Fighting for Football


I think our school should have a high school football team. Football is good for mental health, helps form long lasting relationships and friendships, and has many other benefits. Having a high school football team would save students the drive to Gunnison to play and would provide new students to play. Football is not only good and fun for the players, but for the fans as well. I love football and watching football has always been a part of my family’s life. Football involves the fans in a way that the energy from the crowd makes the game so much more thrilling and fun for the players. Colored banners with players numbers and names, screaming and cheering, and being with your friends is what makes the sport so thrilling and intriguing. Watching throws and risky plays keeps you on edge and hanging onto your seat. It’s a game that I have loved for all of my life and I would love if our school had a high school football team.

Football is good in the way that it helps mental health and improves relationships. First, emotions. For example, football is a way to release all of the pent up stress over school or family, and gets rid of aggression (Football and Mental Health). If you have a family problem and are angry, football provides a release. Tackling and being tackled releases aggression and playing football all together requires so much focus that thinking about anything else is too hard.When I was younger and i would get angry, I would throw a football at an oak tree in my back yard. Even to this day when I get angry i go grab a ball and throw it. Football is an amazing distraction from the struggles of everyday life. Second, it builds strong relationships with family. For instance, it was found that almost every fan of a football team was taken to a game by their father (Football and Mental Health). Football games, whether for the player or the fan, are a way to strengthen the bond between families by providing a reason to get together. Whenever my dad and I would watch football we would make bets on which team would win and which would lose and we would get wrapped up in the game and have a great time. Yelling, cheering, jumping up and down, and getting overall involved is bonding between families and football is a great way to do just that. Third, football provides chances to bond with friends. For example, over 90% of the people that go to football games go with their friends (Football and Mental Health). Football games provide a perfect chance to catch up on lost conversations and pick up on new ones. When I lived in Texas and my school had a football game, all my friends and I would go and have a great time laughing, shouting, cheering, and talking. I got really close to my friends and people I didn’t know all that well through football games and I am grateful for that. In conclusion, football has a way of keeping you sane and bringing you closer to friends and family.

Football has many other benefits other than mental health and relationship improvements. First, football teaches you discipline. For example, football has many rules and operations to follow. Not to mention the instruction of the coaches. The sport teaches you to respect others and to follow orders accordingly. I remember watching my school’s football team practice while waiting for a friend and the way the players immediately did what the coaches said and how they responded when they asked something of them was surprising. A lot of respect comes from good discipline. Second, football teaches commitment. For example, some football teams have rules where you aren’t allowed to date during the season to help keep the players stress free and focused. If football was made a sport at our school, people would work harder to stay eligible to play the game. Commitment to the sport shows hard work, improves grades, and the knowledge of commitment stays with the players for the rest of their life. Third, football teaches its players about teamwork. For example, football players play as one giant unit. To get the touchdown, players must work together to get the ball to the end zone and score a point. Being in the right places at the right time and helping to keep the other team’s players off and out of the way of yours is all part of communicating and working together. I remember watching LT (my old schools football team) play and the teamwork was outstanding. All of the players were in the right places at the right time and kept the other team away from our endzone. In conclusion, football would be beneficial to everyone in more ways than one.

In conclusion, football should be added to our school as a sport because it improves mental health, strengthens relationships, and the way students work and behave. Not only is the sport fun for the players but is also fun for the fans and helps everyone interact. When fans run onto the field and greet everyone after a game, the bond between players and fans strengthens and friendships are formed and built upon. The game is full of excited energy and having a high school football team would save a lot of guys from having to drive down to Gunnison and would provide the opportunity for new people to play.