re: Where Would Kentucky be Without the SEC?

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#2 KY is a tobacco state so kids that are harvesting, stripping, and hanging are working during football season but are free to play sports in the basketball season as it does not interfere with farm work.

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I can attest to this. I played HS football in KY and I remember several times when kids missed practice because they had to work tobacco... cut, spike, hang, strip, bundle, etc.

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#3 KY is a poor state so a winning sport is a source of state pride and with less wealth and less talent it is easier to compete in basketball (with just 5 players and little equipment cost) than football (with 11 players and much higher equipment costs)

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I dont know if this is still the issue but when I was in school there were still a lot of small unconsolidated school district that had very small classes, maybe 30 -70 kids in a class.

One thing that has persevered time is the KY HS Basketball system. There is only one class and all teams in the state play for the one state championship. The smallest school plays against the biggest. Bear in mind that in football there is 5 or maybe 6 classes of FB...