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Football is on the way out
https://www.highschoolot.com/nc-sees-23-.../18594544/



North Carolina has had a 23% drop in participation in the last decade.

North Carolina remains 12th nationally in terms of high school sports participation with 198,252 participants, but that number dropped from 203,474 during the 2017-2018 school year and 203,588 in the 2016-2017 school year.

The number of boys participating in sports in North Carolina dropped from 113,708 during the 2017-2018 school year to 110,711 last year. Girls participation saw a drop from 89,766 to 87,541.

North Carolina's trend of fewer participants in football continued last year. Data shows 26,969 students participated in football in North Carolina during the fall of 2018, a drop of 5.7 percent from the fall of 2017. In the last five years, North Carolina has witnessed a decline of 9.5 percent in high school football. Over the last decade, participation in high school football has declined by 23.4 percent in North Carolina.

Football wasn't the only boys sport to see drops in participation last school year. The number of boys golfers dropped by 6 percent, boys cross country participation dropped by 5.5 percent, wrestling declined by 4.4 percent, indoor track participation for boys dropped by 4.2 percent, baseball saw a decline of 2.2 percent, boys outdoor track participation dropped by 2.1 percent, boys tennis participation dropped by 0.5 percent.


Nationally last year.....
The biggest drops came from football and basketball. Participation in 11-man football dropped by 30,829 to 1,006,013, which is the lowest mark since the 1999-2000 school year. This marks the fifth straight year football participation declined.

Courtesy of Xlance, a Tarheel fan. This is why I believe UNC & Duke to the BE is possible. This article right here.

(08-30-2019 01:01 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  This is the post that inspired my thread:

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Football is on the way out
https://www.highschoolot.com/nc-sees-23-.../18594544/



North Carolina has had a 23% drop in participation in the last decade.

North Carolina remains 12th nationally in terms of high school sports participation with 198,252 participants, but that number dropped from 203,474 during the 2017-2018 school year and 203,588 in the 2016-2017 school year.

The number of boys participating in sports in North Carolina dropped from 113,708 during the 2017-2018 school year to 110,711 last year. Girls participation saw a drop from 89,766 to 87,541.

North Carolina's trend of fewer participants in football continued last year. Data shows 26,969 students participated in football in North Carolina during the fall of 2018, a drop of 5.7 percent from the fall of 2017. In the last five years, North Carolina has witnessed a decline of 9.5 percent in high school football. Over the last decade, participation in high school football has declined by 23.4 percent in North Carolina.

Football wasn't the only boys sport to see drops in participation last school year. The number of boys golfers dropped by 6 percent, boys cross country participation dropped by 5.5 percent, wrestling declined by 4.4 percent, indoor track participation for boys dropped by 4.2 percent, baseball saw a decline of 2.2 percent, boys outdoor track participation dropped by 2.1 percent, boys tennis participation dropped by 0.5 percent.


Nationally last year.....
The biggest drops came from football and basketball. Participation in 11-man football dropped by 30,829 to 1,006,013, which is the lowest mark since the 1999-2000 school year. This marks the fifth straight year football participation declined.

Courtesy of Xlance, a Tarheel fan. This is why I believe UNC & Duke to the BE is possible. This article right here.

You think participation decline in youth sports affects the monied class schools?

Um no. It affects Lees-McRae, not the flagship.



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(08-29-2019 12:39 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Football would join the independents.