It's freaking barbaric (I haven't watched this yet, but I know the rep). Florida is bad too but Texas is really a whole nother level.
My cousin got married and moved out to Houston about 17-18 years ago. Ended up having kids, and her oldest boy was into sports and played football and baseball. Well I guess he didn't make the traveling or varsity baseball team or whatever and basically became suicidal and had a major nervous breakdown. The doctors said this was extremely common for kids in this state, and the coaches and schools put ridiculously absurd pressure on the kids.
It's like a god damn cult.