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Post by play4him56 on Nov 20, 2008 12:24:51 GMT -6
found this in a book titled Winning Words and thought I would share it as my first post
The Real Value of Football
The football field is one of the last sanctuaries of activity that is essentially and exclusively masculine. The basic elements of hard contact and physical competition provide the cornerstone around which the game is constructed. Left to themselves, the instinct for contact and competition would raise men scarcely above the level of the animal, but when their instincts are bounded by a strict code, a set of rules, we can see the human condition in microcosm.
Football then, provides a necessary outlet for the natural aggressiveness of men, while pointing to the equally natural need of rules, standards and ethical codes.
Mothers, try as you might, you will never fully understand the magnetic hold this game has over its participants. You can never experience the feeling of a football player has as he stands exhausted on a muddy field, bleeding and battered (perhaps in defeat but never defeated), wishing there was still another quarter to play. You will never know this feeling because this experiences has been reserved for men – Men who play football.
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 20, 2008 13:17:55 GMT -6
Nice post ...welcome to our board
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Post by coachvann on Nov 20, 2008 13:25:16 GMT -6
Who wrote that book?
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Post by coachcoyote on Nov 21, 2008 0:48:14 GMT -6
Sounds like something from Teddy Roosevelt.
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Post by olinecoach61 on Nov 21, 2008 8:32:53 GMT -6
Awesome qoute, gonna save this one.
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Post by kopep on Nov 21, 2008 22:19:39 GMT -6
great quote but women do play this game. In my experience the female particpants love the game as much as men. I have coached men and women and I can tell that one the pads are put on their in no difference in their attitude towards the game.
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Post by wingt74 on Nov 22, 2008 17:53:47 GMT -6
great quote but women do play this game. In my experience the female particpants love the game as much as men. I have coached men and women and I can tell that one the pads are put on their in no difference in their attitude towards the game. wow...I've coached girls too...and my experience has been the exact oppositve
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Post by mitch on Nov 23, 2008 0:31:16 GMT -6
I can't believe this is even being discussed.
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