First of all, football teaches you many life skills that you need to be carried on through life.One life skill that you learn from playing football is teamwork because you need 11 people working together to prevent a score or to score on the other team.Football also teaches you …show more content…
Children are naturally more hasty, less restrained and more inclined to take risks. Football is on the riskier end of the spectrum of sports, but still is less risky than skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, equestrian or bicycling. If we are going to make laws on all risk-taking behaviors in children we should probably begin with those that are statistically most dangerous, rather than in the middle.Another reason not to eliminate football programs is because of the risks we are not so sure on the things that would happen if we take away risks from society.Children learn to not assess their abilities but their teammates abilities so they can make the play.This capacity for rapid risk assessment and plan execution, relying on teamwork and assessment of evolving challenges may serve our children well in their later professional lives. Without childhood risk, there might not be adult risk taking behaviors–no astronauts, explorers, entrepreneurs, fire rescue personnel or surgeons, for