Ummm... ahem: "the Supreme Court said we can't pray at a football game" is *not* the same as "students couldn't lead crowds in prayer before football games."
As you yourself point out, you are free to pray all you like. It's when government agents (the school in this case) use their influence to lead prayer... that's trickier.
Besides: look at the state of publik edumacation. Do you really want the same people in charge of *that* trainwreck meddling in your religion???
There is a logical distinction between an organized public prayer (I can't think of a better term right now) at a public, state funded school or college and an organized public prayer at a professional sporting event. It's an understandable...note I did not say right or wrong...argument that the former is a governmental act promoting one religion over others, whereas the latter is a public expression of religion by individuals. Whether the Consitutional seperation between Church and State is correctly interpreted is a seperate question. I don't think the fact that a stadium is publically owned is enough to forbid public prayer either, since there is a rental or lease or something like that making its use for a sporting event a private activity. Just my opinion.
Both these practices were sanctioned by the very same people who wrote the Constitution, I might add.
You extreme leftist interpretation of the establishment clause is just plain absurd.
Sure it is. If the tradition and "culture" of Texas is to pray over the players at a football game, and as most of the community at the game is led by a student or teacher in the announcers booth then "we" can't pray at a football game per our custom. Neither I nor the 200 people at the game have to silence ourselves because you might be offended and I am happy to say that at the most recent game I attended, the tradition is continued.