Well, my son played football from midget through high school. Started out playing all sports but slowly started dropping out of them one by one and football stuck. Never an injury. Then towards the end of his HS days he tore his ACL playing frisbee. Now it's time for a Grandbaby,(Oct. ). He says football will be a requirement. I still think it's best to get em into soccer, b-ball, baseball, track, and yes football, and they'll figure it out.
My ex is not a sports person at all an used to complain about all the runnin' we did for sports. But I will tell ya one thing I always, for the most part know where he was at. Not to mention it was a good hammer to have to push for good grades. I always said I'd rather be runnin' to practice and games than to detention hall.