[EKUAlum05]

It's sad when one moves to a school solely for sports. So many better academically choices than Belfry in that neck of the woods.

In Mingo County? You serious Clark?

That's about as hilarious as the Ashland fan getting upset over transfers and holdbacks.

Pikeville is a great academic HS... it is also 23 miles further West. Part of this whole Tuition thing is you have to provide your own transportation. That's a 46 mile round trip to add on your morning commute.

Belfry is far from DuPont Manual... but it looks like Harvard compared to the paltry Mingo County education system.



If a kid was old enough to drive and transferred his Junior Year I could see driving to Pikeville...but as mentioned that usually isn't the kid who comes to Belfry. 90% of Belfry's "defectors" are kids who are sent by their parents in Middle School.

If you think Academics doesn't play a major part in the transfer though I am sorry, but you are just short sighted. Ask Ray Horton if academics play a role... the kid is a Governor's Scholar. For every kid who plays football at Belfry that came over in Grade School there is a kid who doesn't play a single sport who was sent to Belfry simply because it is light years ahead of the Mingo School System.