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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am interested in the discussion about tiers of football programs. There are obvious powerhouses and there are plenty of schools that field teams with varying degrees of success. How should the region balance the future D1 football prospects with kids who want to play the game and maybe a handfull could play at a D3 school?

It seems like the way the leagues are currently set up are not conducive to the dichotomy.

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It would be interesting to see how much the average roster size in the DMV has shrunk over the past 20 years/10 years/5 years.  I think we'll see schools (private for sure, with their smaller enrollments, and maybe public too) starting to eliminate football in the next decade, not because of a philosophical opposition but for lack of student interest.  [/quote]

1,000,000 boys participated in high school football in the US this year. Interest doesn't appear to be waning.[/quote]

As a mother of 3 boys who play football in privates I can tell you it is waning...at least in this area.  My oldest has been playing tackle for 10 years starting in youth tackle then moving on to playing for his middle school and now high school.  My youngest has been playing for 3 years in youth tackle.  The number of kids playing now versus even 5 years ago has greatly decreased in all age groups.  I'm sure by the time my 9 year old is in high school there will no longer be middle school teams at most of the local privates and several IAC, MAC and even a few in the WCAC will have dropped their programs [/quote]

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