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You do realize that the schools approved a change to the spring football timing, don't you? The change doesn't go into effect this spring (the change has to be approved by the State Board of Education and a General Assembly committee, but is expected to be approved and go into effect next year). Once approved, it will eliminate the mandatory 3 weeks to get in 10 practices right after the boys and girls basketball teams are eliminated, and will allow the schools much greater flexibility to schedule spring football.

I agree on letting the kids play spring sports but if they want to play spring football, why take that away from them? To me it seems if some adults and coaches want to do away with spring football to force the kids to play baseball or run track. Those folks are as bad as those football coaches pressuring kids to play spring football.

I do think that any football coach that attempts to pressure a kid wanting to play baseball to not play and come out for spring football instead should be warned and then fired if he continues such behavior.

I know you are a HHS fan and wonder what you think about lack of Highlands football players participating in spring sports? I do not think the coach pressures kids not to participate,but he sure does not encourage it and I think in a way this does put pressure on the kids to skip spring sports and go to football practice/wt lifting. I do not know about baseball, but Highlands could easily win the region in track with the athletes on the football team if they participated. I see schools across the state with the top football players participating (Mr KY football player from this year participates in shot put and discus)and yet each year more and more Highlands kids are dropping spring sports. If this is the kids own decision, so be it, but I do feel they get alot of pressure from coaching and parents to concentrate on football only. Highlands used to dominate the region in track and it is just sad to see the program become a laughing stock in NKY.