Football in America

Football in America In a society where competition and hard work are the rule, the game of football and in particular, high school football, with its melange of mores, norms and rituals have symbolically come to represent the American life. Like many of the conventions in American society, high school football has over the years ingrained in its players teamwork, loyalty, and the value of hard work. In addition, the institution of high school football …

…society today is fraught with discrimination, confusion and controversy. Finally, high school football with its rituals, good and bad have paralleled quite nicely with rituals that many American adults employ in their every day lives. In these rituals, it is seen just how well high school football is a smaller version of life itself. On the playing field of life, high school football will always be an indicator of reality’s values, beliefs and rituals.