re: The Decline of Football in America

Pussification of sports.

Liberal Nazis want t I control everything

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Bull shite....those teams can get off their lazy azz and try to compete are F just quit!

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I didn’t say I wanted to fix it.

But if it comes down to college football being relegated to irrelevance due to lack of interest because only 4 - 6 teams have any shot at a title, then rewarding P5 conference doormats and G5 contenders with first pick of 5 star recruits is about the only option.


(If people were craftier, teams like LSU and Auburn would collude to send some of their 5 star and 4 star transfers to Tennessee to help build that program back up.

If Tennessee, Michigan, Texas, and Florida State could return to form it would help reduce the dominance of Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Clemson.)

Several issues I see here:

In regards to college and pro sports there is not a decline because most see decline in those levels of play measured financially and from what I am seeing and reading those numbers financially continue to grow.

Attendance is going down on those levels but why spend so much to see a game live when I can do it locally or a home. I mean prior to Covid the local UA group met every game. We usually average 75+ people. The food is far better than anything at the stadium for a lot less. Do not have to pay for parking, wait in long lines for traffic after the game, and sleep in my own bed. Unless it is a stadium I have yet to visit I prefer to stay local, like most do now. Not to mention way to high ticket prices.

In regard to youth sports football takes a huge hit for multiple reasons especially at younger ages. One to many concerns by parents due to injuries. Second equipment cost a lot more than basketball or soccer. Last very limited opportunities for kids to touch the ball or be in a position to be the star.

In regards to soccer I could easily discuss its value and downfalls. For many parents soccer is seen as a better sport because every kid plays, they all run, and they all touch the ball. Similar to bball. The equipment cost is far cheaper and is usually payed by the parents. Even for the travel teams parents fully subsidize the sport even paying for the refs and coaches while subsidizing the club staff and club expenses.

But there are many issues with youth soccer in this country. For the most part it is a country club sport inaccessible for many financially. Also because so many clubs charge such high fees to participate they have to justify it which means finding a way measure it to justify the financial investment. So what happens instead of developing players the majority of clubs focus on winning at all cost. This in turn has killed the US now and going forward for the foreseeable future for a seat at the world soccer table. The US youth soccer(USYA) is the largest youth soccer organization in the world, especially in registrations, and the richest youth soccer organization in the world, but yet we can not even qualify for the World Cup in by far the easiest qualifying group.

In the end recreation facilities, youth clubs, and schools are going to follow one the interest which as others have stated with current trends being soccer and basketball and two the sports with very little entry costs to facilitate them. Football, baseball, and hockey, all youth sports seeing a decline are also the most expensive even for the basic rec level.

Look no further that the ratings for the natty this year. Lowest in decades

Most people severely underestimate the absolute disdain liberal elites...academia... have for male dominated sports. Even worse, the hatred they have for the money involved as coaches are usually the highest paid employees on campus. College football is under attack, pure and simple.

Good ole auburn

Promotion & Relegation to a power conference

US Men’s soccer sucks because the best athletes in the US play football, baseball, basketball. American soccer (and now lacrosse) is usually made up of kids that can’t play the big 3. There are some soccer first athletes, but not nearly enough to be competitive at all he international level.