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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want my kid to play a team sport in high school and that’s starting to feel like a big maybe given the competition in our area. He’s an above average athlete who works hard and puts in extra reps outside of team but isn’t hyper driven in the sense that he has no expectations around being recruited to play in college. So, despite years of playing multiple sports at a fairly demanding level, love for the game, natural athleticism, and coachability he’s a bubble player and may find himself “retired” from his favorite sport(s) at 14. His athletic female friends are having far more success playing into HS than many of his male friends given the sheer numbers. [/quote]

The number of girls and boys playing is the same thanks to title IX. It's not great for a boy who doesn't play football because football teams are needlessly and laughably large. If you're in FCPS, have him try volleyball. Our school was desperate enough that the boys team was no cut this year [/quote]

The football teams are large because it allows the students who don’t have the skill to be able to train everyday and to learn everything they can about football.   Maybe next year…

I just have to add serious female ballet students who take hours of classes six days a week on top of rehearsals are in excellent shape and it takes more strength and stamina than any girls sport.   Most people just know girls who take an hour or two  class a couple of times a week.  No comparison.  [/quote]

The football teams are definitely large, but there is also some reason for it.

There are 22 players on the field on every play.  So to have a first team offense, and then a scout defense, you need at least 22 players on the team.

Then, add in the fact that as you get in HS, fewer players play on both sides of the ball.   So you have a first team defense, and a first team offense.  That could be up to 22 players (in reality, probably less, since 3-4 will play both ways).  And then certain packages require extra TE, or extra WR, and certain defenses may require extra line-men or extra DBs, and you're easily looking at 30 players.

Then add in special teams and very skill specific positions.  A team may have a kid that is only their to punt.  Or only their to be the long-snapper.

So, its not hard to get to 40 players on the roster.  I do know that some teams carry upwards of 50 and that seems excessive, for sure, but a football team rostering 40 isn't that crazy when you think about the needs of the sport.  [/quote]

50 is closer to the norm and as long as schools indulge football coaches with bloated rosters, the are required to find opportunities for a similar number of girls 
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