[Harry Doyle]

Two points: IMHO the numbers of Kentucky kids playing football at out of state schools tapers off very dramatically. Only a select few Ky. kids are recruited to play football out of state, especially at the D1 level. Look at some of the smaller programs: Lambuth, Carson-Newman, Elon, Gardner-Webb, Appalachian State, etc.; you'll be hard-pressed to find 1-2 Ky. kids on the roster but scads of Ga., Ala., NC, Fla. and SC kids. More Ky. BB players are recruited out of state. And 22 kids can play football and there are 60-80 kids on a team so of course the numbers will be higher. The argument could be made that overly restrictive constraints on football practices in Ky is what ultimately dampens the development of quality players.

Nobody is saying that KY is more of a football state than GA, ALA, NC, FLA and SC in terms of producing talent, but KY dang sure produces more football talent to it's in state schools. Fact of the matter of this, kids have a much, much, much better chance at going onto play college football than they do college basketball. Period. Unfortunately, theres many basketball coaches out there in the state that for some unknown reason fail to even recognize that.