That or her selfish college coach made her not run! He burns his college athletes to the ground

I've discussed my hatred for the Texas Relays and how it is declining yearly, but the UIL State Meet is another poorly run function! 25 dollars a person for a day pass on top of 15 dollar parking a mile away! Athletes bust their tails all year to get there and their families are rewarded with that! A simple family of 5 will have to pay over nearly 150 to park and attend the track meet! Absolutely ridiculous! God forbid you finally make it to the state meet and you want your parents to watch, two siblings, your grandparents and a few other uncles and aunts and cousins… it's sad how all the UIL cares about now is money! When you have 15 officials for every field event I can see why you need all that money

As the Texas relays has seen itself decline and many colleges boycotting it, I know it's caused a ruffle amongst UT athletics! Many donors and older alumni are pissed off at the Texas relays losing its star power! It was a first this year to see some top high schools not attend and I can guarantee next year it'll be even worse! I can't wait to see UT's athletics and administration cry again come next March! They ran that meet into the ground and have only themselves to blame!

taylorswift13_ said:

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I've discussed my hatred for the Texas Relays and how it is declining yearly, but the UIL State Meet is another poorly run function! 25 dollars a person for a day pass on top of 15 dollar parking a mile away! Athletes bust their tails all year to get there and their families are rewarded with that! A simple family of 5 will have to pay over nearly 150 to park and attend the track meet! Absolutely ridiculous! God forbid you finally make it to the state meet and you want your parents to watch, two siblings, your grandparents and a few other uncles and aunts and cousins… it's sad how all the UIL cares about now is money! When you have 15 officials for every field event I can see why you need all that money

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The state meet was an absolute cluster. They had a home baseball game scheduled for the same night, with the garage being shared. There was zero parking. I pulled up with my handicapped tag, knowing I'd have to get my son to walk a mile back to the car best case. The lady wouldn't even let me in the garage. She told me I had to have the license plate, which is total BS. I just randomly happened to end up on the other side of the garage, and a cop let me in. I was very lucky. I arrived 90 minutes before his event. I would have had to park 2 - 3 miles away otherwise. They turn that entire garage over 3x during the day, I'm sure. And then the tickets were even a bigger joke. You had to have a smart phone to purchase them online. 500 people standing outside the gate scanning barcodes, entering credit card numbers, when there's a ticket window 10 feet away with some flunkie pointing to the bar code. Then, they charge admission for coaches. The people who are the backbone of the entire UIL, people who teach, have to pay a daily admission to the meet. Sickening. When my son arrived with his coach, they told him he needed to walk to the other side of the stadium to get in. The kid can barely walk. His coach just said follow me, and shoved past the fool who told him that. Everything about Austin and t.u. blows chunks and everybody knows it.

When I had a bad experience at A&M last year, the TMF called me back immediately and we had a great conversation about all the things needed to improve accessibility for the elderly and disabled guests. At t.u., barriers are a feature, not a bug.

Sounds about right. You know I'm not making any of this up. Sorry for what you're going through with your mother.