Q4 Ind Reading Reflective Letter

What I am trying to do with this project is stress the fact that there should be NO deaths of teenage boys from playing football.  I identify the main issues with the present situation being the excessive overworking of young men who are not phsically or mentally ready to take on a challenge so immense.  Most of the pressure put on the players is coming from Coaches and parents, and overall communities surrounding the team.  Especially in the South where climates tend to creep up a little higher and football is not see as a game but rather as away of life, steps need to be taken to ensure player safety such as: severe penalties to players who target (head-to-head contact), limited practice hours in the summer and in full contact drills, and frequnt evaluations of players' health.  My golden thread that i incorporated was HEAT.  Literal heat, as in the 100 degree days that are causing 16 year old boys to collapse with heat stroke, and the heat or pressure that is put on these kids to perform.