Bordertown
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Heard that McDonald's was not renewing the sponsorship of the Classic. Rumor on a Texas Board (National Board) was travel reimbursement for out of state participants was in question. I doubt many of the schools (ie Evangel) can come without financial reimbursement. What is being said in Ohio?
While the classic is great in concept, I am not sure it generates the interest necessary to support the cost. My experience is based on the Texas High participation last fall. I heard Texas High had a $40,000 travel allowance (which did not cover all the costs). The game attracted fewer than 1,000. I doubt the later Colerain/O'Hara game attracted 6,000.
Personally I think the sponsors "grew" too quickly in having 7 games. Personally 3 or 4 games at one location on a Saturday might would be better. While it is great to have "name teams", I think the out of state teams need to travel. That is a difficult task for a high school team. I Texas I think their are only a handful of quality teams that could bring 1,000 to the Herbie due to the affluency of their community (Southlake Carroll, Highland Park, Austin Westlake, & The Woodlands).
The end result might be the Herbie is based on play with neighboring states and one "marque" matchup such as DLS vs Colerain.
While the classic is great in concept, I am not sure it generates the interest necessary to support the cost. My experience is based on the Texas High participation last fall. I heard Texas High had a $40,000 travel allowance (which did not cover all the costs). The game attracted fewer than 1,000. I doubt the later Colerain/O'Hara game attracted 6,000.
Personally I think the sponsors "grew" too quickly in having 7 games. Personally 3 or 4 games at one location on a Saturday might would be better. While it is great to have "name teams", I think the out of state teams need to travel. That is a difficult task for a high school team. I Texas I think their are only a handful of quality teams that could bring 1,000 to the Herbie due to the affluency of their community (Southlake Carroll, Highland Park, Austin Westlake, & The Woodlands).
The end result might be the Herbie is based on play with neighboring states and one "marque" matchup such as DLS vs Colerain.