Stuck Between Two Options

[JamesBrown]

The only advice I have for you is to make up your mind before the season starts. If you decide not to play football and instead to find a job then no one (your coaches included) will have a problem with that. However if you put off the decision and get to the point where coaches and team mates are counting on you during the season then you put your self in a tough place, even if your heart is not in it people are counting on you.

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

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.

That is where rugby fits in to my life.

[rcmolloy]

I am not necessarily torn on the decision, I am weighing the options and have both at a really close level. If any of you didn't know already, I was offered an engineering job where my mom is going to work in June. I forgot to mention that awhile back. I think that might make your decisions a little bit different.

Just an update though, I am currently talking to my coaches about it. One assistant coach, who deems me as his favorite, said that I should go forth with it because it will help me so much more in my life. He also stated the coaching staff would agree with him completely. Then, he stated that I could definitely help the team out with Friday nights and be in the atmosphere. I am still choosing on my decision but know that he wanted me to take the engineering job .