[Orange Blaze]

So, no one has NEVER encouraged talented 8th graders to leave area schools; let’s say like Russell- because their system/coach is too outdated and not fun and “not modern enough” and enroll at Raceland????

I call BALDERDASH!!!!

I see your point but I think that is very different than how a large city private school “allegedly” gets athletes.  There is a huge difference between a kid like  Hensley going 30 miles from Richmond to Lexington  than a kid like Lundy going 2 miles from Russell to Raceland.

With Raceland and Russell the communities are just minutes apart and the school buses pass through the borders of one another.  With the communities being this close it is really easy to entice kids to go to either school due to everyone knowing each other.  I know a lot of Raceland alumni who have put their kids in Russell because Russell has better academics and are stronger in other sports programs besides football.  It’s not one sided but football has made it look that way. 

This is way different than a how a private school “allegedly” finds talented athletes from poor inner city areas with the promise of fixing their situation with a scholarship to their institution if they come and play ball for them or finding a talented athlete at an underperforming school and selling that athlete on using your connections to get them a college scholarship if they come play for you.  Helping the student athlete isn’t a bad thing at all but prospecting schools across a huge geographical area is wrong.