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[quote=Anonymous]Football is a participation sport, keeps large groups of kids with nothing better to do busy.  If you don't play a skill position, which is almost everyone, you're just a body on the field to allow the skill position players to have fun.

Watch a football practice.  Most of the time half the kids will be standing around with nothing to do.  Either standing in line or watching others playing.

Football was more relevant when there weren't better options and is still an option for kids who don't have anything else going on (again, unless you play a skill position). With all the different sports options and club sports to suit the needs of players of all different skill levels, most kids can find a different sport where they aren't an afterthought to the skill players and aren't sacrificing their bodies so the skill players can have a game.

Also, anyone can learn football pretty quickly.  Little to no advantage to starting young compared to just showing up for Freshman football in HS.  If you really want to play cause you enjoy it, just play flag till HS (unless you play a skill position).[/quote]

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