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Ummm you cant compare Louisville schools to the Mountains in terms of transfers. Dont even try. The reason they go to Eastern KY is because it is a backwards culture where judges allow this kids to be eligible since high school basketball is the only exposure their communities get. Its sad, but true.

You think these foreign transfers just happen to land in the backwoods communities of Appalachia? If you think it is for only their well-bring , then you are crazy. They are being funneled their because the community accepts it. Just look at come of these threads. It ALREADY ASSUMED that transfer are coming to the mountains. What a joke. I love how EKY folks hate on the city teams, yet they sell their own soul just for a high school basketball transfer. Maybe they should spend more time shutting down the pill mills instead of bringing in teenage basketball players who dont give a damn about the communtiies. Hell, look at Kasongo. He was shopped around and is now leaving for prep school. That is what... 4 high schools in 4 years? BTW, congrats to Madison Central.

Y'know...I'm getting sick and tired of you constantly referring to EKy as backwards. Look, you want to talk about schools selling their souls for basketball players or players in any other sport? Fine, talk about that. But don't believe for a MINUTE, that if one of the Lexington/Louisville/NKy schools had a shot at a player with, for example, Kasongo's raw talent, they wouldn't jump at it. Kasongo is leaving for prep school because he is a senior this year in Ky, and thus has no more eligibility. However, by Canadian school standards, if I am not mistaken, he was a junior this year. He NEEDS the prep school year. I love his talent, hate the immaturity issues associated with him sometimes. But he seems to be a decent kid from my interactions with him, and I wish him well.

Transfers happen. All the time, and all over the state. But knock off the stereotyping. If I got on here and constantly went on and on about the rampant drugs and gangs in the bigger cities, and say everyone in Lexington/Louisville/Northern Kentucky is a druggie, gang member, etc, you would be screaming bloody murder. Pill abuse, drug abuse, all of that goes on ALL OVER THE STATE. It gets more news here in EKy because of ignorant, close-minded, and egotistical blowhards like yourself who keep perpetuating the myths. At least we are doing something about it, with programs like Operation Unite. All you all want to do to the center and north of the state is take our coal tax money and tell us you know how to spend it better than we do...

There, I'm off my soapbox now, and apologize to others for the off-topic (not by much though) rant. If Masiello wants to continue the discussion, feel free to PM me, sir.