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UPIKEFAN, The difference between me and most people in here is that I actually know what the heck I'm talking about...alot of people like to act like they know what they're talking about, I've seen it on here more times than I can remember, but they don't. No school in Pike County has recruited ANY player to come from anywhere to play for them in recent uears, really the last two since I've been home. Now their might be some under the table dirtiness going on, but it's just not recruiting in the traditional sense. I don't care what anyone says, it's just not.

Like I said, people use the excuse as to why they would come to EKY instead of Lexington or Louisville. The answer is simple...they stand out MUCH more here. Some are ready when they come to the U.S. to go to a top prep school, like Andrew Wiggins, Texas's Myck Kabongo and Louisville's Gorgui Dieng just to name a few. Those guys can and do/did stand out at any school in the country they go to...name me one transfer that's come to EKY recently that could stand out at a top school. You'd be wrong, because the couldn't. Kasongo would be the closest but you can bet he wouldn't be receiving near the amount of interest if he were with top athletes.

That excuse just doesn't work. Everyone wants to see negativity were there is none. I've never seen so much hate thrown at players until these boys came here...it's like everyone ignores the local boys going from one county school to another, but when we have outsiders come in, people scream "RECRUIT!" because it's just so unfathomable that any kid would come to EKY for any other reason. It's to stand out, it's as simple as that. The talent level in EKY doesn't really compare to the rest of the state. 95% of people who give their two cents on the subject have no idea what they're talking about, if they want to see recruiting or any other type of cheating, then that's what they'll see and defend it to their last breath.

I still have yet to hear an answer to this....what do the kids, the actual people this effects the most, get out of being "recruited" to a region as boring as EKY? Do you all think they just say "hey, I want to go to a place where it's a 100 mile drive to the closest mall!"? Lol, not a chance...they come here because they wouldn't get the opportunities at the next level that they're getting here. Most around here are making it 30x more complicated than if actually is.