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Is HS football going to go extinct?

dallascane said:
It will decline and faster than we might imagine. Its all about pipeline. If the number of children in Football decline, the number of available collegiate football players will also decline. If the number of available players declines, the number of schools with teams will decline. That will reduce the NFL talent pool.

Now with a reduced talent pool, The NFL players are now slower and smaller than they used to be with potentially lower salaries. That could lead to a safer and potentially pass heavy, high scoring game and lower prices. On the other hand, athletes who used to play football may shift to other sports making them more exciting than the NFL.

There will be a contraction in the NCAA. The question is where? Does it start at a Lowly D1 school that has no hope of competing nor making money and Football is a liability? Do the service academies bail out in orders from the President? Or does it start at the D3 level and work it's way up?
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Numbers of children in football decline?

Where is this gonna happen at?

Certainly not down here in South Florida. How 'bout Texas? They live, eat and breath high school football.
 
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Coach Macho said:
dallascane said:
It will decline and faster than we might imagine. Its all about pipeline. If the number of children in Football decline, the number of available collegiate football players will also decline. If the number of available players declines, the number of schools with teams will decline. That will reduce the NFL talent pool.

Now with a reduced talent pool, The NFL players are now slower and smaller than they used to be with potentially lower salaries. That could lead to a safer and potentially pass heavy, high scoring game and lower prices. On the other hand, athletes who used to play football may shift to other sports making them more exciting than the NFL.

There will be a contraction in the NCAA. The question is where? Does it start at a Lowly D1 school that has no hope of competing nor making money and Football is a liability? Do the service academies bail out in orders from the President? Or does it start at the D3 level and work it's way up?
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Numbers of children in football decline?

Where is this gonna happen at?

Certainly not down here in South Florida. How 'bout Texas? They live, eat and breath high school football.
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It will start at Western High School.
 
gogeta4 said:
Black kids don't play baseball and have absolutely no interest in soccer. The only other sport left is basketball and not a huge population is over 6'0 and coordinated. Lol... Football is here to stay.

But the "middle income" families who kids aren't good enough to play can keep hoping and wishing so their sport can see life.

In south fla you have single mothers scrambling to put their four-5 year old in pee wee football that sh-t ain't dying no time soon.

If it does something will have to take it's place in the higher scale... Currently every other sport at the high elite level plays second fiddle to football in America.
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Good points. Football remains way out and way up for many. Plus, in the South it is virtually a way of life, so although many blacks are southerners, it is not limited to a black issue. Like everything in this country with its all-powerful government, this eventually will be political with race and sectionalism again being issues. Only this time bubba and brother will be on same side -- that should make politicians a little uncomfortable.
 
gogeta4 said:
Black kids don't play baseball and have absolutely no interest in soccer. The only other sport left is basketball and not a huge population is over 6'0 and coordinated. Lol... Football is here to stay.

But the "middle income" families who kids aren't good enough to play can keep hoping and wishing so their sport can see life.

In south fla you have single mothers scrambling to put their four-5 year old in pee wee football that sh-t ain't dying no time soon.

If it does something will have to take it's place in the higher scale... Currently every other sport at the high elite level plays second fiddle to football in America.
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You forgot to add that many of the parents you are speaking about think that their sons will play in the NFL and become a meal ticket. I am blown away by how many jagoff parents who never accomplished anything on the gridiron or in life push their sons to play football and interfere with optimist football coaches and the game. Add to that the number of optimist coaches who know nothing about football or how to succeed in life and it is a recipe for disaster. There are some awesome and realistic parents and there are some incredible coaches out there, but there are a lot of parents and coaches who just have no clue.

I was talking to a great coach from Miami Gardens yesterday and he was telling me how a program in a competing league is trying to recruit a kid from his park. He also had to deal with a parent who felt that his 10 year old son wasn't getting "enough love" from his park. Are you kidding me?
 
As long as there are destitute guttersnipe parents out there looking to exploit their children for their own pecuniary and egotistical gain there will be football. Thank God for the morally and financially bankrupt!
 
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Ibis Wingz said:
Coach Macho said:
dallascane said:
It will decline and faster than we might imagine. Its all about pipeline. If the number of children in Football decline, the number of available collegiate football players will also decline. If the number of available players declines, the number of schools with teams will decline. That will reduce the NFL talent pool.

Now with a reduced talent pool, The NFL players are now slower and smaller than they used to be with potentially lower salaries. That could lead to a safer and potentially pass heavy, high scoring game and lower prices. On the other hand, athletes who used to play football may shift to other sports making them more exciting than the NFL.

There will be a contraction in the NCAA. The question is where? Does it start at a Lowly D1 school that has no hope of competing nor making money and Football is a liability? Do the service academies bail out in orders from the President? Or does it start at the D3 level and work it's way up?
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Numbers of children in football decline?

Where is this gonna happen at?

Certainly not down here in South Florida. How 'bout Texas? They live, eat and breath high school football.
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It will start at Western High School.
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Haven't coached there in 2 seasons.

Good effort though.
 
I can see football declining in the suburbs. I've seen it myself over the years. Majority of the places I've coached were considered suburban "white" schools. I've noticed that many of the white suburban kids lately have been leaning towards Lacrosse.

However, in the "hood" or "country" football is a way of life. I have homeboys who started training their kids at age 3/4/5. It's that serious.

I'm just speaking on what I've seen down here. In different parts of the country, such as Texas, football is a way of life for blacks and whites.
 
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Communist criminal, retiring US Senator Harry Reid is out there today saying that he would make football illegal. When asked if he would make boxing and MMA illegal, the man who was bought and paid for by casino union bosses said, "of course not." :adoration:
 
SFbayCane said:
Communist criminal, retiring US Senator Harry Reid is out there today saying that he would make football illegal. When asked if he would make boxing and MMA illegal, the man who was bought and paid for by casino union bosses said, "of course not." :adoration:
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I believe Harry used to be a boxer as well himself. He's an ******* anyway. Glad he's going away.
 
Suburban white sissies will stop playing football and continue to migrate to sports that don't scare their wormy helicopter parents who think their kids **** out gold nuggets. Good thing is that no one will even notice because those kids have the athletic ability of cooked veal.
 
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Football participation numbers are dropping yearly and sports like lacrosse keep exploding. Football has had its high points, it is declining rapidly around the US. Parents who actually care about the health and welfare of their kids will think twice about signing them up. If you don't then youre a shtty parent who continues to live vicariously through your kids. Many former NFL players want no part of their kids playing football.
 
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i bet if you check the statistic it will show that the privileged are the only one leaving the sport.
 
The major reason for declining numbers in youth football, IMO, is because kids are "specializing" at younger ages.

Parents believe they have to "focus" their kids to reach the elite level, so they go all-in as soon as possible. Most don't have the resources to do that in multiple sports, so they make a decision ... Resulting in fewer kids playing multiple sports, because they are almost year-round in basketball or baseball.

Net/net ... The numbers show a decline. But the percentage of "die hard" football players is likely higher, IMO.

I know a few dads who think Lacrosse is the next big thing. But ultimately, the growth of that sport will be based on the success of college games. If that sport can create athletes of interest on a national scale, it may continue to grow. But to me, it looks like a combination between soccer and hockey ...
 
DC Dog Nuts said:
Football participation numbers are dropping yearly and sports like lacrosse keep exploding. Football has had its high points, it is declining rapidly around the US. Parents who actually care about the health and welfare of their kids will think twice about signing them up. If you don't then youre a shtty parent who continues to live vicariously through your kids. Many former NFL players want no part of their kids playing football.
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You're talking about white suburban neighborhoods bro. Football ain't declining at all in the hood.

Lacrosse is taking off cause many white kids like their chances for success much more in that sport. You don't have to be 6'2" and run a 4.4 forty.
 
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