Eau Gallie replacing the Raines game with TFA week 4 https://x.com/mannylherisse/status/1930425299839095164

Looks set in stone. The Bolles game dropped due to them playing in the Broward classic and they picked up the Central game. Also dropped Eau Gallie for Lake Mary

IMG is a different category as it isn't depriving anyone from a state championship, so I am okay with their model of taking elite players from around the country and preparing them in every way for the next step in their development.  The two players we lost to TFA will be contributing seniors to their program in the upcoming season and as you can see didn't devastate our program last year so my beef isn't about that.  However, it is my understanding that they took 6 or 7 of the best players from both Lake Minneola and Leesburg last year and that would certainly be a devastating blow to almost any FL HS team's chance for success.  That is unconscionable.

None of this has anything to do with the (im)propriety of allowing some schools to play by a different set of rules. What would happen to Osceola if they actively and blatantly recruited players on TFA's roster, as TFA did to them? There'd be a scandal, the coaches would be fired, and the team banned from playoffs. IMG does this and it's "savvy marketing" or something lauded. What would happen if Lakeland offered housing for prospective players as IMG does? We don't have to search for an answer to this question, as it's assumed it already happened in about 2011 and there was an outcome that was highly unfavorable to Lakeland. Meanwhile, IMG and SFA do it and are lauded, while programs who won't play them are accused of being scaredy cat wimps by internet posers. Any program who wants a seat at the table and a place in the playoffs needs to play by the same set of rules as the others who want to do this.

I think kids know who the hot hand is. Take Edgewater for example before Cameron Duke. Laughingstock. Then he “attracts” players and becomes a contender every year.    Look at Deerfield Beach. They were a 8-12 win team annually with Jevon Glenn. Now they are one of the worst teams in South Florida. They have won 6 games in the last 3 season combined after he left!!! Point is certain coaches know how to attract players. Players know where to go and when to go. It’s even easier in the Information Age.    So if TFA has coaches who know this formula, it’s not a surprise someone can get really good really fast