BAM!    CRASH!    WHACK!

The shoulder pads crash against each other

It is a sickening sound for some

But it is the sweetest sound in the world for others

The play ends

The players retreat back to the huddle

The crunching and crashing starts again

Many people lie injured on the ground

It seems like violence

But yet it is just a game

Just two teams trying to beat the other

It seems like a war

And in some ways it is

And others it isn’t