[Midee1]

Then what is the purpose of this entire site if you can't state your own opinion? This is a sports forum where you are supposed to be able to discuss sports. Obviously, there is going to be a difference of opinions. I just think it's ridiculous when people try to tell you how you should post. I do agree, however, that it does seem that the same topics are discussed over and over. I think one of the biggest problems is that the majority of the members are from Eastern Kentucky which is why there seems to be a repetitve nature in many of the posts. I seriously think some more thought should have went into the name of the site, perhaps Mountain Rivals due to the lack of input from across the state. BlueGrass Rivals doesn't seem very appropriate. I'm sure many of the moderators on this site will probably disagree with what I have said but that is just my opinion. With so many restrictions, it takes away from the good nature of discussing sports. Just because we talk about high school sports on here doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to express your own opinion as long as it is clean. Seriously, all of these restrictions defeats the whole purpose of the entire forum. There's nothing wrong with a good heated discussion. With the emergence of sites such as Rivals.com, high school athletes are becoming more and more evaluated. That's just the facts. It's ridiculous that people complain about athletes reading the posts on this site. If they can't take criticism, then they shouldn't be playing sports in the first place. This whole arguement is completely absurd, in my opinion.

There is a difference between voicing your opinion of the way a player plays a game and bashing the player himself.

The name always has been and will continue to be Bluegrassrivals. The reason there are a lot of posters from Eastern Ky is the fact that the site was started here. If we want it to grow we need to recruit members from all over the state. It will be virtually impossible if perspective new members come on here and all they read are bashing posts.

My last statement is this.

Regardless of how different people feel about the subject the fact is we will continue to edit and delete posts that do absolutely nothing but bash a player or team. We have no problem if you say that a particular player is not college caliber or something along those lines but be mature about your responses.

Responses such as player x sucks and has absolutely no reason to be playing or even riding the bench for that matter.

See the difference?