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Do your best to explain to the "kid" and then let him make his own choice. 120 years ago, someone his age would be working a full time job and maybe supporting a family.
I would explain to the "kid" that a starter position now means a starter position in the future which means more chances of college scouts seeing and being impressed which means more chance of playing at a football powerhouse in college which means a chance a the NFL... where he will have the best "seat" in the stadium for all the games.
(sure it is a small chance, but the chance could well be 0. And of the 2 NFL players I know, one got into UF on athletics and the other was an full ride academic scholarship for engineering school, he just liked to play football)
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