Several years ago, when my son was playing High School Football, we had to play a Fort Worth inner city school in the playoffs. We were told to make sure we got to the game early in order to have enough time to go through the metal detectors. Every person that entered the stadium, including coaches and players, were required to go through metal detectors before they were allowed to enter the stadium.
I remember thinking how sad it was that was a requirement but once we were there I was shocked to see about 50 fans on the Fort Worth side versus a couple of thousand and standing room only on our side of the feild. I felt terrible for the kids on the Fort Worth school team. Showed me the problem with some of these schools is the lack of support from the parents and the community.