The backstory:
Over the summer I herniated a disc in my lower spine. It caused a lot of pain in my back and my legs making me unable to participate in football for the first few weeks. I slowly started making my way back but one day while doing contact I got hit and I had the pain all again. I finally started going to physical therapy and was back into football. I was doing fine and played a couple games. Then one game near the end I was thrown and landed pretty hard on my back and legs. The pain was back and I played a few more plays but was limping around. So I sat the rest of the game.
While the big rival game is coming up on Wednesday and I've made the choice, along with my coaches that it would be best for me not to play. My parents now will not stop. Everyday they ask me if I practiced and I say no. They think its the biggest mistake I've made in my life. My dads says "Oh you made a commitment to the team and you should play even if youre limping" I've told them that I know exactly whats going to happen. Ill go to practice, the pain will come back, Ill get in like 2 plays then Ill be out for the rest of the game. My dad thinks that I dont want to play anymore, which I do but they dont understand how hard it is for me either. The dad also says that Im "Looking out for myself when I should be looking out for the team"
Anyways they keep on bugging me to play saying that my decision is wrong and makes them "sick to their stomachs". I think Im making a smart decision to not play. Im still in pain currently and think it would be stupid. They think that Im going to be super regretful down the road.
TL;DR Parents want me to play on Wednesday with my injured back and I told them it wouldnt be a good idea.
