[Hound05]

You DO realize literally less than about 2 miles separates the high school from the state of WV, right? And that a trip even from downtown Williamson, WV (just a short distance from Belfry HS) to Mingo Central is about 15 minutes at least. So if someone lives in Williamson, and can drive 5 minutes to school, why wouldn’t they? I’m by far no big Belfry supporter, but I don’t get how it “looks bad” to have people from another state when literally some could jog to school in about 15 mins. Lol. Maybe to someone who is not literally on the border it looks highly suspicious but if you know the geography, it makes sense.

But to the main question of this thread. Does recruiting happen? No doubt. I’ve seen and heard some crazy things with HS recruiting in my day. And like another person said, the majority of it is greatly exaggerated but it does happen once in a while. Usually somewhere where they are down and have very high expectations or somewhere trying to build success or get over the hump. The great programs, their success stands on its own.

As I stated, I’m all for the kids being in the best place to succeed. But you can’t objectively say it doesn’t look bad having a kid from WV playing for a KY HS. It’s the same for someone from Ohio or Tennessee. Not hating on the kids for doing it. I would want to be in the best place for me too. But even if it’s 5 minutes to their Hs in Ky and 15 to their HS in their state, it still looks bad. We have borders for a reason. Now I don’t know what the law says about kids being out of state, but how many have Ky addresses?