Section 05
Texas Football
The UIL, the stadium arms race, the coaching salaries, and the participation numbers that make Texas high-school football an institution.
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$5.6mRatliff Stadium, 1982
$60mAllen ISD, 2012
$70mMcKinney ISD, 2018
4 pieces in this section. Every one of them is listed here; the archive holds the whole site on one page.
- Why the UIL Classification System Is the Architecture of Texas FootballHow the University Interscholastic League's enrollment-based classification tiers work, why they matter to competitive balance, and how Permian's classification placed it against the largest programs in Texas throughout the Bissinger era.
- Three District Stadiums, as Reported at OpeningAllen ISD's $60 million stadium (2012) and McKinney ISD's $70 million ground (2018) compared with Ratliff's $5.
- What the Salary Figures Tell YouHead-coaching compensation at major Texas 6A programs as reported by Texas Monthly and the Dallas Morning News — framed as a structural argument about how seriously the state treats the position, with named figures, named programs, and dated sources.
- Who Pays to Broadcast a High-School Game in TexasThe economics and structure of Texas high-school football broadcast rights — local TV deals, regional cable arrangements, and the streaming-era shift — as documented in dated reporting, with named rightsholders where the record is clear.