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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1183933, member: 362"]
I think it's an issue of a societal change. Anyone that plays football knows you have to bust your hind parts to be a player. A lot of kids today don't want to dedicate their time to offseason training when there are other sports they can simply show up and play.

“The kids are telling me they don’t want to spend their summer in the heat practicing,” said Miller, who plans to retire after this, his 23rd season. “They’d rather sit in the air conditioning and watch TV and play video games. They say they’re willing to come out when the season starts, but you and I know that isn’t going to fly.

“It’s just a different society we’re in now.”

[url]http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2014/08/17/some-kids-say-football-not-worth-the-effort.html[/url]

While football dropped by about 2,500 players since 2006 to ’07, the number of boys playing lacrosse has increased by 1,700, the number of cross-country runners has increased by 1,100, and the number of soccer players has increased by 360. “Part of the appeal might be that whether you’re good at it or not, when you’re on the field you’re running around constantly, which a lot of kids seem to enjoy,” Wetzel said.

[url]http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/11/23/football-slide-unpopularity-boxing/Dq99wTL1rxjrnPwOvhmSTL/story.html[/url]

There are also budget issues causing some schools to drop football since it is the most expensive sport. I'd imagine the same issues are causing some municipalities to cut pop warner programs due to lack of financial support.
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