How were football players treated in your high school?

August 28, 2009 by admin · 14 Comments
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quantum2140 asked:

I went to a high school without a football team, but I hear that they’re treated like gods…Is that true? Is the captain treated differently than the rest of the team? How many strings are there on a typical high school football team?

Thanks for answering and please don’t give answers that are stupid. I’m looking for serious answers.
Also, when does football season start in high school and when does training begin?

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14 Responses to “How were football players treated in your high school?”
  1. chargerj says:
    August 31, 2009 at 10:42 am

    yeah they got all the girls and had all the easy classes—no they have all the same problems as everyone else

  2. iceman says:
    September 3, 2009 at 1:18 am

    It really varies from school to school and what part of the country you live in. I have family all over the country so I have gotten a feel for alot of areas. My cousin was the Qb of the Florida high school football team. He was treated like a god no question. But in other areas its not as big of deal. In my high school in the Northeast they were kinda popular but nothing crazy. The south is wear they idolize football players at that age.

    Training begins ussualy mid summer. July ussualy.

  3. J.B. says:
    September 4, 2009 at 5:56 am

    We went all the way to third string at every position.

    We had a freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity team. We did receive special treatment…yes.

  4. urstruly says:
    September 6, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    in my high school athletes in general got special treatment, sometimes we didn’t even have to go to class and we were not marked absent, but it wasn’t to xtreme, we jut got away with the minor things…..

  5. bsouth_1119 says:
    September 8, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    I got pulled over at least 10 times and never got a ticket. Once I was drunk and the officer followed me home to make sure I got there.

    My freshman year in college I got 4 traffic tickets because I had no concept of actually getting in trouble while driving.

    Texas football… those were the days.

  6. Calill C says:
    September 9, 2009 at 3:13 am

    Well, I wouldn’t go as far as to say they were treated like gods, but they were respected by most of the students and the faculty as well. When I played, about 35 years ago, new captains were selected each week. It all depended on how much enthusiasm you showed during practice for the week. Most teams probably have 3 strings. For my local high school now they are getting ready for their third game this season. Practice started several weeks ago even though today was their first day of regular school.

  7. Big Willie says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Our high school treated the football players like gods. They were treated almost exactly like Varsity Blues minus the asshole coach. Those players got away with everything. I won’t mention any names but I know personally that a couple students were given grades (starting RB, DL).

    I guess if you’re on the team it’s incredible. Off the team, it’s not fair. The guys that were on the team, if they made it to college ball had their worlds rocked because that’s not how it goes everywhere. If you are an incredible talent like some are (Reggie Bush) then certain attention is going to be paid to that player, or in his case, family of that player.

    It happens everywhere and it’s wrong.

  8. Missy says:
    September 13, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Surprisingly, football players were honor roll students in my high school!! And guess what were state champs too!! Hell, even our star quarterback is in the NFL now, Dan Orliovsky (sorry Dan I know I misspelt your last name!) the back up at Detroit! And they were treated like every other student there!! Our high school was so big that the there were too many different groups of people for any one group to “rule the school”.

  9. Amart says:
    September 13, 2009 at 4:00 am

    On my team people didn’t get any special treatment, and you were NOT allowed to play if you had a GPA lower than 3.0… and you were NOT allowed to take easy classes… people not making the grades were thorwn off the team and publicly humiliated… it sucked. I was on squad all 4 years… kept my 3.0, but it was hard and NO ONE gave us special treatment… but I live in Cali, and HS football really isnt a big deal here…

    I have heard rumors that in states back east and down south, high school football is just as important if not more so then college and NFL football, and the kids who participate get to get away with a lot of things that are virtually unheard of elsewhere.

  10. sheklikak says:
    September 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Our team was made up of wussies that were too nerdy for the chess club. The band used to beat them up before every game, then go after their families.

    Seriously, I went to a small high school with a high academic expectations. The team wasn’t really their own click, two were on the chess team, one in the band, several in drama, for just a few examples. I guess they had to be more diverse to help us forget the fact the they would win one or two games a year. We were all friends.

  11. ballmonkeyhockey says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:55 am

    I went to a SE PA school were from about 2000-2006 ( i graduated in 06) football was big. I was not the jock bc I had surgeries in middle school to end my playing sports. what i noticed however the football players were not god like, suprisinly I got to know the really good ones well. They treated everyone with respect and had normal problems. However when this class graduated the new QB was a 10th grader and he though he was god, until I punched the crap out of him in front of his girl and prctilcally made him cry, so it all depends on how the players take there talents and overall gifts

  12. Greg B says:
    September 20, 2009 at 11:41 am

    In my school, certain players were treated differently. We went to the state championship game while I was playing, and everyone bent over backwards for the QB and RB. The QB was a complete a$$, the RB humble and nice to everyone. But for everyone else, it was normal high school I guess. I was always in advanced classes, so I wouldn’t say we all had easier classes. In fact, many of the best football players are smart and will take honors classes. You need to be smart to play football. That being said, football players at my school were required to take weightlifting and “advanced” weightlifting as classes.

    The QB was captian on offense, and treated everyone, even teammates like they were scum. Practically no one liked him because he thought he was God. The defensive captain was well respected and everyone liked him. He graduated with honors and went off to college, where he played football but also focused on classes.

    If there is a “meathead” on the football team that is good, see where they’ll be three years after HS. There were guys that took advantage of being on the team, and they didn’t go to college and still live at home or worse.

    I think someone that LETS himself be treated like a god is going down a crappy road. Of my state championship team, only the RB played D1 football at Arizona State University. Nobody else, others played D2 and lower levels like junior college. The point is, if you take easy classes and take the easy road in HS, you will likely fail in life because you’re not prepared.

    And depending on the position, there are up to 4 backups, but most positions have 3 strings. The 3rd or 4th stringers rarely play, and play as the “scout team” in practice vs. the starters.

  13. amich45 says:
    September 22, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Well I play football in my high school. I am treated better by classmates than I would be. But the teachers don’t treat me different. Usually there are 3 or 4 strings, we have 2.5. That is why we went 0-8 last year. And us being a bad team means we don’t get treated as good as football players from other schools do. We start training 2 weeks before school starts and the season lasts 10 weeks, including training/preseason. We have practice all summer but it isn’t really hard like preseason training is. Oh yea, the captains aren’t treated differently and most of us aren’t *** holes, some are but not because they play football.

  14. Chiefs and Nachos says:
    September 22, 2009 at 3:20 am

    As a football player in high school, I could do no wrong. As long as we kept winning, we got away with murder – from the captians of the team down to the guy who would never step on the field.

    On our team we had 4 strings for most positions. Our coach would never cut a guy as long as he showed up to practice and worked, so some positions had 5 or 6 strings on Varsity.

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