Essay On Football Related Injuries

Since 2004, 92 high school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question, “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events, not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has been one of the most popular high school sports since the 1950s, recent safety concerns have caused parents and students alike to reconsider playing football. Football is know for being a hard contact sport, and these collisions, along with ineffective equipment, can lead to several health complications. Ken Belson reveals that recent research shows that multiple collisions on the field causes brain
When it comes to discomfort or feeling sick while playing, a physical trainer would have a better judgment than a high school football coach. While a coach would more likely focused on getting the student back on the field by supplementing them with water or telling them to get back on their feet, a trainer could identify the source of the problem and would be able to help more effectively. The decisions these coaches make, without professional medical knowledge, determine the outcome the players injury states Scott Sailor, president of NATA: “‘These are areas where the care the athletes receive in the first few minutes of recognizing they are in distress dictates for the most part, the outcome of that athlete’s injury’” (Waldron 3). If student athletes are not given the proper attention they need during the first minutes of injury, their trauma can develop into a much more serious