My young cousin is dedicated to following my footsteps and playing in the ISFL. Unfortunately he has not focused enough on school and so his parents got mad and asked me to tell him that he needs to focus on school.
I went to his house and talked to him, the conversation went this way:
Me: "Hey man your parents asked me to talk to you. I know you are very dedicated to making it to the ISFL and playing pro football as an adult and in college but you have to focus on school. The pros you see playing focused a lot on school, they got good grades. They had to get good grades to get into a college that they could play football for."
Him: "Dude I know that but how is school going to affect how I play out on the field?"
Me: "It will affect how you play because it will affect if you will ever even be able to play."
Him: "Ok fine so what your telling me is I wont even make it to any football teams without good grades?"
Me: "Yes, exactly. Most teams look for people with good grades in the first place."
After that he decided he would play football after school. He would do school first and then play football and play as much football as he can without getting bad grades. His parents then thanked me, and that was it.
I went to his house and talked to him, the conversation went this way:
Me: "Hey man your parents asked me to talk to you. I know you are very dedicated to making it to the ISFL and playing pro football as an adult and in college but you have to focus on school. The pros you see playing focused a lot on school, they got good grades. They had to get good grades to get into a college that they could play football for."
Him: "Dude I know that but how is school going to affect how I play out on the field?"
Me: "It will affect how you play because it will affect if you will ever even be able to play."
Him: "Ok fine so what your telling me is I wont even make it to any football teams without good grades?"
Me: "Yes, exactly. Most teams look for people with good grades in the first place."
After that he decided he would play football after school. He would do school first and then play football and play as much football as he can without getting bad grades. His parents then thanked me, and that was it.
