So those kids can't start playing in middle school or high school?
However I would bet that at least 90% of NFL players played pop-warner football. Imagine if youth soccer in the US started dying? What kind of impact would that have on the talent level of MLS? You certainly can't start playing soccer at 14 and expect to be any good.
But you really can with football. It's much more of physical talent than skill sport. The skills it does require can be developed almost entirely without playing full contact, organized versions of the game.
I agree with FredMertz here. Today's youth behavior predicts tomorrow's adolescent behavior. You'll probably still have close to equal numbers playing HS football in ten years because there are teams to fill. The same way increased interest in soccer won't actually mean more players playing on HS teams. That number is set.
Because those HS football teams will be drawing from a shrinking pool, but the HS and club soccer teams will be drawing from a growing pool. And that means more talent flowing into the beautiful game.
because as of now, soccer is viewed as weak compared to football. in a time where every aspect of how one is percieved matters, students cant afford to be viewed as weak.
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I just read somewhere that NYCFC was negotiating a deal for a multiple use Pop Warner/MLS stadium. Should be announced this week sometime.
Pirlo is going to design it. But he still won't be signed.
This is better than the " guys, I found a gray spot on Google maps, do you think we could put a stadium there? "
Very true........
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, Pirlo hears it.
but no one hears about Pirlo
The counter to this is when I click on New Posts, I choose to read the Stadium News thread but I would rather ignore the Let's Argue About PeeWee Football vs Soccer Participation Rates thread.
