[KMSFA2]

I'm not going to join in on the never-ending debate on "holdbacks" simply because there is no issue. The KHSAA set the age limit and cutoff date at the age of 19 before August 1st of a players senior year so the KMSFA backed that down 4 years for 8th graders and 7th graders. I will say that I've been at every KMSFA state championship game and I have no idea what the "16 year old 7th grader birthday wish over the loud speaker" comment meant. All rosters are verified with a teams registration and players are checked when entering the complex in Lexington.

The other comment that I will make is relative to middle school success translating to high school. The KMSFA monitors this every year and take for example last season, of the final 12 teams in the state playoffs, 8 were fed by KMSFA middle schools. Of the final 24, there were 18. That being said, I would suggest there is a strong case that the KMSFA organizing middle school football most certainly had translated since we began this in 2008. I would point to the current Bowling Green team and their defeat of St. X a couple weeks ago as another success story. Again, just my 2 cents. I will let you all go back to your debate.

JTB