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Long read if interested: http://digitalcommons.UConn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2163&context=gs_theses
>>Significance of the Study This study will explore and analyze the landscape of high school football in the U.S.. High school football is increasingly reflecting its collegiate and professional counterparts yet there has been little investigation into the trends associated with the high school football subsector. A broad understanding of the high school football landscape from a demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic standpoint will be developed. There have been numerous analogies made to describe the intercollegiate level of athletics especially for the sports of football and basketball. This project attempts to develop a theoretical model that explains the breadth and complexity of the system through the high school level. Drawing on economic sociology (Granovetter, 1985) in order to accomplish this task along with the collection of quantifiable data, this study will offer meaningful contributions to the field of sport sociology and specifically those who are interested in examining systems of athletic matriculation<<
>>Significance of the Study This study will explore and analyze the landscape of high school football in the U.S.. High school football is increasingly reflecting its collegiate and professional counterparts yet there has been little investigation into the trends associated with the high school football subsector. A broad understanding of the high school football landscape from a demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic standpoint will be developed. There have been numerous analogies made to describe the intercollegiate level of athletics especially for the sports of football and basketball. This project attempts to develop a theoretical model that explains the breadth and complexity of the system through the high school level. Drawing on economic sociology (Granovetter, 1985) in order to accomplish this task along with the collection of quantifiable data, this study will offer meaningful contributions to the field of sport sociology and specifically those who are interested in examining systems of athletic matriculation<<
