High School level Football

[With_Two_Flakes]

Bamako.

Lets see how many fans of the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency there are out there.....
Capital of Botswana?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by With_Two_Flakes

Bamako.

Lets see how many fans of the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency there are out there.....
Capital of Botswana?

Love that show. I have no idea what the capital of Botswana, but I might go next year if the right things happen.

Peace

[Welpe]

Football is more than a sport in Texas...I think it qualifies as its own religion!

[Jim D.]

I've officiated football (college) in nine states. The farther south you go, the bigger the games seem to be. I would agree that Texas is where HS football is biggest.

I was always jealous - the Texas guys would tell me how much they made working a high school game. They have a set up down there were the officals get a cut of the gate.

Originally Posted by Jim D.

I've officiated football (college) in nine states. The farther south you go, the bigger the games seem to be. I would agree that Texas is where HS football is biggest.

I was always jealous - the Texas guys would tell me how much they made working a high school game. They have a set up down there were the officals get a cut of the gate.

And that cut of the gate just isn't in football. I understand they do that in basketball. Matter of fact, I think the game fees are based on how much was earned at the gate.

[Brandon Kincer]

lol I gotta say that the response to this question doesn't surprise me at all after seeing the movie "Friday Night Lights". If you watch that movie you will notice that even businesses close early to go to the game.

[Welpe]

The book is even better.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

And that cut of the gate just isn't in football. I understand they do that in basketball. Matter of fact, I think the game fees are based on how much was earned at the gate.

What justifies that? Do the officials do magic tricks and tell jokes at half time?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

What justifies that?

My guess is that the thought is the bigger the game, the better compensated the officials, the better the officials. Just a guess though, maybe one of our resident Texans can give you a better answer.

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

What justifies that? Do the officials do magic tricks and tell jokes at half time?

What I stated was what I was told by one of our locals here in Nebraska who was seriously being recruited to move to Texas to become an official. Of course, he has some family down there so he was considering it.

[BigTex]

Originally Posted by With_Two_Flakes

Bamako.

Lets see how many fans of the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency there are out there.....
Capital of Botswana?

Gaberone.

Prounced 'Haberone' by locals.