Last year's Super Bowl was viewed by over 114.5 million people and eventually 120.8 million people watched it for the last few minutes of the game. Last year's game was the most viewed television program in the history for the United States. There were many advertisements last year that cost companies over $4.3 million for just a 30 second commercial, but there seems to be a problem for the Super Bowls and years to come. Statistics have shown that fewer and fewer children and teens are not playing football anymore. Some parents are not allowing their child to play football because they think that it is an extremely violent sport and that there are not enough safety rules in the game. Football is not the only sport that children have stopped playing. According to stats, about 4.3% of kids stop playing baseball every year and 6.8% of kids stop playing basketball every year, but football is in the lead for having about 30% of kids quit football every year!
Doctors and many others are still trying to push for better safety regulations and better helmets for athletes in football. Some of the NFL coaches were even interviewed about the subject and some told reporters that they believe that the risk is not always worth the reward and hope that all athletes of all sports play safe and smart games.
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Questions:
1) Would you ever let your kid play football?
2) Do think that football has become too violent for kids to play?
My Opinion:
I would let my child play football because they may enjoy being about to get physical with people. I think that people need to remember that football was not meant to be a sport where nobody got hurt. I agree that they can still improve upon the safety regulations, but I don't want kids to quit playing football because I enjoy watching college and Pro football!
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Again, great story and well done!
I would let him play it because that's what he desires to do. If he gets hurt, that's his fault. Sometimes I think to myself that it is a bit violent. Looking at just this years super bowl I was thinking that when the Broncos player threw the Panthers player to the ground by grabbing a hold of his face mask and twirling him down into the ground.
I would let my kid play football, injuries can happen in any sport, so if they want to play they can play. But I won't force them to do anything that they don't feel comfortable doing. Football is rough and it always will be even with all of the padding and rules they have to fallow.
I agree with you Maggie, I would want my kids to play physical sports because I would want them to go through that experience of getting pushed around. I think that kids come to a small reality check that not everyone is nice and they need to be willing to stand up for themselves.
I would let them if they want to. Honestly I don't think it's that bad. Like any sport, their are injuries. I think soccer is worse than football because in football they have protective gear and in soccer they really don't. I think if my kids are willing to take the risk then I would let them.
I agree with you that soccer is physical but I don't think that it's more physical than football. I think the reason why football players have to wear so much padding is because they have to be protected from each other.
I would let my child do what ever it wants to play. When he is interested in that sport it would be fine with me. I don't think it got to violent. Football is a hard sport and everyone knows that so I think it doesn't matter if kids or adults play it.
I agree with you that football isn't that violent, but I don't know for sure because I've never played it before. I think that football is very physical but not enough to get rid of it completely.
I think that any sport is a great learning experience for kids. They are able to learn how to work hard, compete, and build teamwork and communication. I think that football is a great example of this, and I would definitely let my child play football if they wanted to. Although football can be a bit rough, that's part of the sport and I think that the child and his parents should know that before they let him go out for football.
I agree with you Kara, I wouldn't want my kid to sign up for a very physical sport like football without telling me. I think that it's okay for kids to go out for football, but I would want to know a head of time so that I can be ready to help if they ever get hurt.
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