[LeeCoUKFan]

Did he better himself by moving? Did his team make it to the state championship game? did wolfe county? nuff Said! I have no problem with a kid or their parents trying to better their situation if it's in their best interest. That is all that matters anyways. :Cheerlead

I could care less about any of it. I have no dog in this fight. I was just simply stating that he transferred to Scott Co and did not come up through their feeder schools. I am glad that he is doing that well with the level of competition that he faces every game!

[LeeCoUKFan]

The KHSAA doesn't consider an elementary or middle school kid a transfer, even if he played a high school sport.

Well, all I am stating is that he did not come up through Scott County's feeder schools because he came to Scott County after his 8th grade year. Whether or not it is considered a transfer, the original question was home grown or transfer and he definitely doesn't fit "home grown" for Scott County because, as said before, he played high school basketball at Wolfe County first.

[Catfan09]

Bottom line is there are those who play by the rules (and there is a whole handbook full of them) and those who don't. Recruiting is not legal and it makes me ill when coaches are glorified for being such "great coaches" after putting together teams that my grandma should be able to coach to the sweet 16. People do legitimately move but realistically without the fishy business not often would people move with All-State athletes in their family. Would you really have us believe these kids from Canada would leave their families and come pick some random county in Kentucky to live in. Give me a break! It's obvious that coaches that recruit can't win on their coaching abilities alone.

[blue1424]

I have heard that a lot of trinity players was transfers. Who are transfers other than hicks from shelby county?

The only other one I know of is Miles Rice also came from Shelby County.

[zaga_fan]

I don't care if they transfer from Egypt or Mars....
if my kid has a shot at getting his education paid for if we go to North Laurel I'm going to take him/her to North Laurel.
If he has a better shot at Red Bird, we're going to Red Bird.
Simple as that.

[Stardust]

^ I wasn't saying that as in YOU, but just as a general statement that the folks that have received the transfers feel it is all good, but those who don't are up in arms about it.

I think it is all fine and dandy if you transfer, but feel you truly should transfer and not just establish an address in the school district you wish to play.

:Thumbs:

[Blacksmith]

I agree..Back in the early to mid 90's I saw guys drive an hour to play ball without even an address in that district..I also saw said "Addresses" that were just vacant lots with a mail box set upnicker: Not a rampant problem mind you but I did see it and it was common knowledge at the time..

[LawCo131]

Transferring is fine as long as it is legit. Some people find it hard to watch a kid come into their school district, take minutes from little johnny or take his spot, use school system transportation to games all while little Johnny's parents pay $3000.00 a year in property taxes helping support a school that has just put their kid on the back burner for the next great athlete. If parents transfer their kids shouldn't they support that school system and not just GET AN ADDRESS? If you think about it long enough you could get your feelings hurt. Touchy subject indeed.

[Diogenes]

"Transfer" or not, going somewhere for the express purpose of playing a sport spits in the face of why kids go to school in the first place. Hint: it ain't to play sports. If you want to argue that you're sending a child somewhere for a better education, then you shouldn't be worried about if he gets to be on the stickball team or not. More time to study that way.

Sports in schools needs to deemphasized in a HUGE way in this state. Period. When coach salaries outstrip superintendents and millions of dollars of taxpayer money are spent on stadiums while classes are being taught in trailers and we can't afford to keep good teachers, something has gone horribly wrong. It's nice to have extracurricular activities, but in the end, basketball and football should be no more important than a strong band or debate team. I love high school sports as much as everybody else, but when we are moving children like cattle from pasture to pasture or costing them a year of their lives by holding them back for no other reason than simply to put a ball in a hole, we've lost sight of the big picture.

[Captain_44]

I know for a fact, that a coach in the 90's to early 2000's, would use random mail boxes, that he had rented to use for players to use as their "address" I know this for a fact. I've also heard a coach during the same time period as the other coach I mentioend, tell a player they would drive said player over a hour and half to pick this player up and take them back and forth from school so they could play ball.

[D1Recruiter]

I know for a fact, that a coach in the 90's to early 2000's, would use random mail boxes, that he had rented to use for players to use as their "address" I know this for a fact. I've also heard a coach during the same time period as the other coach I mentioend, tell a player they would drive said player over a hour and half to pick this player up and take them back and forth from school so they could play ball.

Seems like a helpful coach! Sure he won a lot of games... nicker: