Personally I would let my child play Football even after reading the article. In Scott Fujita article “Would I Let My Son Play Football” on page 3 it states “produced so many friendships, paid for part of my education and helped me become comfortable financially”. This shows how much good can come out of football. Football helped in school a lot, Scott got help paying for college so it wouldn't be such a hassle. In Scott fujita’s Article “Would I Let My Son Play Football” it states on page 2 “ I love playing on sundays, I loved the paychecks, I loved the guys in the locker room”.…
After reading and analyzing “Would I Let My Son Play Football” by Scott Fujita in the New York Times, I would most definitely allow my son to play football if he wanted to. I am a firm believer in letting children express themselves and participate in fun, wholesome activities. As a former football player stated, “Football gave me so much. How can I bash a game that produced so many friendships, paid for part of my education, and helped me become the comfortable financially” (Fujita 3). There are very little programs or organizations that can provide so much for you.…
After Reading Scott Fujita’s article “Would I let My Son Play Football”, I would still allow my son to play football because it is sport that will make someone better at mostly all aspects of life.…
After reading Scott Fujita’s “Would I Let My Son Play Football,” I would allow my son to play football. Fujita says, “ Here I am questioning whether children should be playing at all, and I’m basically selling the game to children watching at home.”(Fujita, 4) Here, Fujita is contradicting himself, and it shows that even a former professional football player can’t hate the game, despite the harm that comes with it. Fujita also states “.... most parents with young children who played football were most interested in my workout regimen and what supplements I was taking (Fujita, 2).” According to Fujita, football has given him the chance to be stronger, in a physical manner. After seeing how fit football players are able to be, it attracts me…
I would not let my son play football. There are many risks that come along with playing football such as physical injuries and emotional and, concussion are killing or hurting players. For example, in the article Would I let My Son Play Football? by Scott Fujita, it states, “but i hated what football was doing to so many people around me, and I hated what what is was probably doing to me(page 2)”. I would agree with the article because football injures people both physical and emotional.…
Football is becoming safer and building teamwork at the same time, if someone wouldn't let their kid play football, why would they let their child play any other sport, because no other sport is trying to become safer while keeping the game as it is as hard as football and the NFL. Football is America and you can’t take that away, that is why football will always be…
If I had a son and he really wanted to play football I would let him play because you learn life skills in many ways. For example, In Scott Fujita article “Would I let my son play Football”, he states “ Certainly there are lessons to be learned from playing football, about toughness, battling through adversity, and teamwork”. This example shows that if my son joins he will have a chance of learning life skills. My son will learn how to work with and make friends. Fujita also states that “ I know now more than ever that I absolutely loved playing the game, and now I actually get paid to talk about football on television”.…
Parents protect their children from drugs and dangerous situations for eighteen yeas only to realize that they should have protected them from their own good judgement. It has been known for over two decades that continuous blows to the head during physical performance in sports, places athletes at a high risk of permanent brain damage. These sports also pose a threat to adolescent children due to the connection between brain damage and conditions such as depression, suicidal thoughts, and memory loss. “Don’t let kids play football” is rhetorically persuasive because of the speakers’ background relating to the human brain, suggesting that the audience is responsible for the harm caused to children when playing dangerous sports, and effectively emphasizing the idea of protecting all children from harm.…
Kids 12 and younger shouldn’t play football because it can cause many problems when they get older. They Can have CTE. CTE causes damage to the brain to have the person to act differently. CTE happens when athletes hit their head to much. Can also cause loss of memory, confusion. Firstly, the reason why kids 12 and younger Shouldn’t play football. Is because of memory loss. Memory loss is caused by the brain is not functioning because of athlete’s like football player are getting hit to the head. Kids shouldn’t play football because they can get hurt bad because they are young and they don’t know what they are doing. And they can get bad concussion and get send to the hospital for days or for few weeks and they are missing school work.…
We watch players slam into each other left and right, then cheer for fouls that others commit, but would your actions change if it were your son's life on the line? Although, some would go on and ignore the issue, what would they benefit from it? Yes, your son could be taught discipline and be provided a career path for them. However, would your judgment change if you knew about all the trauma, along with all the body injuries endured during their football career. In addition to all the things that are yet to be discovered? Probably not, which is why I stand on the side of not allowing my son to play football.…
One reason why I would allow my son to play football is because it will build his character. “The game challenges and pushes us. It’s often uncomfortable. It requires us to be at our best” (Harbaugh, John). Football has players challenging themselves to see if they can handle it. Those that persevere, develop the “never give up” mentality and carry it with them throughout their life, allowing them to succeed in everything they set their minds to.…
Have you ever been asked, would you let your son play football?; I have. Although football may have consequences such as concussions, it also has many upsides to it. I would let my son play football, because he can stay out of trouble, stay in shape, and also do good in school. He can also learn respect,discipline, and become responsible.…
For football to be considered a semi-safe sport changes to equipment and rules needs to be changed. With all of the fear players getting injured, they must be more protected and everyone must take responsibility. For this reason the science community must come out of their shells and help keep these athletes…
The rare lessons that people need to understand can be tough through football and the game. The game asks a young man to push himself further than he ever thought he could go. It literally challenges his physical courage. It shows him what it means to sacrifice and It teaches him the importance of doing his job well. It helps a young mam learn to put others first to be part of something bigger than ourselves.…
Sports can help you learn to win and lose gracefully. This is important because when your kid loses you do not want them to be sore losers about it. But when they win too not to bet to selfish a rub it in. Which is important not only in sports, but in school, college, etc.…