Page 26, AC Phoenix, October 1990
Football: Different Meanings,
To Different People
By Lateefah
Razzak
We know football
means different things
to different people.
Football is the number
one sport in America! To
millions of people, au
tumn means the
“football season.” From
early September to late
November, you see and
hear on College cam
puses, high school
playing fields, little pee-
wee teams arxl profes
sional teams.
In 1982, the Miami
Dolphins and Chicago
Bears, professional
football teams played
overseas in London's
Wembly Stadium on
August 3. That game
drew over 82,000 spec
tators. This shows how
football has spread and
grown in popularity
even overseas.
Football has its' roots
in both soccer and
rugby. The first
recorded match in the
United States was
played at New
Brunswick, New Jersey,
between teams repre
senting Princeton and
Rutgers University on
the 23rd of November,
1869. That's over a cen
tury ago!
Let's see what some
of our very own little
league football players
think about the game of
football.
Mark Sommer, a 4th
grader at Brunson
Elementary says, “I like
football because I play
very good and 1 like kick
off and return teams.”
Ajani Moody, also a
4th grader at Brunson
Elem. says, "I like foot
ball because I like win
ning things. I also like it
because it is fun.” Ajani
plays for the Jr. Pee-
Wee Greyhounds.
‘I like football because
you get to tackle a lot of
times,” says Landee
Lacayo. ”1 also play be
cause it helps me to get
muscles. And I can get
in shape too,” he
added.
Roderick Barker says.
‘I like football because it
is a nice sport. It is my
favorite sport.”
So as you can see
football is a sport that is
loved by the young at
heart. It is a good av
enue for relieving ten
sion and helping you to
relax. You also learn
discipline, self-control,
and how to compete in a
healthy way. It also
helps you to deal with
losing.
We want to make a
point of saying, liffle
ones, that though play
ing football is fun, com
petitive and exciting, it
should never take the
place of learning all you
can and studying as
much as necessary.
Football will not last
forever. But your mind
will continue to be active
as long as there is life in
you. So use your mind
to its fullest, to acquire
knowledge and to de
velop yourself to be
someone who will be
beneficial to yourself,
family and community.
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