english final speech

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remember my first time playing football. I didn’t enjoy it and passed out during conditioning because I was out of shape. I struggled with being aggressive, and the coaches got mad when I apologized after tackling someone.But everything changed my freshman year.

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That's when I started falling in love with the process waking up early, grinding in the weight room, and trying to earn a spot on the varsity team. One day during summer practice, I cracked one of the seniors named Buckling. After that, everyone knew my name. That moment showed me I did belong.

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From then on, my mission was to keep improving and climb the ranks. I didn’t start freshman year, but I keep working. By sophomore year, i became an important part of the team as a right guard. And later i moved to defensive end.

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I wasn’t a superstar, but i grew into a  player my teammates could trust. Football taught me discipline, resilience, and confidence qualities that tie directly into the long and powerful history of this sport.

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The story of American football began long before Friday Night Lights. The first recognized football game in the US took place on May 14, 1874, when Harvard played McGill University. Back then, the game looked more like a mix of soccer and rugby.

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As the sport grew more popular, key skills like blocking, tackling, and running developed, transforming football into a physical contest instead of just a running game. This early foundation shaped the sport into the intense, strategic game we know today. But football didn’t grow smoothly. IN fact, the sport's early years were so violent that it nearly disappeared.

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In 1905, injuries and deaths in college football got so bad that President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban the sport entirely. Colleges were already starting to prohibit football because players were being seriously hurt. 

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This crisis forced major changes. In 1906, the forward pass was legalized. This single rule made the game safer and more strategic, shifting focus away from brute force and toward careful planning, timing, and intelligence qualities we still see in today’s game.

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By the 1940s, college football had evolved into something recognizable today.The free substitution rule allowed coaches to swap players between plays, creating more strategy and faster gameplay. Offensive innovations like the T formations opened up the passing game and required defenses to adapt quickly.

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These changes made football more dynamic, exciting, and competitive. Even referring became more organized with standardized penalty signals, which made the game clearer for both players and fans.

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many people know the NFL better than college football, even though  the nfl came later. Founded in 1920, the nfl struggled at first. Teams faced financial problems, and competition was uneven. But changes like salary caps and collective bargaining helped stabilize the league.

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The realturing point came with television. In the 1950s, the los angeles rams were first team to have games broadcast, leading to the first nationally televised championship game in 1951. Then came the 1958 championship game known as the the greatest game ever played” which the nfl into national fame. From thatpoint on, football began it rise toward powerhouse it is today.

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Football has also influenced american culture beyond the field. The new england patriots, led by tom brady and bill belichick, dominated the nfl for nearly two decades and changed how offenses operate. They made passing strategies central to the modern game. The nfl also played an important role in racial integration.

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In 1946, the Los Angeles rams broke the league’s color barrier, and by the 1960s, African Americans athletes became a major force. This opened doors not only for black athletes, but also for players from underrepresented communities like American samoans, who are now a major presence in the sport.

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American football has undergone enormous change from a dangerous, unorganized game to one of the most important sports in the country. It has brought people together, shaped communities, and created opportunities for social change. For me, football is more than just a game. It’s how i connect with people.

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It’s how i learned discipline, resilience, and confidence. That’s why i believe everyone should know the history of this great game because when you understand where football came from, you understand why it means so much today