[Harry Doyle]

I can't understand what the big deal is with playing basketball NOW. The season does not start until December. The kids that only play basketball let have at it. But the kids that play football need to be focusing on football in June. I'm not that smart of a guy but what I Have observed over the years as to what playing basketball in the summer does is that you win a few more early games. The only ones that count are the ones you win in march. By that time the football schools have caught up with them (ie Bell last year in the Reg. toury). I am for ALL sports to be sucessful. The only way that that can happen is that the coaches TRY to work together as well as the KHSAA. And parents realize that there child is probabily NOT going to play for coach Cal but would stand a better chance playing for Joker. (No offense to the Basketball Fans)

You are exactly right! And, not only is Cal or Pitino going to come calling, but the same chances are that the head coaches from EKU, WKU, Murray State, Morehead St., Campbellsville, Georgetown, Centre College, Union College, Kentucky Wesleyan, etc aren't going to be calling for basketball prospects either.

I've done a little research to just prove the vast difference in the number of Kentucky kids that are playing football at our college and universities (Div.1-NAIA) versus those who, should I say, "don't" play basketball at the next level for these schools.

The breakdown is like this. For each of the following schools, there is the number of football and basketball players on the 2009-2010 rosters that are from the state. (Yes, I realize not all of these are full scholarship players, but neither are all, nor most of the basketball kids either)

Murray State

FB-12
BB-2


WKU

FB-39
BB-3

KY Wesleyan

FB-54
BB-3

Campbellsville

FB-72
BB-5

EKU

FB-24
BB-2

Louisville

FB-32
BB-2

Kentucky

FB-37
BB-3

Centre

FB-49
BB-10


Morehead St.

FB-26
BB-3


Union

FB-40
BB-10


Pikeville

FB-15
BB-6


Georgetown

FB-73
BB-8


All you basketball nazi's still living in denial, chew on those stone-cold facts for a bit.