[EKUAlum05]

I am not sure who you are directing this comment to, but if it is directed to me, then your aim is poor. All of my children graduated from Johnson Central, a large public high school located in a not particularly affluent part of eastern Kentucky. I just get tired of all the whining by people wanting to saddle private schools with handicaps.

I am sorry that you choose not to answer my question about why any kid would want to leave a free public school with free transportation to play football for a private school. Recruiting is really not the problem that you think it is. Parents send their kids to private schools only when they are convinced that is what is best for their kids. Offer them a better free alternative, and they will almost always choose to save their money.

Nice response.

I have live din Louisville and know how the mindset of parents work. I won't say X and T are squeeky clean and haven't had a star athlete suddenly qualify for a "scholarship", but most people think their entire 2-deep is nothing more than a handpicked Jefferson County All-Star team and that is not the case at all.

For the animosity to KY privates and recruiting, people would be downright flabbergasted at how "big time" football state's do things and the shear volume of people relocating, moving, or transferring. I live right in the middle of Ground Zero for GA HS Football. Buford HS is a 2public/independent school in the middle of the Gwinnett County school district. Gwinnett County has a whopping 18 Public County High Schools (each and every single one being a 6A school).. of those 18 there have been 7 different schools ranked in the Top 100 teams in the country at some point over the past 5 years. Also in that time period Buford has consistently been a Top 100 team and has fluctuated between 1A, 2A, and now 3A. For the size of this school I am not sure another public High School has produced as many high level BCS prospects in a 10 year period. You can also bet that probably less than 30% of the players on the Buford Roster were born and raised within Buford City Limits.

My boss lives in Norcross, GA. His kids have been raised in private schools and his wife is currently commuting his oldest child 25 minutes to 35 minutes each day depending on traffic so he can attend Marist because it is such a prestigious school. Their commute in comparison to some families is minimal..some people commute all the way from Kennesaw and Flowery Branch and have up to an hour to 75 minute commute... to these families it is a small price to pay for the education and doors it opens both academically and athletically.