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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some valid points hidden in that looney-tune rant,

But people loose all credibility when they say that 'football is dying'

It's not.  It's thriving.  And post-pandemic, youth football participation is increasing.

the game is changing and its locked in as the nation's top sport[/quote]

Talk about losing credibility - you claim that youth participation is increasing when it's declining:

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-01-24/youth-football-participation-declining-amid-safety-concerns

And it will continue to do so - the talent pipeline is drying up as informed parents who understand the real risks to long term brain health opt for more sensible options for sport.

They(NFL) are making a hard pitch for flag football, which I'm sure is increasing, and they are pitching this to woman, which by any measure is welcomed but at the same time only shows how desperate they are.

They game will still need to substantially and fundamentally change more if it is to remain viable in the long term.

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Gee, I wonder what was happening in the 21-22 school year that may have caused football participation to plummet.

Locally, football is increasing:  fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/numbers-are-up-in-football-programs-across-the-county/article_aab5a040-a674-5b6a-af8b-a1ce3c4d4d78.html

For the first time in years, schools are actuallying having to cut players.[/quote]

It's not what it appears.  If you read the article completely, you'll find:

[i][b]" [...] For one, school enrollments are increasing dramatically across the board ahead of reclassification next year.

Oakdale, which straddled the line between Class 2A and 3A for a long time, is now pushing 4A status. So are Linganore and Frederick High, two longtime 3A schools, and Thomas Johnson, which used to be a 4A school before dropping to 3A. [...]"[/b][/i]

So the "increase" in the numbers in this particular small, local instance(Fredrick Co. MD) of perceived increase, is due not to the increase of popularity or interest, it is due to an increase in overall enrollment in the school system, school populations are in some cases almost doubling in size in a very short period of time.  In other words, the data need to be normalized or looked at on a "per-capita" basis.

Overall on a larger scale nationally youth participation in contact football has been trending down, not just during COVID, but it's now been trending down for about 15 years and there is no end in sight.  Which of course makes sense since there is much better awareness overall of the adverse impact on long term brain health due to the repeated sub-concussive blows that are at the very core nature of the game - there's just no getting around that fact.

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Sigh.

Overall, [b]ALL[/b] of youth sports is experiencing a decline.  Not just football.  It was something like a 15% drop in participation in youth sports in the last 10 or 15 years.

I don't know why I always let you trigger me.  I know you're a troll that looks for any reason to hate on football, but I always respond.  I need to do better at ignoring your posts[/quote]

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