Why is it that high schools in America only have one Football team? Don't you lose a lot of talent that way?
440721
Like the Ohiostatekid said there is freshman, junior varsity, and varsity. Most schools are lucky if they can find enough talent to fill up one varsity team so it would be pointless to have two.
872163
they're usually club-sports not necessarily funded by the school. the main football team is the competitive one that gets all the money and intercollegiate will play other clubs but probably have to raise a lot of their own money and athletes may not be recognized as easily for getting out of classes, etc.
78671
No, in fact there are a couple of players in the NFL that did not play in high school.  Even still, they do play other sports in high school and are raw athlete material.
358736
Because people have differnt interests in sports.Football isn't the only sport most people play.Somedon't like it and some do.
310205
by increasing the prize money and salaries... teams would automatically recruit better players and impiort some from abroad too... fans come to watch good football, not just their team winning. If the players would be better the game would anyways be good and fans would be more.\nplus the game also needs better sponsorship in the states, which is not there
1027793
Scouts come and watch games and stuff. If you're talented they'll offer a scholarship. When you get to highschool try out for the team all years and such. That's really the only way.
1009211
TeamUSA plays all over the world.\n\nI coach American football here in Germany and I know it's played in Italy, Spain, Austria, and France for sure...maybe even other countries...\n\nIt's not as popular as it is in America for a number of reasons: \n\nWork Ethic is number one...American football takes practice and dedication...daily....Europeans aren't into that at all...they want a sport they can do quick and easy without a lot of fuss.\n\nAggression and guts are number two: no one in the world has the kind of aggression and intestinal fortitude that can match an American.\n\nMoney: American football, like other sports in America, started cheaply and without a lot of pay to the players...thats preposterous in Europe - where graf and payola and bet hedging are practically commonplace. It's all about money over here.\n\nLastly it's all about physical education and sports programs in school. In Europe, Phys Ed in school is organized grab ass, soccer, dodge ball, and badminton if you have a really advanced program....the legal age to play contact football in Europe starts at 16!!!
223075
Texas by far is known for their tradition of High School Football. There is no other state that has a richer tradition.\n\nFlorida and California are known for skilled positioned players. Michigan, Ohio and Iowa are known for linemen. Penn State is also know for quarterbacks.\n\nI will mention the LONG BEACH POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL has more former players that have played in the NFL than any other school in the country ( approaching 50 or over depending on the NFL draft this year). Yep this throws a wrench in the whole curve.\n\nTEXAS HAS THE TRADITION, LONG BEACH HAS THE PROS.  Note that most of the POLY players go to USC or UCLA.
922566
There are conferences like say the BIG-10.\nThey make up a lot of the schools in the midwest.  There are many rivalry games and they play each other pretty much once a year.  Then, there are conference championships.  These decide the best team in the conference.  Ohio State won since it had the best record in conference play and since well...it was the only undefeated team in football.
1057745
because the schools mostly concentrate on american footy and ice hocky etc
685109
Probably because it's relatively easy to play.  Only a ball is needed, and no other specialized equipment, so even children in poor countries can afford to play it, which builds its popularity.  It doesn't hurt that the teams are large and everyone gets involved, either.
834893
Talent. Recruiting has become huge for schools now. It always has been for the top programs but even the not so great programs are pushing recruiting huge. A lot of 4 and 5 star recruits are more willing to sign with a mediocre team these days because of the possibility of playing time as opposed to a top program that is already stacked at their position. So many players want to leave early for the NFL and if they have to wait until their junior year to get any significant playing time, they pass on that team and go where the playing time is so they can prove themselves early at a high level and raise their stock in the NFL draft. The Texas's and Oklahoma's and Nebraska's aren't getting the cream of the crop as much anymore. They still get great talent but fewer to chose from.
903993
The college ones are bigger (bigger players...LOL!) and have more padding, but usually smaller and more flexible/stronger materials. High schools cannot afford to purchase the kind of padding and materials that most colleges can. College unis would be about the same as most Pro Football teams.
215054
because we have some really good schools here.  Some countries that they come from wont get the same education that they will get in our country.  They want to make something of themselves just as we do its just they have to go to america or Europe to do so.
721680
It is just not the "IN" sport. Americans are different to the rest of the world. They want contact sports and/or high scores. Soccer is considered neither. World football is not shown much over here so when American think of soccer they think of that pathetic excuse of a league, the MLS. Because the MLS is boring and slow, they think that all soccer is boring and slow. It will take a while to become the number one sport but i think it eventually will. The problem now is the parents. Because they were brought up with baseball, basketball, american football, and ice hockey, they want their kids to play it. I actually know someone in America whose dad wouldn't let him play soccer! All it will take is for the soccer loving generation (in about the next 30 years) to have children and pass on their love for the game, then it will spread like a forest fire. It is definately becoming more popular but at my school, about 1500 people think it is a stupid sport. So that means that when they have kids, their kids will have similar views. One generation is all it will take.
800761
In the top college division (NCAA Division 1-A), there are just under 120 schools, each graduating, say, 20 seniors each year.  That makes 2400 senior players.  We're not counting the rest of Division I, II and III here. \n\nThere are 32 NFL teams, each replacing about 5 players a year.  That's about 160 openings a year.  So using those assumptions, 1 out of 15 college seniors will make an NFL team.\n\nAnd even fewer will ever make a starting position, play any real length of time, or draw any more than the minimum salary.  It's an extremely competitive job, and most don't go anywhere.  \n\nYou need to be an outstanding player to make the NFL draft.  If you are on a major team, and/or a winning team, you will get more publicity, more people will know about you.  That is the best way to become a high draft pick.\n\nHowever, most players (even high draft picks) have mediocre careers, often ended early by injury, or sometimes by ticking off too many coaches too soon.  Most players last a few years, and if they don't have any other skills, their lives are all but over at 26 years of age.
862699
I don't know that the high schools do it to have better teams (in Texas or anywhere else).  But it definitely happens on an individual basis that the parent(s) hold back their kids (even though NOT academically necessary) so they will have a competitive advantage when it comes to sports.