then maybe they could be allowed a gripe or two..but all sides KNEW about the coin flip, agreed on it, and then the losing side wants to change the rules...and pull state lawmakers into it, hold public hearings, get laws changed. If the whole thing were reversed, does HP expect us to believe that they would cave in and let Marshall pick the stadium?
Bummer about the score but maybe the HP kids will learn a lesson that just because a district/person is used to bullying people <usually w/ $$>, they do sometimes have to follow the same rules as the rest of us no matter how much of a hissy fit is thrown....
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120605dnspohstickets.ce5b72e.htmlThe coaches for the Carroll-Lufkin and Highland Park-Marshall games couldn't find neutral game sites that were agreeable to both sides. One possible neutral site, with plenty of seating, would have been Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium. But the stadium in Waco, site of last year's Carroll-Lufkin state semifinal, is booked this weekend for a "Welcome Back the Troops" celebration.
So the respective coaches determined the sites by coin flip. Winning flips for Carroll and Highland Park would have meant playing at Texas Stadium. Wins for Lufkin and Marshall would have meant playing at stadiums in East Texas.
"We flip all the time, and you have a 50-50 chance of having the game 12 miles from your place and a 50-50 chance of having it 12 miles from their place," Mr. Dodge said.
"Unfortunately, there's not 60,000-seat stadiums all over the state of Texas."