Kolek planning to go pro
It might not show up in those areas yet but even some like Favre have stated they would discourage any sons from playing. It just might take longer to be a factor in those areas but 10-15 years down the road who can say?
I mean, eventually it will right, assuming the trend continues? I've always thought that the reason that the US isn't good at soccer is because our best athletes are going into football and basketball instead. Guys who are football and basketball pros in the states may have been soccer stars if they grew up in Europe or South America. If more and more of the best athletes go into basketball and soccer instead of football, won't that eventually impact the way the sports are viewed?
Ya'll been to Texas lately?Or Florida?Or anyplace in the deep south.Football is alive and well.
Football participation rates are declining in both Texas and Florida. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-high-school-football/amp/https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/full-circle/decline-in-florida-football-leaves-high-schools-struggling-to-field-teams?_amp=true
Maybe the NFL should underwrite amateur football teams in third world countries to get more kids to participate there. It wouldn't be long before Pro Football will be as full of foreign players as Pro Baseball.
You mean like all the players coming from Europe, a place that actually has football infrastructure and leagues? Or Canada?Football isn't like baseball. The equipment demands and sport complexity make the barrier to entry much higher.
I often wonder whether, at some point, insurance companies will stop covering tackle football for youth, middle school, and/or high schools (or at least make it prohibitively expensive). If that happened -- and I honestly wouldn't be too surprised -- it could mark the beginning of the end for the sport overall.
Maybe the B1G should reconsider UCLA joining the league. Maybe UCLA should drop football. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/troy-aikman-rips-ucla-fan-base-lack-attendance-game-this-embarrassment
I know its in teal, but it's all about the fact the BTN will not be over $1.50/subscriber in the LA market instead of the current 10 cents. UCLA can have zero people show up and the Big Ten will still consider the move a success.
Still not a good look. With the Hispanic population in LA I think more eyes will be watching Futbol instead of Football.
Maybe, though Chivas USA tried to capitalize upon that and failed miserably. Also, remember there are so many Big Ten country expats in the LA area that ratings will be high. Trust me, sports starting at 9 am is pretty damn nice. For me, watch MU, and get on with my day.
Not only were the owners of Chivas terrible, but I think the concept of trying to tap into a market using one team that plays in one league as a way to do that wasn't well thought through. There are more than Mexican Latinos in LA, and many of the Mexicans aren't Chivas fans.
Youth sports have evolved from the municipal little leagues to the insanity that is travel sports. I completely recognize your problem, unleash?. But how are the travel organizations doing in the area?