Argumentative Essay On Youth Football

Youth football has been part of American sports for many decades. As I was sitting in class pondering a topic, I suddenly came upon the idea to tackle the question which as of late is a popular one. Is youth football a healthy sport to be played by our youth? I have a nephew 13 years old currently playing the sport, which by the way I myself refused to play. Most recently during a game which I had attended at Northview middle school where my nephew goes, a teammate of my nephew was going through a routine play, when suddenly he was blindsided by an unsuspecting blow. It looked devastating, which in fact it was. As a result of the play this innocent kid would be on the ground motionless as both parties would gather to a knew in a prayer, attendance to this kid was to the amount of …show more content…
The panic and look of concerns we’re not only visible in his parents, but also every parent there. He had suffered a ruptured spline and bruised kidney, all from one sudden play, season ended. These kids today at the youth age for the most part play for fun, maybe it’s an activity they feel they can do to be around their friends. If so, I reiterate the question, is youth football a healthy sport to be played by our youth? Youth football is undoubtedly one of the more popular sports chosen by kids 14 years or younger as their sport of choice. Many children play with the dream of maybe someday going pro or playing at an elite college level. Kids being kids they may not know of some of the road blocks that actually may be involved within the sport. Injuries, which have been raising increasingly, which