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NJ hs disbands varsity football; article on football's decline ...
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:27 pm
WashPo article
decent read ...
Demographic shifts, concussions, single-sport specialization and cost — among the same issues that have caused youth football numbers to plummet around the country in recent years — have led West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North to drop varsity football this season. The Knights, with a roster of 37 players, will play a junior varsity schedule.
High School South, the other secondary school in the district, might have to do the same next year, along with high schools from four other neighboring jurisdictions, West Windsor-Plainsboro Schools Superintendent David Aderhold said.
The moves reflect a crisis for football all over the country, but one that has accelerated in this New York City bedroom community.
“We’re the leading edge of a much larger iceberg when it comes to what’s coming in youth athletics,” Aderhold said.
Football participation has dropped precipitously for some time. High school football enrollment is down 4.5 percent over the past decade, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Parents have growing concerns about the injury risk involved with football, specifically head injuries. Numerous recent academic studies have presented varying conclusions about the risk of long-term brain damage resulting from high school football.
Princeton High School Coach Charlie Gallagher said he spent more than an hour on the phone with a parent recently discussing the risks associated with football.
Haas, a cardiologist, spends time going through the studies with families and breaking down the relative risk of playing football compared with other sports such as soccer, in which concussions account for a larger percentage of injuries than in football.
“What we’ve talked about in our program is not about whether there’s risk,” Haas said. “There’s risk in everything. It’s whether that risk is manageable.”
Weeks into summer practice, Prakash looked to be in line to get decent playing time for the Knights at free safety and wide receiver, Reilly, his coach, said. He’s a smart kid and a decent athlete.
His neighbor, another Indian American rising freshman at North, asked about the football team every day when Prakash got home from practice, he said.
“Try it,” he told him. “Put yourself into it. You can play this sport. It doesn’t matter what race you are.”
Football coaches and school administrators are taking that same message to parents and toeing a thin line between encouraging them to enroll their children in football without telling them how to parent.
Ivy League schools like seeing team sports experience on applications, coaches tell parents. They point to studies that show a strong link between athletics participation and academic improvement. There is a payoff down the road to playing sports, especially football, they argue.
decent read ...
Demographic shifts, concussions, single-sport specialization and cost — among the same issues that have caused youth football numbers to plummet around the country in recent years — have led West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North to drop varsity football this season. The Knights, with a roster of 37 players, will play a junior varsity schedule.
High School South, the other secondary school in the district, might have to do the same next year, along with high schools from four other neighboring jurisdictions, West Windsor-Plainsboro Schools Superintendent David Aderhold said.
The moves reflect a crisis for football all over the country, but one that has accelerated in this New York City bedroom community.
“We’re the leading edge of a much larger iceberg when it comes to what’s coming in youth athletics,” Aderhold said.
Football participation has dropped precipitously for some time. High school football enrollment is down 4.5 percent over the past decade, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Parents have growing concerns about the injury risk involved with football, specifically head injuries. Numerous recent academic studies have presented varying conclusions about the risk of long-term brain damage resulting from high school football.
Princeton High School Coach Charlie Gallagher said he spent more than an hour on the phone with a parent recently discussing the risks associated with football.
Haas, a cardiologist, spends time going through the studies with families and breaking down the relative risk of playing football compared with other sports such as soccer, in which concussions account for a larger percentage of injuries than in football.
“What we’ve talked about in our program is not about whether there’s risk,” Haas said. “There’s risk in everything. It’s whether that risk is manageable.”
Weeks into summer practice, Prakash looked to be in line to get decent playing time for the Knights at free safety and wide receiver, Reilly, his coach, said. He’s a smart kid and a decent athlete.
His neighbor, another Indian American rising freshman at North, asked about the football team every day when Prakash got home from practice, he said.
“Try it,” he told him. “Put yourself into it. You can play this sport. It doesn’t matter what race you are.”
Football coaches and school administrators are taking that same message to parents and toeing a thin line between encouraging them to enroll their children in football without telling them how to parent.
Ivy League schools like seeing team sports experience on applications, coaches tell parents. They point to studies that show a strong link between athletics participation and academic improvement. There is a payoff down the road to playing sports, especially football, they argue.
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 9:28 pm
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Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:32 pm to tiderider
No crap. Parents don't want their kids to become vegetables
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:37 pm to tiderider
As long as viewership hasn't declined (which to my observation seems bigger than ever), there is always going to be millions to be made in football. As long as there are millions to be made in football, you're going to find the athletes that will incur the risk and play.
it would be nice if they could make some breakthrough safety enhancements, but regardless with so much money involved football is not going anywhere (for a long time at least)
it would be nice if they could make some breakthrough safety enhancements, but regardless with so much money involved football is not going anywhere (for a long time at least)
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:47 pm to tigerbait2010
quote:
you're going to find the athletes that will incur the risk and play.
those kids will play, but most of the kids not playing now would have never went to the next level anyway
what hasn't been reported much is that LHSAA schools are bucking the national trends... we've seen a big INCREASE in players the past decade despite barely any new HS opening
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:48 pm to tiderider
There's a HS in Chapel Hill, NC that is forced to go junior varsity only this season also. However, the sport isn't losing popularity as fast (at least in the south) as many people think. Even affluent schools in the same area had over 140 players come out for varsity/JV football.
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:48 pm to tiderider
Couldn't they just merge the two teams together instead of neither having varsity but still playing jv?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:50 pm to OxyCodine
quote:
No crap. Parents don't want their kids to become vegetables
Probably a few former high school football players in here who have no problem comparing bank accounts with you. The comradarie and relationships last a lifetime.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:51 pm to TigerChief10
i don't get this article... probably every other high school in the country with 37 willing players is playing football
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:55 pm to tiderider
quote:
Princeton High School Coach Charlie Gallagher said he spent more than an hour on the phone with a parent recently discussing the risks associated with football
Because the parents are getting bombarded with articles like this from the media
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:56 pm to chalmetteowl
At least soccer will become elite faster.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:19 pm to Rhino5
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Probably a few former high school football players in here who have no problem comparing bank accounts with you
His response was a little over the top but reasonable. This response is just dumb. I know plenty of guys with lots of money and lots of health problems. Money is all fun until you can't even walk around to spend it
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:40 pm to tiderider
quote:
Numerous recent academic studies have presented varying conclusions about the risk of long-term brain damage resulting from high school football.
I wish they'd stop studying this
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:48 pm to tiderider
Well we got good news last week with my rec team (7-12 yr olds), we usually have 60-80 total for our pee wee, jv ,and varsity. This year we have 130+ kids ,38 cheerleaders. The teams on the west side of Houma always have these #'s regularly.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:30 pm to tiderider
Our school played Lacrosse and Football and soccer...
20 years ago...
They wanted to just go to Lacrosse back in 1992...pushed hard for it.
They still play football (it's the most popular among students) and they play lacrosse, they don't play soccer anymore...nobody came out.
20 years ago...
They wanted to just go to Lacrosse back in 1992...pushed hard for it.
They still play football (it's the most popular among students) and they play lacrosse, they don't play soccer anymore...nobody came out.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:55 pm to OxyCodine
quote:
No crap. Parents don't want their kids to become vegetables
Football isn't going anywhere. Viewership is up, and youth participation isn't in some huge decline like some think.
I truly
when I see people insinuate or flat out say football will be dead in X amount of years. Delusional...Football will be around for your lifetime, your kids, their kids and the next 10 generations. 
Posted on 8/23/17 at 12:07 am to tiderider
This school district is majority Asian. My aunt teaches at the one of the middle schools feeding into that high school and all that matters is academics there.
This is not representative of many school districts.
This is not representative of many school districts.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 12:19 am to chalmetteowl
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i don't get this article.
The agenda-driven Washington Post is pushing a false narrative. It's a strong trend with that publication.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 3:20 am to tiderider
Soccer Time
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:41 am to tiderider
What's interesting to me is that sudden cardiac arrest is the #1 killer in adolescent athletes, but there is rarely any discussion of sudden cardiac arrest. It's always about concussions and other injuries as the reason why people don't want their kids to play football. The main reason.... the media
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 6:42 am
Posted on 8/23/17 at 7:08 am to brg0320
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There's a HS in Chapel Hill, NC that is forced to go junior varsity only this season
Which one?
There are 3 HSs in Chapel Hill and I don't think it's one them.
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