Consequences of college football

All around the United States, people are debating whether or not to ban college football. The purpose of college is to study and to major in fields that interests people as collegians. If one isn't interested in any of the fields, then why go to college? Football takes academics out of students' obligation of trying and studying hard since most football players are guaranteed a scholarship. Not only that, but how can one obtain benefits from playing college football? The chances of one football player ending up making money later on in life from football are very low. Also, the fact that football is a contact sport makes it dangerous. Hits in football games eventually leads to diseases such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, which is common to football athletes. These reasons suggest that college football indeed should be banned.

Football, the most popular sport in this country, is used for the audience’s entertainment, but what do the players in college get from it? While an ordinary college football coach earns roughly a million dollars, the players who are doing most of the work, don’t even earn a dime.

Injuries are a huge reason to ban football. Mistreated concussion lead to conditions such as “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy,” that often leads to suicide. According to a Sports Central article, a football great Junior Seau shot himself because of CTE. The only way to find out if one has CTE is do an autopsy. CTE causes headache, confussion and dizziness that sometimes lead to depression, so CTE is really brutal. If college football continues, there will just be more of people diagnosed with CTE and that will eventually lead to families of those affected to be mad at the colleges.

Collegians playing football focus more on the sport than their academics. The college serves as an education base for the young people who are willing to learn. Some might argue that college football open up opportunities for young students, but those people should re-think what they're saying. According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, only 1 in 50 college seniors get drafted to the National Football League. Most of these college football players don't end up in the NFL.

The other option to create a minor football league seems like a better idea, because those people would know the consequences of playing football. Playing college football might jeopardize a collegians' future and they would regret it later on in their life. The minor league will make the people who would join rethink about what they're doing and the consequences of playing football.

If college football is preserved, several improvements should be made. For one thing, the athletes should be at least be given a salary, because after all, they're doing all the work. Second, the hits and injured should be minimized as much as possible, maybe changing some rules and regulations similar to flag football. College football might be a way to have fun and get recognized, but the present effects of it suggests that students should do something else that's more safe and beneficial to their transcript.