Football is Dying in Texas

[jsharr ★]

There will be no Wilson Rams 8th grade B team football game tonight.  The other team did not have enough players to have and A and B team.

So, with the forfeit, they are off to a 4 and 0 start and have not been scored on yet.  

[maddmaxx ★]

Football is dying everywhere...........or at least the players are so the game itself can't be far behind.

[Dottleshead ★]

It's only a matter of time before the lawsuits shut the game down.  I suspect soccer will be next inline unless the outlaw 'heading'.  

[Razors Edge ★]

13 minutes ago, Dottles said:

It's only a matter of time before the lawsuits shut the game down.  I suspect soccer will be next inline unless the outlaw 'heading'.  

My least favorite part of playing soccer.  When watching, I like heading during things like corner kicks, but think it is annoying outside the penalty area.

Tom

[KrAzY]

[Page Turner]

11 hours ago, jsharr said:

Football is Dying in Texas

  ... I have to admit that sometimes Texicans are smarter than I usually give them credit for.

[jsharr ★]

6 hours ago, Page Turner said:

  ... I have to admit that sometimes Texicans are smarter than I usually give them credit for.

I think this may be the law of unintended consequences.  Lots of non Texans live in Texas now.

[Scrapr ★]

blaming this on @KrAzY? He hasn't been there that long.   ?????

[jsharr ★]

3 hours ago, Scrapr said:

blaming this on @KrAzY? He hasn't been there that long.   ?????

He is Krazy enough to be an honorary Texican.

[MickinMD ★]

There are a lot of high schools, even in very strong football-oriented states like Pennsylvania, that are ending their football programs.

I have mixed feelings about it.  It's tremendous fun but it's been shown to be dangerous to the brain over early or prolonged involvement in tackle programs.

Four years ago, my nephew Ryan decided to abandon Fall soccer and play rec-league football when he was in the 8th grade.  He tried out, with no previous experience, and made an excellent team only because the coach had been his basketball team's coach, knew Ryan had been an MVP soccer player, and he needed a kicker.

I volunteered to take him to his practices, got involved in coaching (I played 1 year in high school) and became the PA announcer. Check out the pics and vids below and you'll get an idea of how much fun it was a pleasure to watch Ryan (99, below) blossom into an award-winning defensive lineman and a tight end who made his high school JV team as a defensive lineman and place kicker (#72, bottom) the next year.  Still, we weren't too disappointed when he decided to give up football after the 9th grade:

 

 

[Dottleshead ★]

I really hope he went back to soccer.  

[KrAzY]

7 hours ago, Scrapr said:

blaming this on @KrAzY? He hasn't been there that long.   ?????

I resemble that remark!