It is a cool Friday evening, 20,000 people are filing into a stadium, the highly anticipated game is between Odessa's Permian Panthers and Midland Lee's Rebels. This game between two local High schools, exemplifies the football-heavy atmosphere that is characteristic of West Texas as described by Buzz Bissinger in his book: Friday Night Lights. In the book, Buzz Bissinger writes a sociology account of Odessa in 1988, Odessa is a town in West Texas that depends entirely on oil for its income. The book becomes an account of the players of the 1988 Permian Panthers football team. Buzz Bissinger portrays how the game of football can bring a community together and how it can grow into an obsession, as evidenced by the dynamic characterization of the game of football and the intimate details of how the game football affects the players themselves. …show more content…
Boobie’s story starts off looking very bright, as he is the best tailback in his division, and has received many college offers. However before the 1988 season can even start, he messes up his knee and can never play football like he had before. “But privately, Trapper's assessment was different. As a trainer, he dealt with knee injuries all the time. His gut told him it was something serious, an injury that might prevent Boobie from ever playing football again the way he once had” (Bissinger, 58). As Trapper undoubtedly know, Boobie is a one trick pony, who has nothing to do in life but play football. Thus though Boobie Miles the worst effect of playing football is revealed: that being better at football is more important than education in West Texas. However, that only scratches the surface of the many emotional and mental challenges that face the players of the 1988 Permian Panthers
Perception of Jimbo Fisher Leaving Florida State for Texas A&M This report is produced by Wave as a course assignment in PAD4841 Intelligence Analysis. Mission Statement This report was arranged in order to conclude the national perception towards Jimbo Fisher for leaving Florida State University’s football team for Texas A&M’s football team through the analysis of tweets from Twitter by using search strings.
Imagine what would it be like to grow up on a farm with two brothers, travel to the philippines, win the Heisman Trophy, be like a lion on the college football field:) and become a quarterback in the NFL, well that is exactly what Tim Tebow has done. This book talked about his early childhood, his highschool years, and his journey to the NFL and what he did when he got there. In this journal I will be questioning, predicting, and connecting. First, I was wondering why Tim Tebow decided to play football over baseball?
Boobie Miles is a national ranked athlete in football who plays the linebacker position and wants to be noticed instantly at the college he chooses next year. In football, at linebacker you must be able to be a great tackler and be the smartest on the field in order to excel pass other athletes. Boobie needs to work on his strength in order to become the best linebacker he can be so he can make even higher
Football is considered as America’s favorite sport, it is usually many parents go to sport to get their child to active. Although in recent years a lot of parents have either taken their children out of football or will not allow them to play. This is for good reason as rising awareness of concussions and CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) have come about. CTE is a degenerative brain disease that causes people’s personalities to change and give them depression. In the article “Should you let your kids play football” the author Roxanne Jones presents her case on why parents should make an informed decision on whether on not people should let their child play football through anecdotal stories that use emotions to get people to think rationally
The National Football League should be held responsible for the head injuries caused to players, because the improvement of equipment, such as helmets is possible through the use of technology. As a consequence of the physical contact that is required in the National Football League, there are a great number of players that have come to face brain injuries during or after their careers. Many players have productive careers in the National Football League, which help lead to them developing horrific health issues. The players of the National Football League play with great effort and passion until they are physically incapable. In the book, “Slow Getting Up”, author Nate Jackson gives insight to how, “In the NFL, you are alive until you are dead” (Jackson 7).
The Unexpected That Changed My Life for the Better Friday Night Lights not only refers to the stadium that football players play in, but it also refers to every Friday night in September through November. That simple phrase brings back several memories, that carry emotional weight. Memories that are exciting, awe-inspiring, and even painful, and frustrating. The poem “Friday Night Lights” by Gerald Locklin summarizes some of the emotions that come with playing a sport, and brings about a deeper thought process. Being a part of a sport becomes your life, it teaches life lessons, helps build your personality, and shows you passions you never would have dreamed of.
As an avid NFL fan over the years, and someone who has watched many games, I have noticed the NFL’s shortcomings in protecting the safety of its players C. Thesis: There are many topics of discussion when it comes to the NFL concussion
Football is a very popular sport not only in American high schools and colleges, but also in the entire country of the United States. Is playing high school football worth the risk and harm inflicted to high school football players? This is the main question raised by the author, Raymond Schroth, in the article “Abolish High School Football.” In this article, Schroth talked about the disadvantages and harms of playing high school football to the players. Schroth argued that high school football should be abolished because it had contributed more harmful effects than benefits to football players.
People believe that concussions and deaths are the results of football, but the good outweighs the bad and the concussions can be prevented Football should not be banned because it keeps kids off the streets and into the classroom. In Michael Lewis’s “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” a homeless boy is given a second chance by getting the opportunity to play football in high school. This heartwarming story about a teenager, Michael Oher, proves that football and other
A Rhetorical Analysis of “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” Writer, Brad Wolverton, in his article “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” first appearing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, conveys the journey of a former University of Memphis football player who was poorly educated and how he struggled to be academically eligible. Wolverton’s purpose is to illustrate the widespread of educational shortcomings of NCAA athletes and the complicated ways athletes struggles gets brushed under the proverbial carpet. (Wolverton) In this article Wolverton utilizes a straightforward tone by using pathos to appeal to the readers with Mr. Cathey’s difficult situation also utilizing logos and ethos etc. to help make a presentable argument to which I will be analyzing.
The left tackle position is one of the most important positions in the entire sport, protecting the quarterback 's "blind side. " The only way to convince readers of the importance at this position on the field is the author able to demonstrate the significance of this young boy. Yet Michael Oher is no ordinary football prodigy. A product of one of the poorest zip codes in the country, Michael grows up in
The Education of Dasmine Cathey “The Education of Dasmine Cathey,” by Brad Wolverton is an informative and compelling story about a student athlete who struggles with making educated choices that he is not familiar with in life, college, and football. There are so many reasons young college athletes succeed in sports, but fail in education. This story is a tragic tale of educational shortfalls that caused Mr. Cathey a football player to fall through the cracks of a flawed school system and became exploited by his family, friends and the college football program. These challenges during these times, created unwanted side effects in every aspect of his life. This is a great story because the author allowed the reader to feel every emotion
American football has many different aspects that helped change America today. Football has earned millions of fans to the game every year. The sport has changed and helped various people strive through life. At the same time, football has caused many downsides that have changed people’s lives forever. Through the beginning to now, football has been filled with many impacts and injuries that have changed the game.
Ty Lewis ' life is not a simple one. His parents died in a car accident and his older brother, who he idolizes and tries to take after, is away finishing college. For the time being, ty must live with his aunt and uncle in not exactly ideal living conditions. He has a porta potty in the yard for a bathroom, and he scrubs toilets and bathroom floors for his Uncle Gus ' cleaning business. Things should get better as his brother Thane Tiger Lewis is about to be drafted into the NFL and come into some serious money.
Introduction and Conclusion Every little boy dreams of being a football star. Unfortunately, the chances of getting into the (National Football League)NFL are only about two percent. One person who beat these odds is Jerry Rice. Jerry Rice is one of the best NFL players.1)First we will talk about Jerry Rice’s background, where he came from and so forth, 2)then we will talk about his accomplishments, 3)and lastly we will talk about how he has impacted his community.