lol right. I think the kick off class is rules are still the same, I think the biggest question mark was, was the broward vs USA showcase during kickoff classic week or the week after which would be week 1  and the answer I’m getting is the KOC is the week before the broward vs USA showcase which will be aug 13-15 & the showcase will be the 21-23

Again, that means there are a lot of parents of tennis players, soccer players and baseball players overpaying for their kid's education/athletic development so that IMG can field a football team full of D1 prospects. 

I don't know of many (if any) people who fault athletic/talented kids for taking advantage of the opportunities that come their way.  I certainly don't -- although from time-to-time I do catch myself looking over at the sidelines at a football game involving a private school and wondering how many of the kids on that team would have any desire whatsoever to attend that particular private school were it not for sports.   But, I usually resolve that issue in my brain by concluding that, in all likelihood, a kid at CCC or Berkeley or Jesuit is probably getting a better education and overall high school experience than if they were at their local  D or F rated public school . . .  and that's a good thing.  From my standpoint, athletic kids can go to whatever school they want to.  Those kids are entitled to attend a public school.  They are not entitled to attend a private school.  In order to attend a private school, the kid and his/her family must go through the same application process that any other kid goes through.  If they meet the academic standards established by the private school, and if they qualify for financial aid and the school is willing to provide financial aid to all kids who get accepted and who qualify, that's great.  Everyone wins.  But, as it stands right now, no schools - public or private - are allowed to recruit kids to come to their school for the purpose of playing sports.  And private schools are not allowed to offer 'scholarships' to kids as an inducement to get those kids to attend.  Sadly, this is what is happening.  I say "sadly" not because I hate on kids who might benefit from their athletic talent to improve their station in life.  I'm all in favor of that.  I say "sadly" because we end up with a system where schools are breaking the rules in hopes of winning a state championship in a particular sport that likely will be forgotten by most everyone but them in a decade and doing so in a manner that gives them a distinct advantage over the schools that try to play by the rules.   Just remember, each time one of those rule-breaking schools wins a state title, there's one other team that has been denied a state title and/or one other team that was denied the opportunity to play for a championship. 

Also I think Florida over the last few years has moved the season up a week so a game being so early like August 21st doesn’t look right. Lol. But it is 

Kickoff classics never counted toward your record. They were used as the “11th game” so you can knock the rust off before starting the season.    If you traveled out of state during the KoC week, you forfeited your “11th game” and that game counted towards your 10 game regular season record.    However if the OOS team came to Florida, then the game didn’t count and was considered a preseason game.    But I think now the FHSAA just said flat out that any game under any circumstance during the preseason week doesn’t count toward your record