I hated this story. I shows the true ignorance that surrounds the "game". It overshadows what good points that exist. It also does not touch the "recruiting" practices that these big schools particiapte in.
Besides the story is inaccurate. Permian played Carter in the semi-finals and not the finals. Carter was later stripped of their title for illegal players, couldn't happened to a nicer bunch of poor sportmen. They deserved to lose, only wish it had been at the hands of a team that kicked their arses, but since they were cheating nobody beat them. Permian won state the next year.