Quote:Almost 60% of Michigan schools have Pay to Play which discourages some kids from playing.
I think that would be a big part of it, if there Isn't a massive amount of potential-players around already.
Quote:Numbers are down everywhere. People aren't popping out kids at the rate they used to, and the 20-30 age bracket are having a hard time finding quality work where they can afford children.
Well, let's take a 20 year old in college football right now. When were the parents porking to make a little junior? Well, right now, he'd be born in 1994. So kids born in 1992-1996 would affect college football right now, as far as holding back the sperm to avoid making more kids due to affordability. The 90s were pretty good. Great in fact, of course. So I don't think that'd be an impact.
I think kids born in 2001+ would have more of that impact, which we may start to see in 10 years? However, you could say the pay-to-play thing -- or lack of encouragement to get kids off the streets but into sports would have a bigger impact in the now.
But also: Richer areas breed less children. So kids coming from the 90s -- there's probably a dip down? Of course, that's why it's good to make birth-control as cheap-n-easy as One-Trick-Sally down the block. It lowers the breeding, notably in poorer areas. Maybe that's thankfully caught on since the 90s (but not good for college football up here), where down south in more religious country they're much more anti birth control?
Plus, of course, as pointed out -- down south they go all year round. Sounds like up here not just the weather, but the lack of encouragement even if the weather were the same too, is what holds it back.