Youth Participation in Pop Warner Football Has Declined, But Let’s Not Jump to Broad Conclusions Yet

Jason Lisk wrote the article "Youth Participation in Pop Warner Football Has Declined, But Let’s Not Jump to Broad Conclusions Yet" The article is from USA Today Sports sections, which is a very prestigious newspaper, so the ethos of this article is not in question. The author claims that the decline in pop warner football is not based solely on the concussion issue. He claims that the statistics are skewed based on the fact that participation rated have been inclining for years and two years of decline does not show the overall change, also there have been other leagues forming that boast huge numbers. There are a few factual claims scattered throughout the article, mainly the statistics. The article mainly has value claims about the sport, and why the sport popularity is on the decline. The rebuttal to the article is simple, people have just recently been looking at the effects of concussions, and the data that is coming up is very startling, that has to be the reason for the decline in participation.

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