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amateur football?

posted 14 years ago by jimakros
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i guess its true that many people who played ball in high school never played again,so in this movie,near the end when the game is on the line,the coaches keep telling them,this is the last quarter they are ever going to play.
But,even if people dont make it to the NFL,they can still play ball in their life in amateur leagues.The fact these towns take high school football so seriously,doesnt make it serious.The sport is very weak at this level.These athletes can still improve,they are too young at 17 years old anyway.The same people if they keep playing they will definitely be much better at 20 years old or at 25 years old,even as amateurs who play for recreation.They will be bigger and stronger.Maybe not good enough to become NFL players but still much better than they were in their "glory days" of high school football.So,i dont see what the point is of telling the kids,they are never going to play again.That sucks in the first place.I guess because of the insanity surrounding high school football in Texas,these kids get the impression of having a chance to accomplish something extremely important by winning a HS state championship, which they are not going to get again.But the truth is,what they win is a very low level football game,and they still have a chance in the rest of their life to win a better quality football game.

[–] henrimaine 12 years ago

It remainds me of Al Bundy from Married With Children - for him his high-school football days were the high-point of his life. It's probably the same way with many high-school football heroes.

[–] Maniac-9 12 years ago

Who's going to go watch a football league in Texas made up of players not good enough to play in college football? There's like 10 Division I teams in the state of Texas with Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Texas Tech, Houston, Southern Methodist, UTEP, Rice and probably another 1 or 2 that I'm missing. So with all those other games to watch why would you pay money to see these non college players play football?

Plus at some point these people if they have no chance of playing for a career it's time to get on with your life.

[–] writejulio 11 years ago

Add TCU and North Texas for a total of 10. There are also Division II teams, junior college teams, etc. Amateur leagues are rare because of money. Amateur leagues don't have an institution backing them and they don't have the popularity to bring in the fans. Not to mention that, being an amateur league, the players aren't making any money. How many people that age do you know of that can practice and play several days a week and not have to worry about having a job?

[–] Doc80 10 years ago

Exactly Maniac. No one is going to go watch a bunch of guys who aren't even good enough to make a college team play football on a week to week basis.