NFL has been doing good with all of Goodell's interventions but it's coming
The latest survey release from the NFHS – the first since 2018-19 – shows that the 2021-22 school year was the first on record with fewer than a million players participating in 11-player high school football in America since the turn of the century. The reported total of 976,886 participants represents a 12.2% decrease from a 2008-09 peak.