[OrangenowBlue]

Lets b frank here...if an experienced coal miner really wants a job in this area he/she usually doesnt have a problem finding one. Most, not all coalminers that are out of work is because 1)they cant pass a drug test or 2)just really dont want to work. Ive been doing this a long time. trust me!!!!

You can b Frank and I will be serious and get to the point. If someone from New York or Texas is looking for a job, the last place they will look is Southeastern Kentucky unless they are natives or have family ties. I have been around basketball in Eastern Kentucky for over twenty years as an adult and trust me, if someone from Houston and the Buffalo metro area is coming here to play basketball, they are being illegally recruited. Can it be proven. No one knows as it appears that the supervising agencies are making no attempt to. There seems to be incriminating evidence out there but it appears they are turning a blind eye to it. They would rather pick on easy targets such as Pike Central football then attempt to stir up bigger cans of worms. What went on at Pike Central is no worse then what has been going on in the 14th region for years and is getting worse by the day. Especially in basketball. I would guarantee the jobs these people are getting are through political contacts and boosters through the community. They may be qualified for their positions but I am sure that some local people are too, but their little Johnny cannot dunk a basketball. Oh by the way, in reference to previous posts of better job opportunities here during bad economic times, the unemployment rate for both Knott and Perry County hovers in the 11 to 12 percentile range. In Jamestown, New York it is 8.6% and it is around 9% in the Houston metro area. So much for that ideology.