KAC Should Have A Football Team

By Jennifer Reyes, Staff Editor

February, 2022

In the world there are many sports to choose to play and participate in. But some schools don’t offer all sports. Some kids at school get upset because of the very little sports being provided at school. Students like to play sports of any kind depending on what they like, such as soccer, swimming, football, volleyball, baseball, track etc. But not all these sports are provided. In my opinion, KAC should have a football team because there are many students that would love to have a football team since this sport will help with potential scholarships in college and future careers. Although we have a flag football team, Tackle Football simply has more opportunities for our students.

The reason why I think KAC should provide a football team is because many people enjoy playing football. One day I was talking with my brother and he told me that “This school sucks because this school doesn’t provide football.” What ends up happening is that kids leave to look for a school that has a team they would like to be in. This affects KAC because little by little, they start to lose students. But if football was provided, it would benefit both school and students because students will be happy and active and maybe even pursue a career in football and KAC won’t be losing any more students. This topic is important because football has many benefits in activity, scholarships, careers, etc.

But some people think that not all sports are necessary, just academics. In school, I can observe that teachers, and that the school as a whole, focuses more on academics than in sports and all they do is talk about passing classes. That passing your classes is all you need and instead see sports as something as not important when, in reality, can help students out in their post-secondary path. In my opinion, this statement is not correct because colleges and universities don’t only focus on academic skills but about extracurricular activities such as sports or what you have done as a person, like service hours. They look at students holistically. 

In school, we need more than just soccer and volleyball. We need more sports, more options for students to join. In my opinion, schools should have many sports provided, not only a few because that way students are more Interested in joining sports and being more active and can help out in career paths. Having many options available in schools give students the option to pick and have a better future.