Persuasive Essay: The Dangers Of High School Football Team

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Jaden Siewrattan
Mrs. Cafarchio
English 1 honors
14 February 2018
The Dangers of High School Football High school football is not as simple as a topic as everyone brings it out to be. Even if you are not a professional player things can be quite dangerous, and kids could still get seriously injured or even die due to the affects football. High school football may bring in a lot of money, but it doesn’t even bring in enough to cover its own costs. Lots of people say that McKeel should have a football team, and it would be a better school because of it, but the truth is that McKeel should not have a football team. The reason for this is because it is too dangerous no matter how you look at it. In certain circumstances, kids can die before they even get to live their full life. For instance “three …show more content…

In just an instant, someone’s life could change forever, and things will never go back to the way they used to be. Sometimes it is only something as simple as a broken arm, but in the chance that it is something worse, don’t let McKeel or any other school have a football team. Imagine if this happened to you, and your whole life changed because of an accident while playing a sport in high school. Don’t risk the chance of that happening, because nothing will be the same after that.

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