I don’t follow football these days but my sense is we will see youth participation amongst a poorer, more deprived demographic as a way to access college education. We can celebrate sporting achievements in that cohort all we want but it had the potential to come at great cost and will the wider interest be maintained?

Not sure how attendance at college games is holding up post-lockdowns etc but that may be a good indicator. 

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grayruby

I agree with the tennis and golf comment. 

It will be interesting to see what happens with football. Definitely youth participation is down but interest is still high so it's a question of will a lack a participation eventually lead to an erosion in interest. 