Flag Football Scoring Big With Kids By Fred Bowen: Article Analysis

The article by Fred Bowen “2018 Sees Flag Football Scoring Big with Kids”, argues that flag football is growing to be more popular for kids, and that it is possibly better for them when in comparison to tackle football. First and foremost, Bowen starts his article by writing about the reasons the sport has gained popularity, claiming that it’s the fastest-growing team sport in the past three years, and how injuries from playing tackle football have more effects on kids than adults. In addition he supports this by saying that these injuries can cause both memory and behavioral issues. Bowen explains how flag football is less expensive than tackle. I agree with the argument that flag football is safer for kids and less expensive for parents than

Garland Cooper, who wrote the article “Flag Football: Rushing Forward”, writes about how although fewer and fewer youth are participating in sports over the last decade, the number of those participating in flag football has gone up. In addition she mentions that flag football is currently one of the fastest-growing sports in America. The same source states that “... the number of six-to-12-year-olds playing has increased by 38 percent, to more than 1.5 million, since 2015”. Therefore, even though fewer kids overall tend to be playing youth sports, the number of kids starting to engage in flag football continues to grow. This could be because of the injuries that occur when playing tackle

The article “Nearly 60% of Families Say Youth Sports are a ‘Financial Strain’- 3 Ways to Budget for Them”, written by Molly Schiff talks about how almost 60% of families that pay for their kid’s sports find it to be financially straining. Considering tackle football requires more safety equipment to play, unless provided for, tackle football expenses can be difficult for some families to meet. After all, cleats, shoulder pads, and helmets are only some of the required equipment needed for kids to participate, and play safely. Although with that being said, as stated earlier even all of this safety equipment sometimes can’t even prevent injury on the