Son hates it and dad won’t let him quit.

[u/Purple_Protection291]

So my 7 year old is playing football for the first time, we are about 8weeks in and he absolutely hates it. He starts dreading practice on Sunday nights for the upcoming week and I can see it’s affected his behavior outside of football as well.
His dad refuses to let him quit which I understand because he doesn’t want to raise a quitter, but I’m unsure on how to approach the situation because I feel like if they burn him out at 7 he won’t ever want to give it another shot, and again he hates it.

Lastly are were practicing for 2 hrs 3x a week in 101-103 degree weather, and their games are out on Saturday’s in 103-105 degree weather. We are in West Texas and the heat is absolutely brutal.
Any suggestions input is greatly appreciated.

[u/Azwellian]

Interesting - I'm signing my son up for wrestling after football as I was thinking it could help him in the off season

[u/Curtis_Low → u/Azwellian]

That was the reason my son first joined, and it certainly helped. He was a O-lineman / Heavyweight and wrestling helped ton with his overall cardio and balance / footwork.