I have attended four different high schools in four years‚ and have played football alongside numerous teammates and coaches. I have always participated in sports throughout high school. Playing football has taught me valuable lessons for use on and off of the field. When I joined the football team my freshman year‚ I did not fully understand what I was getting into. Even though I watched football on television‚ I had no idea how much work was truly required for the sport. I worked vigorously for
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In the essay “The End of Football” by John Kass‚ discusses the possibility of football becoming less popular as the years goes by because the health issues that are related to tackle football. His thesis is that parents are becoming more cautious with their children playing sports because the rougher the sport‚ the likely chance that the child will have a life altering injury. Kass even said himself that he will not allow his children play football‚ even though he loves the game himself and he also
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College Football Playoff System 43% of Americans say that football is their favorite sport to watch‚ more than three times than any other sport said an article on ProCon.Org. In 2008 a record 37.5 million people attended a college football game to cheer on their team in hope of a championship season. (ProCon) As the players push themselves as hard they can go and the fans cheer as loud as they can; they often come to the end of a great season to be denied by the BCS system. In 1998 the Bowl
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“Football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners‚ only survivors.” Frank Gifford‚ a retired NFL player and now commentator‚ said this quote referencing to his 12 years as running back for the New York Giants. This quote is directed towards the impact that football does to you. Frank Gifford is comparing the effects of a nuclear warfare to the effects football has on your body and mind. Children are impacted greatly by football due to programs that have started too early in their lifetime‚
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ENC 91 10-06-10 Concussions in the NFL Concussions‚ something that most players‚ from pee wee to pro football admit to having had sometime in their career. As sports evolve‚ players are bigger‚ faster ‚ and stronger. NFL players are million dollar machines‚ they are owned‚ and are the product of a business empire. Many players are forced to retire
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point of criticizing society on why we feel the way that we do on this issue. Mainly‚ why we tend to care more about our health in regards to many other issues. The article Don’t let kids Play Football‚ by Bennet Omalu does a good job of providing evidence and reasons on why not to let children play football. My current belief on this issue though is that while these sports have many negative effects‚ they are too ingrained in our culture to ban
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Americans all over the U.S. are devoted to football and enjoy watching this sport‚ with the hopes of seeing an intense game between two teams. The two teams are tasked with rushing the other and ramming them into the ground. As a result of the incredible speed at which the players collide‚ unconsciousness and concussions sometimes occur. Football is regarded as the toughest sport‚ played by kids‚ High schoolers‚ and professionals. After all this‚ I would let my son play football because I believe
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Football games are a place of excitement‚ turmoil‚ and family. The games bring the community together whether the game is good or bad. No matter if their team is the best in the state or the worst everyone in the community comes out to support. Football games have the ability to bring a whole community together for one sole purpose; to cheer on the team. Most people say that the anticipation of the games coming up that night makes their day go by so much faster. For others knowing that the game
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In 2009‚ it was my first tackle football game. I was 9 years old. I have practiced tremendously hard for the first game. My family would be there and other parents would be there too. I had to do good. After weeks of practice‚ it was the day before the first game. Then‚ I wasn’t really worried about the game. But that night‚ I started to think about it. I was really excited and anxious for the game the next day. At the same time though‚ I was nervous for some reason just thinking about it. I didn’t
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“LET’S GO BOYS!!!! LET’S WIN THIS!!! BEAT THESE RAVENS!!!!!!” The crowd was screaming and chanting wildly as we began to run out of the locker rooms and onto the large football field. I lead them‚ raising my arms up and down to signal the crowd to get louder with their cheers. As I did this‚ I was also sprinting to the middle of the field through the large slit that was cut for my eyes. I turned back to the crowd in the stands‚ and the players ran around me‚ with smiles of their faces‚ to get to
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