[Joneslab]

We are talking about high school athletics, not AAU ball. If some of these parents are shopping their kids all over eastern Ky they are not doing it to make their kids a better player, they are doing it to stack a team to make it easier to win. If you put the 10 best players from the mountains on the same team, with a pathetic coach, how is that making them better? If 1 or 2 teams are recruiting the best players to their school, isn't that taking away competition that they would be playing against? If someone chooses to shop their kids around or want them on the best team possible, regardless if they are happy, then so be it. I dont have a problem with that at all. But to act like parents are doing it to make the kids better players is absurd. I just think its better to have each kid work their hardest at whatever they choose to do, and not be looking for the easy way out. Chances of any kid in Ky going pro is basically 0%. Chances of going to a D1 school is very slim. So the lessons they are taught (or not taught.) are going to stick with them and carry them a lot further than any high school trophy they can win.

I don't think elite players in "the mountains" are in process of a mass exodus to a mysterious "stacked, team" with a terrible coach just to sit back and win. That is absurd. However, if a player has the opportunity to transfer and compete on a higher level during practice and games than congratulations. Find me a player that would say no to that! That just means more chances for a free education.