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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd say that I'm a Bama fan, and my kids can play flag football forever. No reason to risk brain injuries for a zero chance of any offsetting benefit to them (like a multi-million-dollar career).[/quote]

That's about it. I grew up in the dirt poor rural South in a one  high school town-- which a lot of people wished could still be segregated.  Football was the only way a lot of kids in my high school class class-- especially, but not only, the AA ones were going to get out, get respect within the school and the community, get an education, and avoid working in a textile or furniture factory, like their father and grandfather and brothers-- and generally make something of themselves.  Of course, "making it big" meant playing for UNC-- so there goes the education piece.  But I do see why football is huge some parts of the country.  It's a long shot. But when a long shot is all you've got, that's what you go for.

There are parts of Friday Night Lights that have always rung true for me.

Fast forward to NoVA and drive over to TJ some Friday night to watch a football game. (Using the word football game very loosely here). Crew had 110 members last year and had to cut some men. The band is 100 kids strong. The football team is so small their members all play offense, defense and special teams. Also,small in the sense that they weigh, on average, 40-50 lbs less per kid than their opponents.

Completely different worlds. But they have one thing in common-- people want a future for their kids. Some of us are lucky enough that college and a professional career aren't just possible-- they are highly probable. But that's not how a lot of America works.  Y kids get tired of hearing me say it, but they are incredibly lucky.  Not everyone is. [/quote]

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