[Hoot Gibson]

Speed Kills!

Transfers kill. Traveling all-stars tilt the playing field.

Doesn’t bother me one bit that a kid wants to go compete under a coach and administration that cares rather than a political controlled non caring situation that only ends up running off kids. Happening everywhere because of corrupt politics behind the scenes. If Johnson Central got 11 kids from anywhere, I would be all for it.

It's a lot harder to develop talent than it is to welcome it through the door, especially when that talent has already learned the fundamentals in 11 or 12 years in another system. Don't confuse talent with a great program with a great coaching staff. They are not the same thing.

Did Mason Lawson develop at Boyle County for years before coming to Johnson Central? How about every other transfer that came to start their freshman year at Johnson Central. Don’t act like Johnson Central only develops locals. I don’t blame any kids who go to Johnson Central. I encourage it!

Every team gets some transfers. Families move and players move with them. I have no problems with players who enroll as freshmen anywhere. Let's not pretend that is the same thing as having top-300 nationally ranked players enrolling for one or two semesters. Eventually, high school players will be making enrollment decisions based on NIL deals, which will be nothing more than local businesses recruiting the best talent that a community can afford. Once that begins to happen, high school football in Kentucky will be dead because the classes will be even more top-heavy than they are now.