Sporting News: Girls Are Leaving High School Basketball, and Here's Why

Sep 21, 2022
9:31:49am

Parker Schnabel All-American

There is a general decline but bball is among those suffering the most.

Girls Are Leaving High School Basketball, and Here’s Why

Two decades ago, girls' basketball was the queen of high school sports. Nearly half a million players crowded gyms across the country, and schools packed

https://sportings.news/girls-are-leaving-high-school-basketball-and-heres-why/

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Sporting News: Girls Are Leaving High School Basketball, and Here's Why

Parker Schnabel

9/21/22 9:31am

Girls basketball, especially HS girls basketball is the most boring sport to watch. Athletes would benefit more if it

IBC

9/21/22 9:34am

Well the only reason we have high school sports is for you to watch, so you’re

Alpi Gusto

9/21/22 9:50am

i see some of the scores at the HS while I'm there for my son and they are

fattycoug

9/21/22 10:00am

I have coached close to 100 youth and HS sports teams across 5 different sports.

Gorum the Old

9/21/22 10:14am

I thought that girls weren't playing sports as much because they didn't have an

dYrtbYkerYder

9/21/22 9:35am

Netball ftw!

panacablue

9/21/22 9:36am

I despise headlines that say, "and Here's Why"

benny1982

9/21/22 9:39am

Clickbait has become the standard.

cougfanblue

9/21/22 9:40am

That headline would have been perfectly fine if it ended before "and here's why"

benny1982

9/21/22 9:40am

Because club teams are ruining the multi-sport athlete concept is the answer.

Turnpike Lane

9/21/22 9:44am

Geez, the author thinks JV stands for "joint venture." Wow.

Phasor

9/21/22 9:51am

It reads like it was written by a Chinese bot

TheLoanArranger

9/21/22 10:08am

Yes it does.

Benfica1

9/21/22 10:18am

They need to lower the rim. Could you imagine how boring women’s volleyball would be on a men’s net?

PJMort

9/21/22 9:51am

Other sports are ‘girlier’ and that’s what girls want. Is that what they are

kotacoug

9/21/22 9:52am

I read that they thought that basketball was too girly.

Benfica1

9/21/22 10:11am

They mention it twice. The second time it’s the other way. Weird article,

kotacoug

9/21/22 10:25am

I have no idea what this means. The girls coach is recruiting guys?

byubyu

9/21/22 9:58am

that and many comments in the article are weird. badly written. too bad as there's some interesting info hidden in there

byujag

9/21/22 10:03am

Texas participation dropping 38% in 20 years doesn't seem like a mystery. That's what we call border state demographic

mokelembembe

9/21/22 10:10am

Someone thinks it's because basketball is tougher than other sports. Ha. Quote:

Benfica1

9/21/22 10:10am

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