(from the Washington Post) Growing numbers of schools are dropping football from their athletic rosters, impacted by factors ranging from concerns about concussions and other head injuries to shifting demographics to the high costs associated with operating programs.
In citing the cancellation of one school's varsity program, David Aderhold, superintendent of West Winsor-Plainsboro Schools in New Jersey, said, "We're the leading edge of a much larger iceberg when it comes to what's coming in youth athletics." Nationwide, high school football enrollment is down 4.5 percent over the past decade, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. The Midwest and Northeast have seen the biggest net loss of programs.
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