30 for 30 what carter lost.

[ronpolk]

Just watched this 30 for 30 that recently came out. It's about the 1988 Dallas Carter high school football team. This is the team featured in the state championship of Friday night lights movie. It's worth a watch.

 

[dawgman42]

I liked the one guy who had his signing day from a hot tub. That must have started the trend, at least with a lot of these prima donna athletes here in Texas.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

What I liked most of all was that all of those involved in the shenanigans seemed to have turned out to be mature and respectable citizens.

 

[dawgman42]

Exactly. I never realized that in the late 80's that Carter was considered a middle-class and upper-middle-class income school. Notice you never heard about these guys involved in drugs during, which is very rare back then in other places in Dallas (and everywhere else).

 

[grimedawg1]

I thought it was one of the best 30 for 30s

It was incredibly interesting to see how the kids got caught up in the football culture of Texas - so much so that they thought they could get away with anything. It was another story of how teenagers can make some incredibly mind-boggling decisions that will put a stain on their lives forever. And, it was incredibly sad to see what appeared to be good, caring parents devastated by the decisions their kids made.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I've been wanting to see this - sounds really fascinating and my only previous exposure has been from Friday Night Lights. Looking forward to it.

 

[L4Dawg]

Read the book "Friday Night Lights." It goes into it quite a bit. The book was written before their title was stripped.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

It has been a while since I've read it. I might just have to re-read it...

 

[ronpolk]

It was incredibly interesting to see how the kids got caught up in the football culture of Texas - so much so that they thought they could get away with anything. It was another story of how teenagers can make some incredibly mind-boggling decisions that will put a stain on their lives forever. And, it was incredibly sad to see what appeared to be good, caring parents devastated by the decisions their kids made.

That one scene where the dad of the RB is talking about the police coming to his house to tell him his son had been arrested was hard to watch. Nearly 30 years later and the man still broke down in tears talking about it.

 

[boatsandhoes]

I watched most of it, honest question.

If you change curriculum independently without consulting UIL, then who is to blame if there is a problem later? Is that racism, or is it failure on the dallas carter school boards part (or whomever did it). I don't doubt that Plano east was pissed about losing, and maybe that was some of the reasoning...and that's not right either (sore losers) you can't just change ciriculum to fit your needs, and keep your players eligible. The finger should have been pointed some at carter high educational committee people, at least some of it.

If you're going to do things like that why even make players attend school. I also realize college schools have tinkered transcripts to keep key players eligible. I mean, ole miss ACT fixing for example.