[Hoot Gibson]

The problem is not with Kentucky's playoffs allowing too many teams. The problem is that overall there is a great disparity in the quality of coaching in the state.

Look at the quality of Indiana's high school football. Granted, it is a larger state than Kentucky, but its classes are not dominated by 2 or 3 teams, as most Kentucky classes are. Every team participates in Indiana's playoffs, so there is nothing to suggest that allowing fewer playoff teams in Kentucky's system would yield more strong football teams.

As zebra'seyes said, more practices and more games for more teams is a good thing.

Kentucky needs some program in place to upgrade the quality of its high school football coaching staffs. There are common characteristics among strong football programs that have nothing to do with available athletic ability. Football players are made, not born. Great football players were born with athletic advantages but strong football programs do not require a large number of great athletes to compete.