Coaches and players know the undersized man can win because nobody has a market on heart, desire, motivation and will to win. Football reveals these qualities in men and rewards them. Let him depart and return to his house so that he won't make other hearts melt like his heart. If your heart is melting, so will others. If you are strong, others will draw from your streangth.
Football has a unique way of building leadership.
The very nature of the game depends upon leaders to emerge. Teamwork is necesary in most all sports. Yet, football digs deep into the true meaning of team, simply because 11 men must coordinate their efforts as 1.