Should under 10 year olds be allowed to play football?

One day a parent will be faced with the difficult decision some face this problem sooner than others. Image one day your sitting in your kitchen and your five year old walks up to you and wants to play full contact football with the rest of his friends what do you do? What do you say? Would you let him play? Some parents would say “no way” but, why not? Football isn’t as dangerous as many people would have you to believe. The game is evolving every year to make the game safer for the children and adults who play it. Most people believe that football is a game of giants but some of the best players in the Professional Football League are under 6 feet tall. Just because your child is smaller than the other kids doesn’t mean he will not be as good or better than the other kids, football equipment is getting safer for the children every year, coaches are being trained to protect the children, children who start playing the early have a better chance of playing the sport they love as a professional.
I know a lot of parents go through the thoughts of their child being hurt or that their child might not be as good as the other kids because they are smaller. Just because your child is smaller than other kids doesn’t mean he will not be as good as, or better than the other kids. I know from experience that size isn’t everything on the football field I have been playing football since I was 12 I now play semi pro football for the Warrenville Township Wolves. I have a nephew that played football last year for the first time in his life he was 8 years old and had never even watched a game of football beside a few games that he had come out to watch me play. He was about 4’0 and weighted 65lbs soak and wet. Well his mother was not at all happ...

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...bts or still be scared about their child. I know people will still say football is a violent sport and children are not as careful as a teenager or adult. This may be true but, that is why we train our coaches and our coaches have practices. In a football practice children learn to tackle, they learn about sportsmanship and how to play the game.
In conclusion, don’t be the parent who is afraid to let their child play the game that he might one day want to play as a professional. The earlier he wants to get involved in the game the better chance he has to make it along with hard work and dedication he can achieve his dream. So don’t let your fears stop your child’s dream. Because in football size isn’t everything, coaches are being trained to protect the children, and children who start early have a better chance of playing the sport they love as a professional.