Eric Sondheimer: Fewer California high school students are playing football
by Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times
Aug 02, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - An annual survey of high schools in California shows a marked decrease in football participation for a fourth consecutive year.
The latest numbers, released by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) on Thursday, showed that 91,305 of the state's high school students played football last fall, a drop of 3.1%.
There has been a drop of more than 12,000 over the last four years.
Statewide participation in football has dwindled steadily since
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