[Hoot Gibson]

You are afraid for the “safety” of kids from small schools playing larger schools????  Don’t you adamantly support continuing the four seed getting into the playoffs?  To me those games are more of a safety risk than anything else we do in KY football.

For 90% or more of kids that play football in KY; it isn’t about the next level.  They are done in 12th grade.  A few will go on to play for the small-“pay to play” private colleges; and fewer still to scholarship schools.

Mules don’t run in the Ky Derby and Thoroughbreds don’t win log pulling championships.  Make the rules streamlined and fair and let the biggest and strongest and fastest win.  That’s the American Way!!!!

We are not going to agree. I don't believe in treating parents and players like second-class citizens because they choose to attend private schools - and to punish schools for having good football programs. Aside from St. X and Trinity, private schools in Kentucky have not exactly dominated their classes and some of the smaller private school programs have struggled to field competitive teams.

The real problem is that there are way too many public schools in Kentucky that have weak football programs and banning private schools from competing for state titles will not help those public schools with weak teams win any trophies.