[EKUAlum05]

The disparity between Trinity and the rest of 6A is vast right now and the willingness to schedule these GCL teams and teams from other parts of the country is why.

Honestly, if St. X has any hopes of catching Trinity and restoring the rivalry I think the Tigers will have to employ a similar approach. Not only Trinity i making themselves better with competition, but if you are the parents of a highly thought of player in the Louisville metro area who is about to attend High School, you want him to have the best chance of getting noticed by scouts. Right now Trinity is far and away that school, and a significant reason why is because they are being featured Nationally essentially every week in games with other D-1 players across the sideline from them.

I also wouldn't be surprised to see Highlands do this as well in the coming years. They have always played the occasional out of state opponent or GCL team, but as State Titles become "too easy" the logical next step to keep your program from falling into complacency is to set your eyes on competing nationally.

In terms of the OP, as mentioned the travel/logistics expense is just too great. The more tangible option is for teams from EKY to schedule more games against powerhouse teams from surrounding states.

Why drive 6 hours to play PRP when you can drive 3.5 hours to play George Washington, WV? Why drive 5.5 hours to play CovCath when you can drive 2.5 hours to play Dobyns-Bennet, TN?

I am all for state pride and helping other KY teams who need a game, but not only does it make better sense financially, but there is far less exposure for potential playoff games. Say Belfry plays PRP and does a home and home, but due to scheduling voids it has to be in Week 9. What if PRP's HC is best friend's with an assistant at Central and gives him the tape? Odds are that wouldn;t be the case with a school 8 hours away from Louisville. What if Central sends a scout to the game? Don't think he would drive to Kingsport, TN.