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Why are America’s National Parks not producing football recruits?

Related Topics: United States, National park

Recently, you may have seen a story about how there are no five star football recruits in approximately 2.2 million square mile area of the central and western United States. The map for this is below:

We at the The Daily Gopher feel that the focus on this “5-star desert” misses an even greater problem. Despite being over 84 million acres, America’s National Parks are producing no five star football recruits! For that matter, they are producing no football recruits at all! Look at the map below, which plots every five star recruit in the 24/7 database this year as well as all National Parks in the United States.