{"id":414907,"date":"2017-11-03T12:43:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=414907"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:43:37","slug":"alabama-high-schools-should-not-be-promoting-img-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/alabama-high-schools-should-not-be-promoting-img-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama high schools should not be promoting IMG Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NutsBolts11-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-414913\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NutsBolts11-3-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh Niblett should be ashamed of himself. Not for taking his shirt off in the middle of a Hoover High School pep rally (well, that too). But he and everyone else at Hoover should be ashamed of themselves for scheduling tonight\u2019s game against IMG Academy.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a selfish move and an attention-grab at the expense of real high school football.<br \/>\nIMG Academy brings to Alabama the greatest collection of high school-age football players in the country. But they\u2019re not really a high school team. They don\u2019t play for any championships. They don\u2019t fall under any guidelines that real high school football teams face.<br \/>\nIMG Academy simply pillages the one great linebacker from this high school in Louisiana, and the one great running back from that high school in Tennessee to assemble a made-for-TV product.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all fun and games until the best player in Hoover decides he wants to leave his high school to join the all-star team. It\u2019s even more damaging when a player leaves a school like Austin in Decatur, which has a running back like Asa Martin come along one every few decades.<br \/>\nMartin left Austin for IMG but returned home for his senior season. Austin just completed a perfect 10-0 season and will enter the 6A playoffs ranked No. 1.<br \/>\nThis Austin team nearly had their storybook season ruined by an interloper. Programs in Alabama don\u2019t need to be providing the interlopers publicity to help do it again.<br \/>\nFor Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-414907-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NutsBolts110317.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NutsBolts110317.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NutsBolts110317.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Josh Niblett should be ashamed of himself. 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