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Good insight. Having been on one of the teams every Friday for nearly 50 years I felt like I was a little more in the know about what it takes to put on a Friday night production. When I retired from Friday nights, our local AD asked if I would come help out for home games. I am tasked with meeting the officials in the parking lot and taking care of them for the evening. Now having seen from the production aspect of this, there is a TON of work that goes into any given Friday night. Thanks for sharing.

That’s a lot to text just to disagree with me. Lol. Regardless, Gaddis was great. No doubt about that.

My latest blog. Thankful that Grid Iron Digest forum allow this retired football coach a space to share his work. Hope you enjoy. https://www.ronglodich.com/author-blog/it-didnt-matter

Some factors: Honda and an influx of Ohio residents into the area. PAAL program was at its zenith prior to starting “travel ball”. Quality coaching at the MS level. We’ve discussed in the past, I’m not pumping up any egos here There was an influx of cash from somewhere. I’m not saying anything underhanded. But athletic money was flowing in Columbus. The Peyton Manning effect

Good read, thanks for sharing. I don't think the casual fan can fathom all of the behind the scenes responsibilities a high school head football coach has.

Posting this here because it is the same kind of thing we are seeing with agents for college athletes. It's a predatory mindset. Adults are taking advantage of kids who are 17-18 years old. Adults who know that you can flass a boatload of money in front of them and they will jump at the chance. People do not fully develop the frontal lobe of their brain where decision making takes place for people of our ages until the ages of 22-25. The adults involved know this. And they are preying on these teenagers. Agents for college athletes are taking cuts as high as 30%. But all a kid sees is what his/her take will be. The NFL may have the strictest limits on the behavior of agents. For NFL salaries, agents are capped at no more than 4% of a player contract. They can take higher percentages of endorsement money though.