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[quote=Anonymous][quote] On the first day of boys basketball tryouts this winter at Central High School in Newark, Shawn McCray, the team’s coach, stood at center court, waiting for the locker room to empty. A dozen or so boys filed out and straggled onto the hardwood, stretching and chatting. McCray checked his watch and eyed the gym doors for the rest of the players.

He waited. And waited.

But no more boys appeared.

The previous season, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit, McCray had about 40 players across all three levels of play — freshman, junior varsity and varsity. But when the balls rolled out this winter, only 15 players stood before him.
The other 25? McCray had no idea what happened to them. He asked around and was given several answers: They put on weight. They found other things to do. They just didn’t want to play basketball anymore.

“I just think a lot of kids gave up,” McCray said.

The poor turnout led to a seemingly unthinkable decision: Central would not be able to field a freshman team for the first time in McCray’s 17 years at the school.

Similar stories have played out this year across New Jersey, where high schools of all shapes and sizes are enduring the COVID-19 pandemic’s sneaky yet devastating assault on sports. Some athletic officials estimate a 15 to 20% reduction in the number of players competing in athletics across the board this school year. Scores of others have reported being unable to field sub-varsity and, in some cases, even varsity teams due to dwindling turnout.[/quote]
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/05/covid-could-cost-us-a-generation-of-student-athletes-some-are-sounding-alarms-about-a-crisis-already-unfolding.html

Seem there is a drop off in interest. 
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