The final great part of football is the brotherhood it creates among teammates. In his article, Ernie Clark said, “ All high school football teams fancy themselves as family, with the personal sacrifices players make for the benefit of the group in this most physical of sports serving to forge relationships that often extend far beyond mere blood, sweat and tears” (par. 1). All the great football teams truly do have a brotherhood because to be a great team they have to workout together, practice together, and spend a majority of their time together in order to build trust among all the players. Part of what makes the brotherhood of a football team so tight is that every person has their own responsibilities for the team. It is the sophomores job to give the best possible look to the varsity of what the opposition will be like on Friday night. It is the Juniors job to either step in on scout team if the sophomores are not giving a good enough look, or to pay attention to first and second team practice so when it is their turn to get a rep they do not mess up. It is the seniors job to lead the team by example by giving a perfect effort all the time, and to call out some underclassmen that are not giving the perfect effort. After the last game of the season every brotherhood faces a great loss. In his article, Clark describes how the hardest thing for a team to face is the loss of the seniors (par. 27-28). In that moment it is up to the juniors to step up and become the team leaders. When the juniors step up, it teaches them that is the previous leaders can not lead anymore, they must step up.
A final factor that concerns many parents about letting their sons play high school football is the hazing. Hazing is a form of “initiation” that some people use on new comers to either separate the weak from the strong, or to show newcomers the veterans are in charge ("Anthropologist Examines the Motivating Factors behind Hazing" par. 2. 5). There are plenty of rumors about the “good ole days” when people claim they hazed the freshman, while the freshman simply took it. Indeed, hazing was a more popular belief a few decades ago, now people are realizing that hazing is a stupid practice just like players trying to prove themselves by playing through the pain.
A final factor that concerns many parents about letting their sons play high school football is the hazing. Hazing is a form of “initiation” that some people use on new comers to either separate the weak from the strong, or to show newcomers the veterans are in charge ("Anthropologist Examines the Motivating Factors behind Hazing" par. 2. 5). There are plenty of rumors about the “good ole days” when people claim they hazed the freshman, while the freshman simply took it. Indeed, hazing was a more popular belief a few decades ago, now people are realizing that hazing is a stupid practice just like players trying to prove themselves by playing through the pain.