Football Argumentative Essay

Ever feel like something is holding you back from being your best? In the NFL they are contemplating adding more rules and modifying equipment to try to prevent concussions. This could backfire and change the game permanently. Holding players back from being able to play to the best of their ability. Football is the number one sport in North America, changing the game we know today could lead to a decline in popularity for the sport. Football players know the risks to their health and thus should be allowed to play the sport without any additional rules or equipment modifications.
First, what is a concussion? “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull” (webmd.com). This is a very painful experience and yes, this risks your future health. To an athlete that is being paid millions of dollars to play the sport they love this will never stop them. Why change the game if the players are still willing to play? The NFL is a very successful organization even with all the health risks that come with the sport. Every year you have parents signing their
“The NFL is a physical sport like Rugby, as it always will be. If it were to be a safe sport, like Golf which is fun, that would be lame, and I mean very lame! Besides, the NFL wouldn't be as interesting to watch if it were safe, am I right?” (debate.org). In order to pay the players the NFL still needs to make money. If you change the game and make it stupid no one will want to come see it. Therefore you won’t have any revenue to pay the players, coaches, and all other personnel. Then ultimately that would be the downfall of the NFL. Instead of trying to make a contact sport safe lets focus on the study of concussions. For all we know all these diagnoses may not even be concussions and we are playing it too