Concussion Hazards In Youth Football

As amusing as it may be to plop onto the couch with a buttery bowl of popcorn and watch an aggressive game of football where teammates are constantly tackling each other,it is important to still remember that as fun as this game may be to watch playing it leads to many dangerous life-threatening injuries. The informative article "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler found in upfront magazine, the infographic, titled “How Many G’s”, and the youtube video labeled "Concussion Hazards in Youth Football" (Dr. Drew interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
HLN/CNN), all give an adequate amount of information against the idea recreational departments and schools should provide programs such as football.So to help kids all over the nation, it is in the
eager to help his team, he returned after a week and quickly sustained another concussion. A year later, he’s still struggling with painful headaches and he faces the possibility of permanent brain damage.”This real life situation shows you how due to football people are likely to sustain concussions. You can tell just how serious concussions are because Monti who had gotten a few concussion out there on the football field is still paying the price for it. A year after the event took place he is still struggling and still feels the side-effects from the concussions he sustained playing football. Another resource that shows the dangers of football would be from the picture from the infographics, “How Many G’s” which illustrates a colored picture of two football players ramming into eacher. Above the picture in black bold letters it states...football hit that leads to a concussion followed by a big 100g in red letters.Not g as in grams, but g as in g-forces. G-forces are a measurement of the force of gravity or acceleration on a body. The picture above the picture of the two football players butting into each other is a
Last year, the NFL revealed that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop permanent brain impairments.” While other games may be dangerous in some aspects football is known for specifically the concussions it causes.We need to take this seriously because many kids are eager to get back and play again even after having gotten a concussion, so they can help their team. However they don’t realize that the injuries sustained when playing football can later lead to long term issues. Also ⅓ of the retired NFL players having to develop permanent brain impairments is a lot of people.Just think of all the football players in the NFL you knew, almost 33% of them needed to get impairments simply so tehri brain can actually work fine and they can live. Imagine having to live a life where you everyday you wake up to possibly find your head throbbing or suddenly getting disoriented. All because of football. Is it really worth it?In the video "Concussion Hazards in Youth Football" (Dr. Drew interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta,HLN/CNN) two men discuss the effects concussions have on the brain and explain, “Their brains are developing