(S17) - PT1 - Opening Day!

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It’s everyone’s favorite time of year, both in the NSFL and our counterpart NFL.  What is your favorite thing about the beginning of a new season, whether it is your first year, you are a veteran, or you are just excited your team hasn’t lost yet.  Write about what you are excited for or what your plans are for opening day as a fan or player.

For me, the best part of a new season is the idea that you finally get to see all of the hard work that gets put in finally show up on the field. You've got players out there grinding and practicing and pushing themselves to new limits every single day, but they don't really know what it was worth until their feet hit the turf on game day for the first time. More than that, as a fan you get your first look at the young and the unproven. The draft is something that is uniquely American and it is one of the most exciting things in all professional sports. No matter how the season before played out, the draft is there to give you hope. Its a new beginning and a new reason to get excited. The draft is a gamble though. You never truly know if you grabbed the next big thing or if you selected a bust that might crash your entire team for years. The start of the season is your first chance to really get to look at those guys and see if the gambles paid off. Personally I always get more excited for rookies than anything else in football. The veterans, you most know what you have with those guys. You have seen them year after year and they might surprise you with a new element every now and then, but its the unknown that gets everyone going. Sometimes I get so lost in the new things that I can lose track of my own fandom. Patrick Mahomes in the NFL last season was a perfect example of that. I've never been a Kansas City Chiefs fan and probably never will be, but watching him play was a treat this past season. So much so that when they came up against my Patriots in the championship game, I got confused at times who I really wanted to win. The unknown is what really brings us all in. That is why the beginning of the season is the best time of year. Its a clean slate, you have no idea what is going to happen, and there is nothing but potential and possibilities ahead of you.

This will be my first year as a player for the NSFL and it brings that same excitement. Experiencing the draft here was memorable to say the least and I've been antsy and impatient waiting for the start of the season. The unknown, the exciting. I can't believe it is finally upon us. On opening day I fully expect to make an impact and I hope I can prove myself worthy of my draft selection. Most of all, I'm just excited for kickoff so we can get to the fun. Soon the unknown will be the discovered and potential will be reached or fallen short of and I can't wait to get there.