Morton football participation sees no decrease
October 4, 2019
At a time when many high school football teams are seeing a decrease in participation, Morton’s football team still has good participation.
In a random survey of 132 students, 94 students have been to a Morton football game while 38 haven’t.
Is Morton the Morton football team raising or dropping in participation this year. If so why?
Chicago tribune had confirmed that football participation hits 26-year low as other sports grow. High school football participation in Illinois last year dipped below 40,000 players for the 1st time since 1993”.it’s a sign of the sport struggling to attack athlete. Back in 2007, there were 51,334 players; last year, there were only 38,566 players in Illinois. That’s a 25 percent drop in participation. Even the national federation of high school Association show a dipped for football by 8%. In a survey, we asked the student if they ever been in Morton football game.
But, that’s not the case for Morton’s team; attendance has not decreased.
“Morton has not dropped the number of participating this year than last year,” Mr. Brown said
Injuries can keep you off the team. There are computerized tests that tell whether a student has a concussion.
“They have a good training staff. Injured players are put into a practical impact testing where they took the test before the season started and when they do get a concussion, they take the test again. If the score is worse than the previous score their concussed.” Mr. Brown said.
Oddly, transportation to practice is a factor in determining who joins the team.
“More West kids participate in the sport than east because it’s hard for East kids to get a ride from east to west, since fields at west, “Mr. Brown said.
Morton had lots of kids participate for football this year.
“The number of kids playing could be around the 197,” Mr. Brown said.
Equipment like helmets and pads are used by football players to keep them safe from injuries
“The equipment is updated every year,” athletic commissioner Ms. Cynthia O’Boyle said.
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Jorge Salgado • Oct 10, 2019 at 3:00 pm
In this article i found out that the equipment is updated every year , also that injured players are put in impact testing to see if they are ready to go. What the article needed is providing more information and statistics
Sebastian Pineda • Oct 10, 2019 at 10:47 am
What I found out surpising about this article was that I had never known that back in 2007, there was a 25% drop in participation for football teams.
The article just needs to be properly arranged so the survey results is the last part of the additional information paragraph instead of being the first thing.
Ulises Castillo • Oct 9, 2019 at 2:51 pm
thought this was a good use of LQTQ format, overall i think it is a good article. However it could use a bit of work like adding a bit more descriptive information .
Natalie Chiquito • Oct 9, 2019 at 11:06 am
I agree with the info in this article. Very good use of various quotes and it made it better that staff quotes were included as well.
Brian B Classic Reyes • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:29 am
good LQTQ format although your quoting is a little off, need to provide more information than just writing a small sentence. another problem would be not being specific about the “38” yes some people might get it but not many so try to be specific as stating 38 students next time. another problem would be try getting more quotes from other people not just from one person or two as this creates bias.
<3 love it though
Oliver Arias • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:19 am
You followed the LQTQ format perfectly! you need to work on Your AP style however and when your linking your quotes you need to expand upon them more instead off a quick sentence like you did towards the end. Also in the beginning of the article you said “132, 94 students have been to a Morton football game while 38 haven’t” 38 what percent? and shouldn’t it be 13,294. Nice job though.