Rugby Influence On American Football

Introduction
The Superbowl! The National Football League championship game is played annually between the champions of the National and the American Football Conferences. Fans from all over come to watch the two best teams facing off to see who wins! “Football is so popular in the United States that the 2015 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks set a new mark, averaging 114.4 million viewers per minute on NBC’s Sunday night broadcast, becoming the most watched event in American TV history.” But why is it? Why is it so popular?
Is it the weather? Is it the fans? The stadiums? Probably because of the injuries? Yes, a lot of injuries occur in football which fans view as entertainment.
“More than 1.2 million football-related
Football evolved from rugby. And those of you who doesn’t know what rugby is, rugby is a free flowing game that features a combination of strength, speed and strategy to move a ball into an opponent’s territory.Which sounds a lot like football right? The thing about rugby is that it is a full-contact sport yet players wear little-or no protective gear. “Football” before the 19th century referred to any number of ball games played on the foot. The rules of these games differed from one another, some allowing the use of hands “running games” , others forbidding it “kicking games” such as rugby. Which is basically the same thing but without equipment. But one thing is for sure about the difference of american football and rugby is that rugby is less dangerous than football. About twelve-hundred people suffer from head injuries while playing rugby each year. About two-thirds of injuries are either concussion or brain injuries. In total, more than fifty-thousand people seek medical attention for rugby injuries each year, costing sixty million dollars--compared to football which causes 1.2 million injuries per year. So...why did football evolved from rugby? Why is equipment involved now? Was it to attract the attention of people by hitting harder with the equipment? That I will get to you
“Youth athletes along with high school footballer suffer concussions more frequently than knee sprains and fractures”. “One in thirty football players ages five to fourteen will sustain at least one concussion per season”. “And according to their studies there were more than five hundred thousand injuries related to high school football just last year”. High school football has an overall rate injury in practice more than youth and college. “Last year, it found five high school fatalities directly due to football three of them directly related to tackling or helmet-to-helmet collisions”. But why? Are they not trained properly for football? No, “according to the trainer’s association, while seventy percent of all high school have some access to an athletic trainer only thirty-seven percent of all high schools have full-time athletic trainers”. “ Among the 20,354 players who participated in the study, researchers found on average, one in 14 high school players and one in twenty NCAA players will suffer at least one concussion in a season”. “So lately neurologists have raised concerns over the possible risk players face of developing long-term brain damage from taking hits to the