re: The purpose of 7-on-7????

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But, seems like an athlete would and should be judged on whether or not he is elite on how he does in REAL competition!

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The problem with football in relation to other sports is you simply can't play the volume of games you do in other sports. High school baseball and basketball players play 30-35 game regular seasons (maybe more with some high-end 5A baseball programs who have the pitching to play in tournaments every weekend before district) and they probably double that between summer and fall select ball. So 100 games a year.

In football, if you play more than the 10-15 games they'll play in the high school season, it borders on too much.

And I'll say this: high school teams pass the ball a HELL of a lot better than they did when I played in the 80s. Direct result of 7-on-7.