When the Munson Stadium task force proposed the idea of Denison and Sherman sharing a stadium to the DISD School Board this past week, I have to assume it did so out of simple courtesy.
Lions do not lay down with lambs. The McCoys didn't share a swimming hole with the Hatfields. So how could one stadium for two neighboring rivals, with a history more than a century old, make any sense?
The idea of a shared stadium has been around for decades. From my understanding, there is more support for it these days than in the past. It certainly seems like a viable option for two facilities nearing their life expectancies.
But in order to get the money -- something DISD superintendent Dr. Henry Scott is not available from either district -- for such a project, both cities would have to vote on it. And something tells me that enough Bearcat backers and Jacket supporters wouldn't bury the hatchet, let alone an Ax, over this issue.
There are some who point to other parts of the state where teams share stadiums. Almost every one of those instances, however, involves a single school district and that makes sense. A town like Denton or Wichita Falls is better off saving money and building one stadium instead of three.
The only one place I can think of off the top of my head where more than one school district/town shares a stadium is Grande Communications Stadium out in Midland. I'd imagine that any other one-school town has its own facility. And it looks that Sherman and Denison are destined to stay that way as well.