8 man football and 7on7 are completely different. I still teach the fundamentals of blocking, tackling, LB reads, DL hands and feet, OL steps and feet, option reads, QB footwork, etc. the exact same as I did with 11 man.
Exactly, its only a matter of time. Forget competing, some can't even survive the season and it's going to keep happening more and more. We've almost doubled our number of teams in Missouri in the last five years.
As rosters shrink, it will. I've seen it help rebuild programs and numbers countless times.
I've never understood why no one bats an eye at 3on3 basketball but somehow 8man football is viewed like the spawn of Satan.
Only a rumor here and there about them returning to either jv or playing 8 man initially the last couple years, but nothing has ever come of those obviously.