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Originally Posted by rcmolloy
With that said, I believe that I am not going to play football and focus on me. That is something I have never completely done before. I have devoted my time to something that I never truly wanted to be apart of in the first place. I am going to stop my football career and take the internship for the enviornmental engineering company. Sure I will miss football but I am apart of one of the greatest sports ever created in human history, FRC.
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It still seems like you are torn on this decision. You will miss football, but you never truly wanted to be a part of it in the first place.
What part of it will you miss? Is it the camaraderie? Is it the contact (blocking, tackling, etc.)? Is it the pressure-filled game situation?
The reason I ask is this:
Football is a very unique sport. You will never have this chance again, to play football in a full-contact, team setting. Never will you be able to run full speed at another guy, drive him back 10 feet, put him on his butt, and then offer your hand to him to pick him up. Never will you be able to grab a ball, lower your shoulder and run completely through another guy, knocking him down as people cheer. Football is a strange thing, where people do things (safely, for the most part) on a playing field while others would be jailed for these same actions.
This is your senior year. Unless you would seek out a small college or a semi-pro team, this is your last chance to do this.
So, it all depends on why you like (or liked) football. That is why I asked what you would miss above.
I played football in high school and college, and even started during my junior year in college. For my senior year, I decided to study in England during the fall semester instead of playing football. My priorities changed and I chose not to play (our coach was an idiot, which did not help the situation). After college, I played two years of semi-pro football, until I realized that this is silly and I needed to grow up.
You need to consider that this will be your last chance to play this sort of football. You will have the rest of your live to pursue other things, including internships and opportunities to advance your technical prowess.
Go back to Don's suggestion regarding talking to someone about this. Maybe one of the assistant coaches or someone related to the team in a support function would be a good person to talk to. Of course, if you talk to the head coach, that would be a good thing to do.
Best of luck with your decision. If you don't play, that may be a good decision, but I just wanted to bring some other things to light.
Sincerely,
Andy Baker