Real home games for local football

With the exception of Byrd High School, there should be no reason every high school in the area could not have its own football stadium. Byrd has a disadvantage when it comes to building a football complex since it is situated at the busy intersection of Kings Hwy. and Line Ave. However, all the other schools could easily accommodate the "crowds" they draw with a stadium in their own back yard.

It's sad to see schools with such tradition as Woodlawn, Huntington, Southwood and Fair Park "pack" fewer that 200 fans in mammoth Independence Stadium. The lack of attendance makes one glad the South endzone of Independence is closed in from the view of I-20 traffic.

Schools drawing fewer than 200 fans to a football game when their enrollments are over 1,000 is a sad commentary of our times.

I was always told not to gripe unless I could offer a solution to a problem. My solution is to add 100 more seats to the visitors' side of the current bleachers at each campus above and at least make the place profitable. Let the school booster clubs rack in the profits from the concession stands and save us the bill of turning on the light banks at Independence Stadium.