prior to this year, I found myself in August thinking why am I still playing football.
Camp was tough. Long weeks of early morning and late nights. it was so hard that I was thinking after practice that I didn't want to play football anymore. British time grew on me things got easier. I learned the plays, I got better as a football player. One thing that stood out to me this football season, is that a mint or opened my eyes to what the football player is to what an student here is at FSU. She told me that after regular students graduate from college they would have to pay loans. Football players who are lucky and blessed enough to make it to the NFL first $20,000 will not go to college loans. As soon as those words fell from her lips, I thought football was a must. Not only for that reason, but there are still days where I enjoy playing football. And after all playing football is one of the ways I'm going to make my parents proud.
I found this very interesting because my older brother also played football for FAU for two years before quitting. It's ironic seeing your thoughts about it because I talked him through a lot and he felt very similar to you. He however was never told about the college loans things, and ended up quitting his second year. I think it's good that you're planning for your future and you were able to use your research regarding such, to keep playing football.
ReplyDeleteSeeing some of my friends from back home become NCAA athletes this year has reminded me that even the best football players at FSU are students just like us, all with different stories to tell about what made them decide to become a student athlete. I thought your story was very interesting with how even after how hard camp was on you, you still decided to play football to relieve the burden of student loans and, of course, to make your parents proud. I can see it taking a lot of courage to play D1 football, as it can be as dangerous as it is fun. However, you are playing for the #1 school in the country, and you definitely have the best resources around to help you play the best football you possibly can. I hope to see you succeed and accomplish your dream of playing in the NFL, being free of student loans, and making your parents proud as ever. Never give up!
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