Football Field

For some teams, season ending games conclude with the ritual of tearing down of goalposts. Others result in the school selling off unused hot dogs from the stadium deep freeze to starving students who spent their student loan money on beer. At the professional level, teams that finish at the bottom refer to this time of year as the beginning of golf season. And given the paychecks of most players and coaches, they don’t have to worry much about competing with retirees for tee times. The one disappointment in 2008 has been that in writing about the college game, the Sage can’t slam the Detroit Lions. The pitiful old motor city franchise looks as it has finally blown all it’s gaskets and not even the team ownership seems to care. At least Lions players get paid something for losing. Professional players have a paycheck coming in and a vacation to look forward to. At the college level though, players on losing teams are compelled to visit their respective Religious Studies Departments to …

Football is played in almost all the countries of the world. It is beautiful because it is played by both male and female folks. Football is a a game in which the professional players are paid well. Professional footballers are some of the world’s richest people. The excitement in football brings friends and enemies together. Football is as beautiful as any other sports you can probably think of because it unifies the world. It is full of drama. For instance, I have seen teams win matches at the last second and I have seen teams lose matches at the last second. It is a beautiful game because some players can score goals with their hands. It is a beautiful game because some players can score unbelievable goals from unbelievable distance. Football is a beautiful game because some goalkeepers can make incredible saves. Some football referees can take funny decisions such as giving red cards to wrong players, canceling beautiful goals, and awarding undeserved penalties. It is a fine game …