LINK

2015-16 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY

Sports with > 100,000 have:
1,085,272 Football (11-Player)
975,808 Basketball
490,105 BaseBall
480,207 Cross Country
221,439 Golf
197,572 Lacrosse
128,853 Competitive Spirit Squad

Ever wonder why Texas is heavily recruited?

Football Participation
163,835 Texas
100,205 California
42,595 Ohio
42,262 Florida
25,920 Pennsylvania
20,540 Louisiana
17,829 Iowa
16,611 Oklahoma
14,243 Kansas
9,842 Connecticut
6,005 West Virginia

Thanks HoustonRocks. I remember Dave Campbells Texas FB Magazine used to keep that stat for FB participation, but I can't seem to find it anymore in that fine publication. I'll use this link from now on.

(08-28-2016 10:17 PM)HoustonRocks Wrote:  LINK

2015-16 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY

Sports with > 100,000 have:
1,085,272 Football (11-Player)
975,808 Basketball
490,105 BaseBall
480,207 Cross Country
221,439 Golf
197,572 Lacrosse
128,853 Competitive Spirit Squad

Ever wonder why Texas is heavily recruited?

Football Participation
163,835 Texas
100,205 California
42,595 Ohio
42,262 Florida
25,920 Pennsylvania
20,540 Louisiana
17,829 Iowa
16,611 Oklahoma
14,243 Kansas
9,842 Connecticut
6,005 West Virginia

They must be shittey considering the state of alabama has more national championships in the past 10 years than texas has had in the last 40 years

Added the various populations, and the percentage of athletes there are per capita.
163,835 Texas (26,448,193 for 0.62%)
100,205 California (38,332,521 for 0.26%)
42,595 Ohio (11,570,808 for 0.37%)
42,262 Florida (19,552,860 for 0.22%)
25,920 Pennsylvania (12,773,801 for 0.20%)
20,540 Louisiana (4,625,470 for 0.44%)
17,829 Iowa (3,090,416 for 0.58%)
16,611 Oklahoma (3,850,568 for 0.43%)
14,243 Kansas (2,893,957 for 0.5%)
9,842 Connecticut (3,596,080 for 0.34%)
6,005 West Virginia (1,854,304 for 0.32%)

AND THERE IS ONLY ONE P5 SCHOOL IN OHIO?!??!?!

Cool find HoustonRocks

Why did you post the participation for West Virginia, Kansas, and Iowa?

(08-29-2016 09:11 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-28-2016 10:17 PM)HoustonRocks Wrote:  LINK

2015-16 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY

Sports with > 100,000 have:
1,085,272 Football (11-Player)
975,808 Basketball
490,105 BaseBall
480,207 Cross Country
221,439 Golf
197,572 Lacrosse
128,853 Competitive Spirit Squad

Ever wonder why Texas is heavily recruited?

Football Participation
163,835 Texas
100,205 California
42,595 Ohio
42,262 Florida
25,920 Pennsylvania
20,540 Louisiana
17,829 Iowa
16,611 Oklahoma
14,243 Kansas
9,842 Connecticut
6,005 West Virginia

They must be shittey considering the state of alabama has more national championships in the past 10 years than texas has had in the last 40 years

Well, they do pay better per repeated reports!