[#55PirateFan]

The AP All-State Football Team used to be a prestigious list until they allowed a "certain" person on the voting panel 3 years ago and stood by while he corrupted it. Yes, 99% of the kids selected to this team are deserving. The problem is that a certain individual used this platform for personal reasons.

You'll never convince me that his son was a 1st Team All-Stater 3 years in a row, and in some cases, ahead of guys like Walker Parks, John Young, Dane Jackson, Chris Malala, Blake Moody, and many other very good linemen. The kid is a decent football player but he's not a Power 5 recruit like a few of the guys he was picked ahead of. This man had already turned the AP into a joke but this year he took it even further. Not only did he put his son back on the 1st Team offense, he also put him on the 1st Team defense as well, something that hasn't been done in years to my knowledge. I'm not even sure if great athletes like Wandale Robinson, Michael Mayer, and Rondale Moore were 1st Team All-Staters on both sides of the ball.

(So what you're trying to tell us is that your son, a 5'9" linemen at Breathitt was a better athlete than those guys? Come on now!)

Why has this been allowed to happen for so "LONG"? I could understand if he snuck his boy on the 1st Team somewhere his senior year and got away with it (maybe). But to get away with it for three years in a row when everyone that knows anything about football knows this kid is not on the same level as Walker Parks (Clemson), Jager Burton (UK), John Young (UK), Tanner Bowles (Alabama), Eli Cox (UK), Bryan Hudson (VT), and many others who he was picked ahead of is a shame and someone should have stopped it before it got out of hand, like it did. These teams are made up for the best of the best, not for being fan favorites/family members.

That's why I say the AP is nothing but a joke now. Not because of the players who were selected, but because the AP Committee allowed this man to ruin the integrity of the list by using the platform for personal gain. And I'm not "ragging" on his son either. He's a decent football player and deserved to be on the list somewhere, just not where he was placed and defiantly not 1st Team on both sides of the ball. It would take an elite player to be 1st Team on both sides of the ball, and decent isn't elite! But "Daddy" couldnt resist and he abused his power and destroyed the integrity of the AP All-State Football Team just to make himself look good, and they let him get away with it....