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In the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine, six out of seven invited college athletes were multi-sport athletes in high school. [6] Less than 1% of high school baseball players are ever hired by a professional baseball team, even in the minor leagues. [9] In many other sports, the chances are even lower. [9]
70% of kids drop out of sports before 13 years old, a third experience overtraining and nearly 10% of athletes are burnt out. AAP Report: 7 in 10 kids quit sports before high school due to burnout ...
College football is far from spiraling downward, but the sport could use a nice massage to alleviant some of the aches and pains associated with it Oller: How to fix what ails college football in ...
High school sports participation hasn't reached parity among girls and boys After the passage of Title IX in 1972, girls sports participation skyrocketed. But that growth started to plateau around ...
College sports yield indelible moments that unite campuses and provide a path to a quality higher education for thousands of students who might otherwise not be able to afford it. Many of the people we interviewed, including legendary coach Bill Curry, have devoted their careers to college athletics — but worry that too many schools are ...
“There’s no one to put the brakes on them,” says Joel Maxcy, a Drexel University economist who studies college sports. “There’s no one to say, ‘No, this is not a sound investment.’” A Hail Mary. Georgia State, a commuter college located in a largely vacant stretch of downtown Atlanta, had long resisted a move into big-time ...
During the 2005 season, Jack Cochran's New London High School football team, the highest scoring offense in CT, was shut out 16–0 by the Windham High School Whippets. In response to being shut out for the first time in his career, the following week Cochran had his team run up the score 90–0 against a much weaker opponent.
In Canada, high school is governed by Football Canada and most schools use Canadian football rules adapted for the high school game except in British Columbia, which uses the NFHS rules. [ 1 ] Since the 2019 high school season, Texas is the only state that does not base its football rules on the NFHS rule set, instead using NCAA rules with ...