re: I believe football is dying.

I can tell you at the youth level, it has been dying off over the past 5 years. We are combining 2 or 3 schools now, just to field a single team to compete. The reasons are many, but include - increased awareness/fear of head trauma, AAU baseball, AAU basketball, and an increased interest in Lacrosse. There are also more kids leaving football to go play boys volleyball and soccer than any other time I can remember. It's just a complete abandonment of "contact" sports (other than the lesser evil - Lacrosse).

If it's like that all over the country, then I can see it dwindling in the future for sure.