My oldest kid is a seventh grader. My wife has laid down the law and said no football for her boys. There was a little bit of grumbling, but he's big into soccer, and he's looking forward to school basketball, so not that big of a deal.
Anyway, he wanted to go to the middle school football game this week to hang with some of his friends who also went. I drove him and sat in the stands and watched the game. Holy crap was that boring. So much standing around punctuated by off-tackle qb runs.