Gotta disagree here. You can do a lot of things in life for others. Playing high school football is not among them. Football, and particularly line play, is about the choice of out efforting ( I know that's not a real word) the guy(s) across from you. This is a conscious choice that you make maybe 100 or more separate times in a single game. You simply don't do that for someone else. Doing it for team, another person, etc... Simply will not work. YOU have to want to do that or there will be a let down. That letdown can, and likely will, lead to injury.

 

Could not disagree more with this statement. Football is the consummate team sport where guys do play for the man next to them. It's all about individual sacrifice for the good of the team. When people on a team play for their teammates and are held accountable to the good of the team, magic happens on the field. That's what it's all about.

Could not disagree more with this statement. Football is the consummate team sport where guys do play for the man next to them. It's all about individual sacrifice for the good of the team. When people on a team play for their teammates and are held accountable to the good of the team, magic happens on the field. That's what it's all about.

 

So he should play because it's good for the team? I'm all about being for the team but if the kid doesn't want to play and he's just there because his friends want him there do you really think you're going to get the effort out of him that you need. I have to disagree, if football doesn't make the kid happy, he shouldn't play.

Could not disagree more with this statement. Football is the consummate team sport where guys do play for the man next to them. It's all about individual sacrifice for the good of the team. When people on a team play for their teammates and are held accountable to the good of the team, magic happens on the field. That's what it's all about.

 

Everything you say is true. The part though that you've left out, is for that to work, everyone has to be bought in and onboard. Throw somebody in that doesn't want to be there, and the concept suffers. Being part of a team, whether it's good, or great, absolutely is a wonderful thing, and a valuable experience. But ultimately, deep down (and maybe really not so deep), everything we do and every choice we make comes down to satisfying some individual need or desire. So yes, while being part of a team does require sacrifice, hard work, etc, ultimately, you have to want to be there. And if being part of that team doesn't satisfy some personal need or desire, then what's the point of being there??

Could not disagree more with this statement. Football is the consummate team sport where guys do play for the man next to them. It's all about individual sacrifice for the good of the team. When people on a team play for their teammates and are held accountable to the good of the team, magic happens on the field. That's what it's all about.

 

All that stuff you said is true for the people who are playing and want to play. All that stuff you said is untrue when it comes to if someone should play a sport or not. You don't play a sport for the good of a team. You play a sport because you want to play. Now if you do decide to play, then yes you do play for the man next to you because it is a team sport. However when it comes to choosing to play, only what that person feels matters.