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Personal Statement: A Career As A Professional Football Player

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What I know about my topic is that for one it is something very few people achieve. My topic is when I grow up I want to be a Professional Football player. I know that this is a very hard task and there are different levels to it. There's different leagues there's the NFL, CFL, XFL, AFL, IFL, etc. Although being a Professional athlete is very unlikely, incredibly difficult, and has a extremely high risk, It is best for me and what I want to do in the future because, I love playing football it is that simple that is my passion. I will also work my butt off to get there. Finally I honestly have no interest in nothing else.
There's different routes people can take to get to the next level. Many go to college and enter either the NFL or XFL draft or go to college and try out for any of the leagues. Some also not go to college and try out for various teams. Sounds easy right? Wrong there's a very low percentage of people who play in the next level from high school. That means it's a even lower percentage of those who make it to play professionally. …show more content…

Meaning a lot of emotionally. They have to go through the yelling and criticism and all that fans put them through. They could be the best player like Tom Brady and make one bad play and fans will make sure they know it. A college kicker at the University of Alabama received death threats after the kick six where the kick came up short and Chris Davis returned it 109 yards for a touchdown to win the game (NCAA). This is just one case where this has happened. This happens basically on a week to week basis for some players such as quarterbacks. A quarterback throws one interception that cost a team the game then every fan that team has is turning against him. A cornerback gets beat deep on the last play of the game no matter how good that corner played up to that point if he cost the team the game he's receiving all types of hate mail and negative

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