Grandson Dominic is out of high school football for the season with a broken back. God, that sounds awful. That limits my “Friday Night Lights” football activity.
Grandson Mitchell of Middleton High School fame, received a “hip pointer” during a tackle two weeks ago. I guess the medical explanation is that it is a deep muscle bruise that affects the hip and the butt. All I know is that it hurts and limits further football involvement. Oops, there goes another “Friday Night Lights” visit.
Me thinks this high school football “thing” comes with some downside risk. There obviously is a lot of positive in a team activity, i.e everybody on the football squad fighting for the same goal. There are a lot of life’s lessons to be learned playing football. But, the downside is physical injury that could affect the rest of a players life. Broken backs? Torn ACL’s. Hip pointers. Concussions.
So the only Grandchild “still standing” is Tommy. He plays in the Sheboygan Youth Football programs. It is up to Tommy to carry the family banner. I guess the football mantra should be “hurt the other guy before he hurts you”.
Your Mom and I attended UW-Badger game last Saturday in Madison. Beautiful weather. The Badgers were tied with Southern Florida at half time 3 to 3. Really? Really! They performed better in the second half and brought home a victory but they have yet to play a conference (Big 10) game. The competition gets tougher! It could be a long season.
September ends today. Oct.1 tomorrow. Halloween. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Snow! Oh, my!
Love,
Dad