Argumentative Essay: Should Children Play Football
I believe that if I had a child, I would let them play football. Football is America's favorite sport and I know the feeling of excitement on Sunday, Monday and Thursday night screaming at the TV for my team to win. Football teaches young children to never give up and to always get back up when they fall down. Additionally, football helps kids stay in shape. More than one third of America is overweight and being physically active at a young age correlates to being active as an adult. Football allows kids to work physically, mentally, and socially stronger by working in a team which helps them work better once they're older to get a job. It’s a great way to illustrate to kids how teamwork actually works and how everyone’s role affects everyone
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No matter if you’re short and stocky or tall and stuff, there's so many spots on the team and each one of them matters. Another example of why you should let children play football is because football allows for many different athletic scholarship for colleges if people can’t afford to pay fully. Football offers the most full scholarships of all college sports. The article I read tells me that football isn't the only factor of CTE. CTE can be triggered even if you don't have an athletic background. For example, autistic children who rock and bang their heads, abuse victims, and even people who were shot out of a cannon from being part of a circus act. Therefore, people can not blame football for having head trauma and concussions. All football players know what they're getting into, they know they are at risk of death, but they have been waiting their whole life to get on the field and play. There's so many important life lessons in the game of football and some people don't know how much excitement and effort it is to play. As Vince Lombardi said: “Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is
No matter if you’re short and stocky or tall and stuff, there's so many spots on the team and each one of them matters. Another example of why you should let children play football is because football allows for many different athletic scholarship for colleges if people can’t afford to pay fully. Football offers the most full scholarships of all college sports. The article I read tells me that football isn't the only factor of CTE. CTE can be triggered even if you don't have an athletic background. For example, autistic children who rock and bang their heads, abuse victims, and even people who were shot out of a cannon from being part of a circus act. Therefore, people can not blame football for having head trauma and concussions. All football players know what they're getting into, they know they are at risk of death, but they have been waiting their whole life to get on the field and play. There's so many important life lessons in the game of football and some people don't know how much excitement and effort it is to play. As Vince Lombardi said: “Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is