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In the backyard of Bieber and Kardashian, football stars abound

CALABASAS, Calif. — This is the home of Bieber and of Kardashians, of actors, musicians, retired professional athletes, reality-television stars and executives, with a median income that attests to the surrounding wealth: The average household in Calabasas makes more than $120,000 annually, according to the most recent U.S. Census.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the local sporting scene is a bastion of country-club pursuits, Calabasas High School Principal C.J. Foss heard upon her arrival in 2008. We’re good at tennis and good at golf, she was told, but football is an afterthought; kids don’t want to get hurt, and families don’t want their kids to play.