"Are there any sports in which attendance is up?"
I don't think so. Plus the decline of kids playing sports has been dramatic. When I was in school decades ago only the best athletes played recreational sports or made high school teams. 15 years ago every grade schooler played two or three sports. The better ones were on costly traveling teams. Many took private instruction. Girls too.
I've been at cut-day on a few high school baseball teams. Sad to see some pretty decent kids crying when they realized they weren't going onto the varsity team. Then the parents want to "have a talk with the coach." It can be even worse on some parents. One high school, not ours, used to station a security guard next to a basketball player's dad thruout each game!
I'm not sure playing high level sports is worth the effort and I've seen it all, and close up.
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Interesting too the drop in scouting. Boy Scouting is almost dead.
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