Read this excerpt from a speech that Maurice is writing about the topic of football in middle school. The sport of football should be banned in middle school. Many people disagree with this position. They think football is popular and should continue to be played. I don’t think children in middle school should be given the choice about possibly harming their health.

Which best addresses the counterclaim that “football should be played in middle school” and belongs in the blank space in Maurice’s speech?

A. I’ve watched a lot of football with my dad and brother, and I understand why people like football, as it can be really exciting.

B. I’ve always thought football was a silly sport, with the players trying to knock each other down all the time.

C I understand that people love football, just as they love baseball and all other ball sports, but not everyone loves football.

D. I respect that people love football, but doctors are saying now that many players get head injuries, and the helmets don’t help prevent those very well.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

the punctuation used in this line was exclamation points. exclamation points can show excitement, anxiousness, and etc.

a because jakie robinson was baseball player so surely he has to do something with sports  lol a lot of acronyms to get my points