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What does all this mean for football's future? The current state may be just the beginning. The decline in the quality of NFL plays, combined with decreasing youth participation, suggests a potentially grim future for the league’s talent core.
In five or ten years, the league may face an even greater crisis—an inability to field top-tier athletes and an erosion of the game’s entertainment value. Without effective intervention or a profound cultural shift, the NFL could lose its stature as America’s premier sport.