[jammin' jamey]

Agreed, and I understand. But how do you measure whether you even have members in those areas. It's not as easy as you may wish to think that every with an opinion will start an opinion thread. That takes courage from someone to step outside their box and offer an opinion only to open themselves to criticism.

The easiest post to make is to comment on a game that was played in your area. Those are cake. Then, when someone else comments about the game in question, that is likely to create an opinion which then snowballs into a full dialog.

I agree that not every game should be posted, but how else do you begin drawing the interest. Look at the score posts to see if there are any VIEWS. If zero, then how do we as the BGR family (not just the Staff), find a way to then reach out to those areas. Soon, you will begin seeing those views, then comments, then ultimately opinions.

Agree? Disagree? What is your opinion?

I think if you concentrate on the more popular programs from a region that the site is trying to grow more members from, your chances of receiving comments from informed fans in that area along with opinions from members outside the region are greater.

For example: Bishop Brossart and University Heights have had success in the upcoming state All "A" Classic. Thread idea: "Will University Heights make the All "A"?" "Will Bishop Brossart Make the All A?" LCA has had a good run..."Top 5 State All "A" Favorites."

It's pretty much a given that we don't have the member support from most areas outside of EKY and your experiment proved it. This site is for opinions to be heard and we as staff do our best to curtail folks who don't respect other people's thoughts - that should give new members a since of confidence knowing that if they create a thread or post their comments, they're not going to be ragged on.

No one should be afraid to post anything reasonable on this site.