High school sports participation overall is at an all-time high in California, growing for the fourth consecutive year, to 779,256. In what could be early signs of a national trend, high school football participation in California dropped by 3,520 to 100,205 in 2015-16, a 3.39% drop, according to the participation survey released by the California Interscholastic Federation on Wednesday. The National Federation of State High School Assns. Those are the fewest students participating in 11-man football in California since 99,079 were counted in 2005. Officials around the country have been waiting to see the impact from the growing attention and scrutiny over concussions on participation levels in football.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 04, 2016 00:50 UTC