[jetpilot]

Let me first preface what I'm getting ready to say by saying this. All these kids are good football players, they all worked hard and their distinction IS deserved. With that said, the selection process the ANE uses is more about circulation than anything else. If a "true" list of the best players were done. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that EVERY spot would be occupied by a player from Belfry or Pikeville with very few exceptions. That could be the case every year, not just one in which both teams brought home THE BIG ONE. The problem ANE faces is that if no other player from a place NOT named Pikeville or Belfry makes it, the folks from those areas get upset and stop buying newspapers which hurts the bottom line. I'm not saying I agree with this, nor am I trying to defend ANE. It is what it is....

This is right on the money, period.