re: Will La have a 5* this year?

If you are talking Rivals, if memory serves, they rate about 30+ players a year 5*. They start out with about half that amount which in a rare compliment to them, I agee with that. That gives them room to expand the 5* once the players have their SR season. Since their ratings like everyone else's has been pretty pitiful in recent years, I don't really care. And IF you believe the # of Rivals Top 100 players from LA, I do remember years ago that LA used to have 5 or 6 every single year which wouldn't be surprising...how many states in the US really have 0 most of the time(WY, AK, DE, ME, CN, NM, UT, HI, ID, etc). This year there are 4 from LA but only 1 in like the top 60 or so. Either the talent in LA isn't what it used to be or Rivals is not evaluating it right...got to be one of those two things because LA players are not rated as good overall as they used to be. This has been going on the last several years...really I noticed the change after Katrina except for the year (2011 class I think).