Originally posted by Unregistered
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Football is struggling right now with all the horrific publicity on concussions and early dementia from slugging it out on each and every play. Every play, the brain rocks and shuffles. Parents are very much questioning the game, as well they should be. And with football, it doesn't take much to make the team. If you try out, you will be on the team... all the way through HS. Some players are great athletes, and then there are a large percentage that are not. Youth football is on the decline. Although we Americans love our NFL! Including me.
Basketball, great sport. But only 1 out of 10,000,000 will go pro. Only 5 players get much time on the court. Only 12 or so make the team. Sport is stable, maybe slightly growing but mostly flat.
More and more boys are playing soccer, and sticking with soccer. It's on the rise. While many will argue against it, these days, some of the best athletes are soccer players, especially at the Premier A level... and also most Varsity HS programs. Don't get me wrong, there are top athletes that will never play soccer, or they would be better. But that can now be said the other way around too. At our HS, the football team would be a heckuva lot better if some of the soccer players would have played football. And I'm talking at the skill positions where speed and athleticism are required.
Ok, time to flame me!
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