The State of Football

[tulla]

Just read this piece which helps explain, I think, what Gang Green and other have been saying about the quality of high school football and the overall number of kids playing the sport: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Interesting point about the drop being greater among white kids.

 

[roxychknpoxy]

Just read this piece which helps explain, I think, what Gang Green and other have been saying about the quality of high school football and the overall number of kids playing the sport: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/08/sports/falling-football-participation-in-america.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Interesting point about the drop being greater among white kids.

Tulla - this is well worth discussing. The facts are there locally, regionally and nationally. I’ll go to the inside back cover of the book and say this - Comcast is building a $60m theater seated entertainment center for “fans” to watch “players compete” on video games!!??
Football is evolving on many levels and the reasons schools like SJP become a vacuum for talent is because they created their own showcase for such over the previous 20+ years. Ironically, it’s less about recruiting and more about visible opportunity. I know you’ve alluded to this concept of ‘erosion’ previously and I think your spot on. We’ll see what happens but the trend doesn’t bode well.

 

[dovetail]

Women and lawyers are killing the sport especially at the lower participation levels, In twenty years "football" will be at the flag level and coed.

 

[solfootballfan]

Not all women, but yeah many want to take anything away that women can’t compete in. Lawyers ruin almost everything. They’ve done a good job of that even at NFL level.

 

[Balph Ratty]

Ralph Batty is in his second term as Governor of The State of Football after spending 4 years as the Attorney General of The State of Curling.