Would I Let My Son Play Football Analysis

After reading the article “Would I Let My Son Play Football?” by Scott Fujita, I would definitely let my child play the sport ,despite the fact that the sport has many negative side effects. What is really hypocritical to me is when Scott states “No.” (Fujita 2), when he was asked if he would let his son play football. I disagree with what he said because he played football his whole life. How is it possible that he loves the sport, but would not allow his child to play? One quote I do agree with is when he said “..now I actually get paid to talk about football on television. Imagine the hypocrisy”(Fujita 4). I agree with the quote because it is ironic to me how he was an NFL player and loved the sport, but is now talking down on it and realises
it. If I were to watch him talk about how wonderful football is on television, I would think he was the biggest hypocrite ever. You can’t praise something when deep down inside you actually despise it. Overall, I believe there is no problem in letting my child play football. The sport may have many negative consequences, but it has great value to it. Football teaches you how to be a team player, a great friend, and it teaches you how to rely on you piers.