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With the passing of the charter schools bill in Kentucky, how do you see this impacting sports, specifically football? In what areas might this have an impact? Will it be widespread and catch quickly, or will it be slow to get going? Charter schools and athletics vary across the country.

Will new charter schools in Kentucky have athletics? Will they have football? In Florida, home to many charter schools, football is of course common. In Indiana, not too many charter schools have football. I think it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I would guess charter schools will mainly catch on in the cities. Louisville will be first I would think. I bet we see several there within a few years. My next guess would be Lexington and then the northern Kentucky area. Outside of that, I don't necessarily see charter schools catching on a whole lot.

What are your thoughts?

I see this as a non factor outside of a "metro" area such as the ones you outlined. The fact that those areas already have a well established private school network (especially Louisville) will make even more challenging. It would take a huge push by many for a charter school to get up and running to begin with much less raising the money to field a full football program. May be a different view in 5 years.