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Sep 17, 2019
10:03:32am

CoachSpeak All-American

Ran out the big money guy that was funding them...

so recruiting fell off.

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CoachSpeak

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Author

Time

HS football participation continues to drop

Gustav

9/17/19 9:30am

The costs are so prohibiting & a lot of kids see gaming as the way to punch a

pegushin

9/17/19 9:33am

football is super cheap compared to other HS sports

BlueFrog

9/17/19 9:35am

This is true...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 9:38am

On HS baseball or club baseball?

Gustav

9/17/19 9:49am

Both...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 10:01am

Football cost me over $2k this year

TheLost

9/17/19 9:54am

That's a lot...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 10:02am

Travel out of state 🙂

TheLost

9/17/19 11:29am

Yea you're right...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 11:43am

Like basketball?

permiso

9/17/19 9:39am

Even in XC/Track I shell out $100 every month or so on shoes...

Fdnman

9/17/19 9:52am

Ok I stand corrected, but I do see kids with athletic skills

pegushin

9/17/19 9:53am

51 total kids in the entire Cottonwood program. From 9th-12th

BlueFrog

9/17/19 9:34am

What happened to Cottonwood?

Canusa

9/17/19 9:41am

Skyline could have put 100 on them. Every team can. It's sad

BlueFrog

9/17/19 9:43am

They have won 2 games in the last 3 years and none this year

Canusa

9/17/19 9:45am

first of all they are a refugee school now. like 25% of the school wasn't in Utah 3 yrs ago. these refugees aren't

BlueFrog

9/17/19 9:52am

Ran out the big money guy that was funding them...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 10:03am

I wonder how much of it is risk of injury vs. concentrating on one sport?

9/17/19 9:38am

Yes but that was also true in 2014. That said, data on other sports would be

garyfan

9/17/19 9:51am

I do not like specialization...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 11:38am

I agree with everything you're saying

9/17/19 11:52am

Not knowing your kid I'll give you credit for making a realistic assessment...

CoachSpeak

9/17/19 12:17pm

better to note per capita. California is not surprising given family out migrations

Bob Vance

9/17/19 9:40am

The rate (football players per 1000 students, or something) is the number.

CosmoK

9/17/19 9:54am

fair enough

Bob Vance

9/17/19 12:54pm

I wonder if the whole concussion scare from a couple of years ago

CoogsWin

9/17/19 9:46am

For my kids it was the commitment coaches wanted

Hobo

9/17/19 10:04am

Smart move. If we spwnt as much time on academics as sports more kids would

kotacoug

9/17/19 10:28am

The commitment required epitomizes “the thick of thin things”.

9/17/19 10:57am

IMO, adults and their attempt at vicarious living in perpetual youth via sports

9/17/19 10:17am

Agree

kotacoug

9/17/19 10:28am

California's is certainly a demographic issue.....

mokelembembe

9/17/19 10:31am

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