ESPN - The ultimate driver of this stuff.
We took another step closer to national championships in Football with ESPN televising season ending games between State Champions from different parts of the country being pitted against each other.
IMO we may be less than 5 years away from ESPN looking to do a HS National Championship among 8 teams in the mid December to New Years time frame to get content after the College Regular season ends.
When that happens HS will become the new college as there will be huge money at stake for the schools that can get in on it. No doubt the National HS Fed will have to be greased but have to imagine there will be millions sloshing around for the ESPN Top 8 to play 3 rounds of games in 14 days.
That is when you will have the 12 year old scouting kick in because Bishop Gorman or Don Bosco need to reload.
Not as crazy as you might think....by 2020. See it clearly! Basketball will be even easier with 16 teams playing on Mondays and Tuesdays during the NCAA tournament window.
I'd bet next years salary some guy in Bristol is working on this as I type.