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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You forgot the other thing that happens in football - they make the team because rosters are huge and never play in games.  My son and many friends stopped playing after 9th grade because of this.  They didn’t pick up another sport.  They still went to the gym and lifted a lot in the spring and in 10th grade.  By 11th grade some were really into going to the gym, others got into working and found part time jobs.  They keep busy and interests change.  [/quote]

Making the roster as a freshman is really just the first hurdle. A lot of kids drop off between freshman year and junior year or so. Little or no playing time so they don’t try out again next season, cuts at the JV level and varsity levels, other interests take over (driving, dating, PT jobs, other activities). A lot of the time,  kids kind of “see the writing on the wall”, realize they probably aren’t going to be good enough to ever make varsity and actually see playing time,  and quit/basically cut themselves.

My DS made JV in his main sport as a freshman, didn’t ever play, and looking around at the competition, realized he realistically didn’t have a path forward so didn’t try out as a soph. Switched to a no cut sport that had more opportunities and also got a PT job. Works out at the gym on his own or with friends.

Sports seemed like a much bigger focus when the kids were freshmen, but by junior year or so a lot of kids aren’t playing school sports anymore and have found other things to do. [/quote]

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