Football Should Be Allowed In College

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I have always been very involved in different extracurricular activities but my main focus has always been soccer. I started playing for my first team at six years old, and I have not looked back. Since then I have continued for varying teams of different competition levels. I personally believe that I have always been obsessed with the sport due to the fitness requirements and that it is played outdoors. Unlike many other sports, players are not given extensive breaks from action or given limited creativity. This idea of a sport without plays or breaks is something I admire greatly, because, as a team, we can only blame ourselves for our own mistakes as opposed to our coaches. In this way, skiing is very similar. In the end, coaches have no

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