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Consoladition Would futher weaken football in Ky. EXAMPLE Harlan County, before Consol, Friday night in Harlan Co, Cumberland, Lynch, Bennam. Evarts, Wallins, Halls, Black Star, Loyal, Harlan Independent, if that is all the teams they had, I am not sure anyway, Harlan had 99 starters linning up every Friday night. That is just 11 players per team, I wonder how many they had per team. Now you have 22 starters. You used to drive through Harlan and you seldome passed A level place you didn't see A pick up BB game. How many pick up games do you see now? Basketball was hit harder than football, I remember when Whitley Co. Had Henderson settlement, Plesantview, Poplar Creek, Woodbine, Corbin, Rockhold, Williamsburg. That means We had 35 boyes starting every Tuesday night, Now we have 15 Consolidation hurt athletics. IMO it has led to A steady deterioZation of our academics, and communities