***10 points to first most helpful answer***I need help getting out of playing football!?

Tell her you are gay and rather takes up dancing or acting.

Tell your parents that it is wrong to force you to do something that you do not wanna do, especially after your latest injury and that you wanna do something usefull with your life. Don't lie. It only causes trouble.

If your knee is still hurting then you shouldn't play anyway, i tried it when i was a freshman, got tackled really hard in a game and had to get screws in my knee (long story). So tell your doctor about your knee pains because it could be more serious than you think. I doubt if he would recommend to your mom that you not play, especially if she is in the room during the examination, but there is a little hope on that. I think the only truthful way out of this is to just tell her you don't want to play football. And come up with a constructive way that you are going to use that time since you will not be practicing anymore.

say that your knee still hurts and its gotten harder for you to play. and say that you need to focus on ur grades, cuz you feel like they are suffering because of all the time you are putting into football. _hope it works out_

keep telling the doctor your knee still hurts. Sorry dude but your parents shouldn't force you to play.They should support your choice because it's you that will be physicaly hurting if you do blow out your knees. Tell your doctor that you don't feel it's a good idea for you to continue playing sports and to explain it to your parents. Best of luck !

Tell her that it isn't that you don't want to quit football just because you're bored of it and just don't want to (Well, it's the truth. you really don't want to play because it takes up too much time. Just don't mention that =P) Explain to her the effects of all the pre-conditioning, training, practices, and games on your injury. It's already messed up and your injury still hurts. Explain to her the long-term effects (knee trouble, extensive surgery) if you wear down your knee to the point that it hurts really badly. I mean, you can run down the ligaments to the point that it's just your nerves being grated between two bare joints. Now that hurts. Oh and ramble about how all this extra time can be used partially to extend your knowledge. Of course you won't use that much more of it, but you'll still get smarter and will have more time for projects and papers so that you don't come home from the big game the day before and think "OH CRAP! The paper!!"

Let her know that you have homosexual tendencies and should not be hanging around naked, buffed men.

Tell your mother that it takes too much of your time that you would rather spend on studying and getting excellent grades to go to college. Most parents would be happy to know that you are thinking ahead and that you understand the possibliity of future as a pro football player are miniscule. If she doesn't respect that attitude and thought process then I would wonder what her motives are to keep you playing now that you will be injury prone to that knee.

Being an adult is taking responsibility for your life and knowing what's important and what isn't. You don't need any excuses or someone to lie for you (wasn't that a plot on ER recently?). Lots of boys your age chose to quit the team because they have other priorities and interests and there are only so many hours in the day, and only 7 days in a week. I don't mean this in a sarcastic way, believe me, but you don't need help, just a backbone (self-confidence that you know what's in your own best interest). It will all work out for the best.