[Football24_7]

"Recruiting" is absolutely LEGAL and MUST be done by EVERY school to be as successful as they can be.

"Illegal Recruiting" is not and should not be done by ANY school or they should be SEVERELY punished (or forced to compete against ONLY schools that also recruit).

The difference? "Recruiting" must be done by every COACH and PLAYER on a team that CARES about his program being its best -- they must RECRUIT their OWN high school student body, the Junior High student body, the Elementary Schools, the Youth League football programs, the Little League baseball programs, etc., etc., etc.

You have to get the BEST you have to choose from out of the kids you've got.

Then, once you've done that and are successful, kids that have the OPTION to attend your school from outside your district will CHOOSE TO GO THERE THEMSELVES and make whatever arrangements are necessary to get that done LEGALLY (either pay tuition and provide their own transportation or their family makes a bona fide move to the district).

That's what's going on at Beechwood, and Trinity, and St. X, and LexCath, etc., etc. Beechwood has about 120 boys in their school and about NINETY-FIVE of them play football!!!!!

So, Pikeville, you want to compete with them? You've got to get ALL the potential good football players WITHIN YOUR OWN SCHOOL you can get to be on your team.

(And by the way, you don't know how good a kid in the halls can be until he actually gets ON THE FIELD! You never pass ANYBODY up in your school when considering whether or not to "recruit" them. If they CAN'T play, it'll be obvious...but never ASSUME a kid can't play!)

Maybe if that happens enough, the BEST from the whole region will WANT to play for you instead of where they go to school and find the LEGAL way to get it done!