM
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Although in most aspects I usually combine Florida with the southeast, I have noticed that Tampa, Miami and Orlando are not as interested in football as they are in basketball and soccer.
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Don't know about Tampa or Orlando. But Miami is by far more interested in football over any sport. It isn't close.
To the OP, yes those schools exist. |
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12-27-2011, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Are there high schools in Texas, the southeast, and florida that are not highly competitive in football, and is not a major concern for them.? And does this competitiveness come from the students themselves or is it pressed on them by the school admin?Or is football so important that anything under .500 is a complete failure not only on the coaching staff and team, but the community and school as a whole. Here in the northeast, you have some schools that are very serious about sports. And those tend to be the private schools. There are public schools that have excellent athletics, and some that do not. Obviously every schools wants to have winning teams, or why else have a team. But for the student athletes, and admin, having a losing season is not that shunned.
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Check this website out: calpreps.com
It gives you power rankings for HS Football programs around the country. There is crossover in terms of schools that care more about the sport in states that aren't necessarily known for HS Football and HS that don't care as much in states where HS Football is big.
calpreps.com |
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12-27-2011, 08:17 PM
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Don't know about Tampa or Orlando. But Miami is by far more interested in football over any sport. It isn't close.
To the OP, yes those schools exist.
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Having gone to HS in Miami, I gotta agree 100%. |
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12-27-2011, 11:38 PM
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I am very in to college sports, and because I now follow recruiting. I am well aware and do frequent those websites that feature national high school rankings.
I am aware of which schools are usually the power houses, and what state they are from.
I guess I am asking for more of a personal, cultural perspective. If you were to take 50 random schools from those regions I have mentioned. Is football going ot be a very high priority in say 30 of those schools?
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12-28-2011, 04:11 AM
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My high school, East Chapel Hill High School (in Chapel Hill, NC) cared more for its tennis, cross country and field hockey teams (and even its orchestra and a capella groups) than it did for its football team.
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12-28-2011, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
I am very in to college sports, and because I now follow recruiting. I am well aware and do frequent those websites that feature national high school rankings.
I am aware of which schools are usually the power houses, and what state they are from.
I guess I am asking for more of a personal, cultural perspective. If you were to take 50 random schools from those regions I have mentioned. Is football going ot be a very high priority in say 30 of those schools?
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Probably at the top 100 in those states/regions, to be honest.
You will find exceptions in other regions/states as well though. Ohio and parts of PA are examples of this. Same with certain schools in NJ, MI or even NY. Usually if you are talking outside of the South and in the Midwest and parts of the Northeast, blue collar areas tend to have a bigger culture in terms of the sport. |
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