How Does Football Affect Human Health Negatively

The sport of football accounts for more the half of all concussions in high school sports. There are a few advantages of playing football like hanging out with friends, win over ladies, gain leadership skills, and people can be apart of a second family.There are also many disadvantages to playing football like being more prone to injuries, having less free time, an increase in stress, harder to get homework done, and you can save money. Time and time again, football has been proven to be a dangerous sport for athletes, based on medical research, statistics, and patients who have experienced injuries.
First focus of the subject is medical research on how football injuries affect human health negatively. “Dr. Robert Cantu (Neurologist), sent shockwaves through the youth football establishment when he recommended that children under fourteen not play collision sports, until they are modified to eliminate head blows in routine practice and play” (Doctor Recommendation). A Neurologist studies the function of nerves and the nervous system, why people disregard a doctor's suggestion on such a large scale is a question that cannot be answered. According to a School of Medicine study, seventy percent of all United States
“With approximately 4.8 million athletes playing youth football in the United States, the long term consequences of brain injury represent a growing public health concern” (Public Health Concern). The average players sustained 107 head impacts during a course of 9.4 practices and 4.7 games. If you add up the number of athletes who play football and the average number of head impacts, the total is approximately 513 million head impacts throughout the 9.4 practices and 4.7 games. There are 321 million people in the United States and 513 million head impacts in the game of football, that definitely is not a statistic that shows a good sport. The statistics don’t lie, football is a dangerous