my son plays on the local football team.
[{"role": "system", "content": "High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries. It is also popular amongst American High school teams in Europe. High school football began in the late 19th century, concurrent with the start of many college football programs. In the late 19th and early 20th century, many college and high school teams played against one another. Other traditions of high school football such as pep rallies, marching bands, mascots, and homecomings are mirrored from college football. No true minor league farm organizations exist in American football. Therefore, high school football is generally considered to be the third tier of American football in the United States, behind professional and college competition. It is the first level of play in which a player will accumulate statistics, which will determine his chances of competing at the college level, and ultimately the professional level if he is talented enough. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) establishes the rules of high school football in the United States. Two states, Texas and Massachusetts, use NCAA playing rules except as shown below.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My town is big into high school football - it is the most popular of all the interscholastic sports.  "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah, it is popular here too. Does high school football differ from college football in any way?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not 100% on that, but I do know they seemed to both start at the same time, in the late 19th century."}, {"role": "user", "content": "When did football start to become the most popular sport?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, in the late 19th and 20th centuries many of the colleges actually played the high school teams, so I'm guessing it started around that time."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting. How many players play on a team?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They have 11, but the National Federation of State High School ASsociations actually establish the rules for high school football in the US - two states use NCAA rules though."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Which states use NCAA rules?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Texas and Massachusettes use NCAA playing rules - kinda neat huh?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Texas was one of my guesses, lol. Do Canadian high schoolers play football too?"}]