When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football Summary

In the informative article, When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football, (2011) Bruce Watson, analyzed the role and contributions of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, and his successful upcoming of saving a popular sport- football. President Roosevelt attended Harvard University although he did not play football, he respected the sport and even the players the sport consisted of. By the fall of 1905, President Roosevelt realized that football was a brutal sport and later became involved by taking action at the request of prep school headmasters. President Roosevelt held meetings at the White House, present were coaches and athletic directors from Harvard, Yale and Princeton. This was a long journey for the late President but, as the article
states he felt the need to speak out and do something about the corruption(s). After all of this confusion and misinterpretations it all finally came to an end. In 1967, to honor President Roosevelt’s role in forming the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the NCAA formed and brought to recognition its Theodore Roosevelt award also known as the “Teddy “award. This impacted Football in so many ways allowing football to still encounter in dangerous actions but minimizing brutality. Football today, is a very famous and lively sport that people all over the world watch. It seems as though, if it were not for President Roosevelt stepping out of boundaries, Football would not be what we know of it today.