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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a rising 9th grader who has applied to several schools in both leagues.  He is not a star player, but works hard and LOVES football.  I'm looking for any info on the differences in the two leagues when it comes to football.  The schools we applied to are the stronger academic schools.[/quote]

The good news for a 9th grader who wants to play football is that schools are having more and more trouble getting a large turnout from their student bodies for football, so recruiting for football has become more and more of a focus.  Make sure you are in touch with the football coach at every school to which you have applied so they know that your son is strongly interested in playing.  Being a hard-working roster player will be seen as a contribution and could help admissions chances.

The prior poster is accurate that generally the IAC is stronger in football than the MAC.  However, if playing in college is of interest (maybe Division III), plenty of players from the MAC also go on to play college football (at both Division I and Division III schools).  In the MAC, Maret won the league last year but had a lot of kids graduate; the Sidwell coach is very responsive to interested families and they've had some good success in the past five years (including winning the city championship in their division in 2015); and Potomac School is generally seeming to put more of an emphasis on sports (the head of school was a longtime football coach earlier in his career).

In the IAC, Bullis, Episcopal, and Georgetown Prep are at the top right now so agreed that it might be harder to get playing time.  Bullis generally brings in a lot of upper class transfers to fill graduated slots; Episcopal has been bringing in players from a Canadian football academy; and Prep probably has the most home-grown program, benefitting from having the largest student body by a large margin.  St. Albans struggled for a couple years but had a much better season this year and is seemingly committed to giving resources to the football program to keep it competitive.  St. Stephens St. Agnes had a tough year, probably mostly because of a very young team.  Landon as a school is very committed to football and always has a solid team but right now cannot compete with the talent of Bullis/Episcopal/Prep, probably because so much of their athletic recruiting is devoted towards lacrosse.

Good luck, I'm sure your family will have some great choices.
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