Thursday 28th March 2024

A couple of interesting articles to make high school sports ponder a bit;

The National Federation of State High School Association says participation in high school sports has dropped for the first time in 30 years. The drop in athletes participating in Iowa by one percent in 2018-19, just a bit higher than the national trend.

Also, the Iowa High School Athletic Association has issued a release calling us big kids the biggest challenge facing high school sports today. The editorial says the less than sportsmanlike actions of adults at high school sporting events has reached “epidemic proportion”. When asked what they liked least about high school athletics, over 60 percent of athletic directors and game officials said it was dealing with aggressive parents and adult fans.

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