Comments on: 30Q-2-KICKOFF (No. 26): Roll the dice

By: Outsider

Outsider — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:36:00 +0000

5000 fans for a high school game is not that many for some places where football is big. But 5000 at Cal High was incredible. That place was about to explode.

By: FNL680

FNL680 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:24:54 +0000

Ridiculous is correct. HS sports going national is bad news for everybody, except those who want to make a buck for whatever reason. E11 with Dilfer crying at the end! That’s ridiculous. “Hey Vinnie, who ya got on doze two in Frisco for most yawds?”
Keepin it local, frankly, some of this stuff/fluff couldn’t hold a candle to “Two Geeks and a Pigskin.” Jump on it Ben N Jimmy!
5,000 fans in San Ramon at Cal vs DLS last year….that’s Friday Night Lights!

By: shinguard

shinguard — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:06:52 +0000

About 1976 big bookie ring was busted in Emeryville…had bets going on High School, College and Pro Sports….Nothing new but the promotion and $$ and TV is starting to change the high school game.

By: George Manley

George Manley — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:25:42 +0000

Years ago before TV…High School games drew big crowds and it was serious ball…Now in the last five or so years..HS games are again drawing big crowds..several years ago while i was doing an audit in bakersfield…I saw where Clovis West was playing bakersfield…There was a huge crowd on the Bakersfield side and almost nothing on the clovis side…But here comes 10 bus loads of fans..two bus loads for the band and a big Ken worth with the band equipment and a 100 or so cars behind.
Look how many showed up for the Grant/Folsom game and how about when Monte vista meets San Ramon…Its good yes….but it puts a strain on Education as the pressure is on to win…and most likely there is money changing hands after each game and this will never stop.And TV has glorified high school football and its going to grow…Its created a fan base for each winning team that is also growing…