Sports: The Importance Of Concussions In Sports
Concussions In Sports
Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either be minor or it can be severe to where there could be bleeding of the brain. The NFL, NHL, and NCAAF deal with these kinds of injuries all the time, and have tried to make the sports safer for the players. What is also hard for the players is dealing …show more content…
The NFL has made it illegal for players to leave their feet and hit a “defenseless player” with a helmet to helmet hit (NFL.com Wire Reports). The NFL has most recently put a rule into place stating that there is to be a doctor on the sidelines during the games to monitor players who have taken blows to the head, and decide whether or not that player should return to the game or sit out for the rest of the game. The NHL has made it illegal for players to elbow other players in the head when they aren’t looking, and the players can’t leave the ice to hit a player anymore. The NHL is still putting a few more rules into place, but hasn’t finalized any of them yet. Some of the new rules that could be put into place are making the rinks a little larger than they are now but still not as big as Olympic size rinks, reintroducing the Two-Line pass rule to slow down the game in the neutral zone, and reducing the plastic on the elbow pads so players don’t feel invincible anymore (Ploszay). The NCAAF has put two new rules in place; “one is the banning of the wedge on kickoff returns, this is where blockers make a wall to block for the ball carrier. The second rule put into place is if a player is injured and play is stopped then that player has to come off the field and sit out for at least one play” (Wilson). These sports have done their best to prevent concussions and are
Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either be minor or it can be severe to where there could be bleeding of the brain. The NFL, NHL, and NCAAF deal with these kinds of injuries all the time, and have tried to make the sports safer for the players. What is also hard for the players is dealing …show more content…
The NFL has made it illegal for players to leave their feet and hit a “defenseless player” with a helmet to helmet hit (NFL.com Wire Reports). The NFL has most recently put a rule into place stating that there is to be a doctor on the sidelines during the games to monitor players who have taken blows to the head, and decide whether or not that player should return to the game or sit out for the rest of the game. The NHL has made it illegal for players to elbow other players in the head when they aren’t looking, and the players can’t leave the ice to hit a player anymore. The NHL is still putting a few more rules into place, but hasn’t finalized any of them yet. Some of the new rules that could be put into place are making the rinks a little larger than they are now but still not as big as Olympic size rinks, reintroducing the Two-Line pass rule to slow down the game in the neutral zone, and reducing the plastic on the elbow pads so players don’t feel invincible anymore (Ploszay). The NCAAF has put two new rules in place; “one is the banning of the wedge on kickoff returns, this is where blockers make a wall to block for the ball carrier. The second rule put into place is if a player is injured and play is stopped then that player has to come off the field and sit out for at least one play” (Wilson). These sports have done their best to prevent concussions and are