[More Cowbell]

None of the county school will pull out, too much politics involved, as a matter of fact I don't think they are allowed to.


You need to look at the PCB Committee to see where the blame is. I'm pretty sure a Pike Co. BOE member is the reason you have a Shelby Valley hosting and the committee itself is to blame for lack of quality opponents.

The simplest and easiest way to change this is let Shelby Valley/Pike Central/East Ridge rotate hosting on Friday, when you host you get an out of county opponent, when you don't you get one of the others.

Saturday is rotated between Belfry and Pikeville, both getting a quality opponent, with Phelps playing an opponent they can compete with in a 3pm game.

That is the only way it will get changed with the current makeup of the PCB committee, as SV/ER/PCC/Phelsp will ALL cry, whine, and complain that the rest is unfair.

Or change the committee, or at least 1-2 members, and you will get a better bowl. Until then your stuck with this crap.

Now this is not a bad idea. Belfry and Pikeville should rotate hosting duties for the "uppercard" games each year, with both playing on Saturday evening and the hosting school playing the nightcap. Belfry gets to share hosting because of their tradition and they are the clear #1 team in the county. Pikeville may not be a clear #2 some years, but due to their tradition and being located in the county seat, they also get to share hosting.

As for the Friday night games, that gets a bit trickier. As of right now, Pike Central could be the #2 team in the county, and are no worse than #3. However, the same could have been said of Shelby Valley just a couple years ago, when they were finishing a run of beating PC a few years in a row. Now SV is probably #5 behind ER. So, I agree that rotating Friday hosting duties amongst SV, PC, and ER seems fair as well.