Texas has independent school districts. There might be only one high school in a particular district with their own school board and superintendent dedicated to that one high school. It would be like PHU being governed by people that only have PHU's educational and athletic interest at heart. Mix in some oil money and you have those amazing facilities and community backing. 

The truth is Florida does not really have a high school football culture.  Despite having the best raw talent in the country we don’t support it like some other states do.  If we did this site would average over 100 posts a day during the football season.  The promotion of the high school football product is sorely lacking in this state. Thanks for this post PinellasFB.  My question for the board would be this (I’m know this has been discussed here before): If you had the power, within reason, what would you do to promote Florida High School Football?  I would love to hear your ideas.

How much is MNW paying Coach Bridgewater?  I would guess $0.  He does not need the money.  He probably donates money to the program.  Supposedly his net worth is more than $20 million.

I'm visiting my in laws in Texarkana Tx and I can't believe how well funded these teams are here.  The local HS team (Texas HS) even has an indoor practice facility!  Insane.  No wonder Texas cranks out the most college QBs with their well paid (and great) coaching staffs.  Florida, on the other hand, doesn't seem to compete with Texas, GA and CA top end teams despite having endless pools of talent to draw from.  I am stunned not only by the football funding here but the Texas educational funding in general is vastly superior to FL.  Why is FL so far behind in funding?  Do the public school football powers in FL supplement their coaching staffs pay from the boosters or something?  How can MNW afford Teddy Bridgewater as coach, for example?

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