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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2463371, member: 1764"] I think participation levels are dropping, or more critically, other sports are more proactive in enticing and recruiting young players to go down an elite path in their sport. I'm talking AFL, Rugby League, Soccer, Rugby Union (less so). Let's face it, most talented kids in cricket are also talented in some of those other sports. Berrick Barnes is a great example. He could've potentially been a Test cricketer from what I hear, but league and union chased him mercilessly and he picked them as his focus. For whatever reason, cricket is less appealing for kids to focus on as they hit their mid-late teens than the football codes. I don't think it's any real coincidence it's happened since the Super League war, Union going professional and the AFL lifting its game in the 90s with the goal to become the national sport. Those sports have dominated the grassroots while cricket has tread water. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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