Football for All

Football for All
Nicholas Holzschuh
9-30-13  1:03 pm

Tailgating, Friday nights at your high school, and spending Sundays watching every game; football is something that is incorporated into anyone's life whether they personally play it or not. Football is a game yes, but at the high school level football serves as one of the biggest tools in bringing a major part of a school together outside of an average school day. All those games, the pep rallies, the dressing up, these factors will be what a class remembers the most. It is such a simple thing to just go to a football game on a Fridaynight, but to do as a student of the school it seems to bring so much more intensity. One has four years to experience everything that goes along with being in school with all these activities, but once it is over, going back and redoing what has already been done is not an option. Take advantage of all these chances to make memories with the people that have been there since Pre-K.

Thinking about this same factor and applying it to when one is older or out of school, it is just as effective. On many Sundays, bunches and bunches of people gather to sit around and enjoy each others company while kicking back and watching the game. Football brings people together and allows for many reasons to have a gathering. Comparative to baseball, football is something where each team only plays once a week making a game a little more meaningful because your home team is not going to be playing again the following night.

Not only is football a big deal in a fan's perspective, but additionally  even more to a players. Football could be compared to being at school every time a step is taken onto the field. The game can teach a person so much based on how disciplined

it is. Being a part of something like a football teams make ones responsibility level much higher than others. Football forces a player to be the best they can be, and to challenge themselves to their maximum potential. When this is applied on the field, it seems to show a lot off the field as well. Someone can catch themselves just being courteous and keeping someones head up just because they have learned and been accustomed to staying positive and always being positive even in a negative situation.

To some people, football really is not their style. They may just never watch it or have no idea how the game works anyways. Anyone who is on this bandwagon needs to jump off and go to an NFL Sunday once in awhile. Meeting up with a bunch of people and watching a sporting event is tradition all over the nation. Its tradition for a reason; it is a fun and enjoyable time, so to all the people against watching a good game , I suggest  going to the television next Sunday and watching a game or two because your mind just might be changed.

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