Persuasive Essay: Should Kids Play Football

Maxwell Sweetwood February 2, 2016
L.A 6-2 Football Essay
KIDS SHOULD PLAY FOOTBALL Imagine not being able to play your favorite sport. That might happen to youth football players today. This is the thirtyth straight year that football is the most popular sport and thirty-five percent of fans call football their favorite sport. That is more than one fourth of football fans in America. This is also one of the common topics in 2016 right now. Would you let your kids play football? Many people think that youth kids should play football. Kids should play football because it is a good source of exercise, kids can get a scholarship and football teaches good life skills. The first reason why society should let youth kids play football

Many may argue that it is too dangerous and you can get a concussion. When I skyped John Urschel who is a pro football player for the Ravens my class asked him when he started to play football. He said at the age of thirteen, then I asked how many concussions he got. He answered one. He is twenty-four so if you do the math that is one concussion in eleven years of playing football. Many people also say that there is a high chance of getting C.T.E. The doctor of the said “It is much more dangerous riding a bike or skateboarding than playing youth football” Many people would let their kids go for a bike ride where it is more dangerous than letting them play football. Like I said football teaches kids good skills. WHen I asked John Urschel this he said “Commitment, toughness, resiliency. A lot of times in football you have adversity, things holding you back, maybe you don’t feel well, but you still have to go out there and do what you’re suppose to do. That’s a lesson I’ve learned from football.” That is a good lesson that he learned and are really good skills for kids when they are older. Football teaches you good skills that are not only good skills for kids even if they do not make it pro. In conclusion, kids should be able to play football. MOst people in America call football their favorite sport. Many people would not be happy if they were not allowed to play you favorite. For a lot of kids this is the