Both basketball and football are well loved sports around North America‚ but if you had a choice to play one for the rest of your life which one would you choose? When you are actually choosing a profession‚ you often think about things like how much money will I make‚ will I be safe‚ will I be able to play for as long as I like? Well the sport answer to all this is: Basketball. Football‚ unlike basketball is famous for their tackles‚ and throwing people around which happen to actually be painful
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Jasmine Johnston 5th period The History of American Football Even though football is an American game its origins came from villages and schools in Europe for many centuries before America was even settled by Europeans. They played in the streets and oddly used a lemon as their ball. Soon many universities started creating their own teams and competing against each other. It took awhile‚ however‚ because it was a very rough and violent game so many colleges banned the game. Walter
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School Football - Reduce the Risk and Reap the Rewards? September 13‚ 2013‚ was sixteen year old Damon Janes’ last football game. Why‚ because he was pronounced dead in a local Buffalo hospital three days after that game. His cause of death‚ brain damage. Janes took numerous hits to the head during a varsity football game. He seemed perfectly healthy‚ but in actuality‚ he suffered brain swelling‚ bleeding‚ and bruising all resulting from numerous hits to the head while playing football. Janes
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physical that come to mind are football and rugby. Each sport would be called physical because there are big hits and both require physical and mental toughness. Though football and rugby are similar‚ they are different along the lines of equipment use‚ rules and players. There is also a major difference in the salary cap between the two sports. Equipment use amongst football and rugby players is different. In the NFL they’re main concern in football is safety. Football players use a helmet‚ hip pads
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stronger. They had just surpassed all the teams with top class players and now in the final. The refs‚ the players and the ball came out of the changing rooms lined up shoulder to shoulder and walked onto the battle field. Winner takes all. Football it will hurt and will humble. Every game creates a winner and loser‚ for every triumph a defeat. For every game a new opportunity‚ for redemption and for glory. The players will take to the field as warriors to battle shoulder to shoulder‚ face to
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Football Related Head Injuries Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Imagine you’re an NFL quarterback taking a three step drop‚ you have 5 seconds if that to get rid of the ball before a 350 pound defensive lineman comes charging at you and throws you to the ground‚ as your falling you slam your head against the ground causing your brain to rattle against your skull. You now have a concussion and will watch from the sideline the rest of the game. II. Thesis Statement: “No guts‚ No glory‚” is
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2014 Fútbol Soccer and Football are two very different yet popular sports in different parts of the world. In the world Soccer is considered the most popular sport but in the US the most popular sport is Football. So when thinking of Football we think of the NFL but there are only 5 countries in the world that call it Soccer. While the sports are somewhat alike‚ they carry major differences that make them both unique. One of the major differences is that in football you need to know everything
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Topic question: How has football helmets and shoulder pads evolved over the years to better protect the person wearing the equipment FOOTBALL HELMET EVOLUTION 1) DEC. 2 1893 was the mark when the first football helmet was made 2) 1 Nov 1896 Throughout 1896 George Barclay was working on his model of the football helmet after he feared he would get seriously injured while playing football. His model contained leather straps‚ which were one of the first makings of the chinstrap to hold the
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Something very special to me is my football trading cards‚ because of the past experiences‚ favorite football players‚ and it’s old. “Don’t judge a book by its cover‚” is something we should all go by when we have special things to us. My brother told me‚ “Keep something from the person you love because you might not never have that person anymore.” First‚ my past experiences with the football trading cards I got. My step-brothers gave them to me when I was about six years old. They
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try out for the football team‚ but first they have to lose weight in order do so. My roommate John has set up specific he wants to accomplish by the time of the try outs. We tried to workout a goal that wasn’t to over the top we took in mind the time and what will be an appropriate weight that’ll be convenient for football. He doesn’t want to be thin because the position he desires to try out for is need to have a bit a muscle in order to prevent further injuries when playing football. The scheduled
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