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[QUOTE="ForCuseSake, post: 3035804, member: 266"]
I won't be surprised if high school sports don't exist (or significantly fewer teams exist) in 10-15 years as the youth club/travel sports epidemic continues.

I know a few elite soccer players (development academy talent) were frequently discouraged, and one even barred, from playing for their high school squad.  Soccer leadership has flip flopped on this in recent years but I think it's metastasizing across other sports (organically and otherwise).

I can't think of a DI sport where coaches still scout/attend high school games for players.  Most don't bother attending high school games (unless a commit or high value target is playing) and focus primarily on the club/travel tourney circuit.

I've also seen a bad trend in coaching that's driven by club proliferation.  Many of the good coaches go where the money is (college, club, travel, etc.) and the folks left coaching school teams (modified, JV, Varsity) are not good coaches.  I've seen this across multiple sports (soccer and lacrosse in particular).

Combine poor coaching, with douchey parents, and I can see school administrators saying, "It's not worth it."

Thanks for the interesting insight on Capital area club scene.

Apologies to Liam Ferris for hijacking his thread.
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