[Shogun]

Well…. What if, for those who want a neutral site, consider having minimum standards put into place. As far as seating capacity? If they can’t make it, then they get to select a site, but it cannot be any further than what the traveling team was supposed to travel originally. I just like the atmosphere coming into a place like mayfields, or beechwood’s, Johnson centrals, maybe Corbin? I don’t know how intimidating it really is? But it’s got that hometown HS feel to it.  But if they were to replace the current system with a neutral site, I wouldn’t want it for the region down.

As I stated in a previous post, I think the KHSAA partnering with the regional universities would be the best option logistically.  With this you could have:
Morehead State
EKU
WKU
Murray St
NKU
UPike
The Cumberlands
Georgetown
Campbellsville

As you can see all of the major regions of the state are covered and the sites would be determined by attempting to make the travel equivalent for both schools.  You wouldn’t have NCC go to NKU or Pikeville at UPike for example.  Since those 2 teams actually meet this week, Morehead would be the best option.  This would only be for the semifinals.  I like the first 3 rounds as they are but I think the semis should be at a neutral site.  Obviously we don’t have that and may never have that but it’s still a fun discussion.

Most of those facilities would be unable to host this weekend as they have to keep their field available to host Collegiate playoff games by NCAA/NAIA rules.   This is the primary reason neutral sites wont happen on a full scale, in order to pull it off you would have to use HS fields, which you take the change of a team being selected a site, then playing in a game.

Which is how it should be IMO. Keep the money in the high schools. A lot of high schools throughout the state have bigger and nicer stadiums than some of the small colleges anyways.

Neutral site games should definitely be a thing in the semifinals. We've been dangerously close a few times to semifinal games like Paducah Tilghman v. Bell County or Mayfield v. Breathitt County, which should not happen.