Caitlin Clark effect not slowing decline in girls' basketball participation, study shows
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[{'start': '2.502', 'end': '5.871', 'text': "LEGISLATIVE SESSION.   >> LAWMAKERS APPROVED A 2%   INCREASE.   >> THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL   ATHLETIC UNION IS TRYING TO   REVERSE A DISAPPOINTING TREND   DESPITE NATIONALLY TELEVISED   GAMES AND RECORD-BREAKING   WNBA ATTENDANCE, THE NUMBER   GIRLS PLAYING BASKETBALL IN   IOWA IS DROPPING. THAT WAS   THE FINDING OF A RECENT   SURVEY OF COACHES AND   ATHLETIC DIRECTORS. 75%   LISTED BASKETBALL'S   DIFFICULTY AND INTERFERENCE   WITH CLUB VOLLEYBALL AS THE   TOP REASONS FOR THE DECREASE   IN NUMBERS ALSO CITED COMPETE   IN SPORTS A LONG SEASON AND   GIRLS BEING WEEDED OUT AT A   YOUNG AGE.   >> THE DECLINE IN GIRLS,   BASKETBALL HAS HAPPENED OVER   THE LAST FEW YEARS. GRADUALLY   TO THE POINT. AND I THINK   THIS YEAR THAT THING THAT   KIND OF PROBABLY A LOT MORE   PEOPLE'S ATTENTION IS THERE   ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT WERE   CHOOSING TO PLAY JV ONLY   INSTEAD OF A VARSITY TEAM.   >> DRIVEN BY CAITLIN CLARK,   THE POPULARITY OF WOMEN'S   BASKETBALL IS AT AN ALL-TIME   HIGH. HOWEVER, MANY OF THE   GIRLS NOW TAKING UP THE SPORT   ARE STILL TOO YOUNG FOR HIGH   SCHOOL BASKETBALL.   >> KALEN CARD EFFECT. I THINK   YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT   POTENTIALLY. NORTH ARE   YOUNGER PEOPLE. THOSE ARE THE   ONES THAT REALLY HAVE   IDENTIFIED. OTHER OTHERS   PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY MADE   THEIR DECISIONS AND AND MADE   CHOICES AS TO WHAT THEY'RE   DOING. SENSOR AT THE HIGH   SCHOOL LEVEL.   >> AND THE ION WILL MEET GIRLS"}]