RVs, NIL and Lakeland football attracting players? Does this ever involve getting a competent passing game coordinator, too? 

Or it's called "impermissible benefits,"  . . . depending on your point of view.  

I might need to open an RV spot in Polk County and give discounts to the parents of 3-5 star studs, and Lakeland gives me a kickback.    It’s called recycling 

The Texas HS (Texarkana) performing arts facility looks better than most performance theaters you might find in a downtown metro area.  I'm not even joking here.  I just could not believe the facilities at this high school that I saw this week.  Considering that most local schools here in Pinellas County are run down, I'm all for increasing taxes for an upgrade.  We also have too many schools and seems like it would be more efficient to consolidate down to a few less schools but I'm sure there's a reason we didn't want 4-5k size schools in the first place?  This thread is about football, though, so circling back to that topic, the community support here is terrible due to no community identity as all districts seem to blend in with each other without any defining geographic borders.  In my county, only the wealthier, northern county schools seem to have a game atmosphere.  PHU, for example, despite not having any history or tradition of football strength, will bring more away fans than the home team to any game in south county where the stronger teams are.  East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs and even downtrodden Dunedin have far more community support than a team like Lakewood, Boca Ciega, St. Pete HS etc.   I grew up in Punta Gorda FL where the entire community goes to the game Friday night.  PG is one school, one city though.  That is the crux of the problem with most metro teams.

I taught/coached in TX for awhile. This is all true.  Smaller school districts, higher property taxes and a commitment to investing in youth (not just athletics...look at their fine arts facilities...the schools are immaculate) are the differentiators.