Football is a good sport, even if it does destroy a lot of knees and other body parts, so everybody make their own choice. However, every boy should learn to box and wrestle, competitively. A good martial art might suffice, but so many dojos have been dumbed down, it would be hard to find one worth the time.
My boy played 5 years of Pop Warner and just completed his first year of high school football. Now he’s wrestling for the first time and enjoying it. Half of Americans wouldn’t let their kids play football? Good Lord what has become of our country.....