[PHSForever]

I agree about drop off in talent....at EVERY school but Belfry. How can you say it is free money, do the fans get in free?... are concessions free? Sorry but free money is not anywhere in this day and age. I would love to see the old format back but the top teams are no longer interested, maybe this free money could bring them back.

Sorry, but you have to HAVE talent first for there to be a drop off. While a nice player or two over the years has come out of East Ridge, Shelby Valley, Pike Central, or even Phelps, none of any real circumstance. No, there wasn't enough talent there in the first place for them to be PLAYING in the PCB, which is why they weren't. Belfry is in the midst of a 15 year run that is VERY similar to what Pikeville went through in the 80's and 90's. Does this mean they will have a huge drop off? NO, but don't count on it carrying indefinitely. Football is very cyclical, as are most sports. But no matter what, year in and year out, you can always count on Pikeville and Belfry to be tough opponents. Same can't be said for the other schools.

And yes, it IS FREE money when the other schools did NO work for it. Now they've done some concession stand work, etc., but before, they got money from the gate for NOTHING. That is the VERY definition of free if I ever saw it.