[WILDCAT NATION]

I should clarify... I don’t think it will hurt us now... it will likely hurt us later down the road from parents putting more focus on a “safer” sport other than football.... kids who have played football their whole lives will continue to play unless they ride the bench all season

Let me give you a breakdown of what can happen initially and the long run and it's bad:
My team over the past 40 years:
4 years prior to soccer - 27 wins/ 2 district titles
8 years post soccer - 10 wins....total with the last of the 8 seasons ending with less than 20 players.
20 years prior to soccer - 128 football wins/ 6 district titles/ 4 district runner up/ 6 regional finals
20 years post soccer - 65 football wins / 0 district titles/ 3 district runner up/ 0 regional finals
......and during that stretch the enrollment increased over 50%. You better rally the football faithful.