[Hoot Gibson]

Not disagreeing with hoot because I see his point. Some states have separate classes with private schools. I don’t think Ky has enough to do that. So then I think how many small private schools win titles. CAL, Lex Christian sometimes. I’m probably missing one, but not a whole lot. Now the lager privates do all the time. So give them a Choice. They can play in the single private league or they have to take a 1.5 or even 2.0 multiplier. 6A numbers in private don’t have a choice they have to go private league. That’s about as fair as you can make it for both sides. You take CAL, a good team in 3A with their numbers because they can recruit, take that same team and put them in 4A most years and see how they do. Same with Cov cath. Either play in 6A or go private. That’s the cost of recruitment. So you better make them count haha

Do the rules allow private schools to actually directly recruiting athletes? I have a hard time believing that they do, but I don't care enough to look it up. Private schools depend on tuition and donations for operating expenses, so I see nothing wrong with them distributing brochures highlighting their academic and athletic programs or general advertising through newspaper ads, commercials on local radio and TV stations,  etc. - but I would be surprised if they are allowed to directly recruit players, such as the way that Ashland's basketball coach allegedly did.

I have heard many public schools highlight their programs during commercial breaks during football and basketball broadcasts but I don't see publicizing a school's facilities and program offerings to the general public as recruiting.

I’m about like you, I don’t care enough to look up the bylaws, but we all know that they do. So the fairest Way I can think of is a multiplier

We also know that many public schools recruit but schools that are involved rarely get caught or confess. I would do away with the transfer and most recruiting rules, which are rarely enforced - for both private and public schools. I don't think much would change. Good players would still gravitate to good programs and leave bad programs.