Here you go, hope this helps. sorry for the bad handwriting
Answer:
answer: There are ways for people to come together even if they are not playing. They can root for the team, design uniforms, raise money for equipment, and keep score. Even non-players can participate and be a part of the community.
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<em>I thought to myself if I should tell them then or should i wait until they were in a better mood.</em>
Explanation:
During changing the speech of a sentence from direct to indirect, the present tense is changed into the past tense. Words such as now change to then. This is because, in the direct speech, a person is actually thinking or saying the words mentioned in the sentence. In an indirect speech, the person relates what he thought at a particular time or it is simply describing what other person said.
Sorry if I get this wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s a metaphor