Steve Dronett's Role In Sports

Steve Gleason played for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-2008. Gleason will always be remembered for his blocked punt on the night the New Orleans Superdome reopened for the first time after hurricane Katrina. Steve was diagnosed at the age 34 with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Shane Dronett was a former Atlanta Falcon player in the NFL. Dronett played a significant role in Falcons’ defence, which ranked second in the NFL against the run, allowing only 75.5 rushing yards per game, and produced 313 tackles, 29.5 sacks, and 13 forced fumbles. Dronett was diagnosed at the age of 38 with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) due to head trauma. More and more athletes are being diagnosed at a young age with ALS, CTE, and concussions
Researchers found that ALS was commonly diagnosed in athletes. Ever since the career of Lou Gehrig a former baseball player was cut short by ALS, the disease has been forever linked to elite athletes. Lou Gehrig was a former baseball player for the NY Yankees. In 1939 Gehrig was having a hard time in his baseball career. He began to have difficulty with something as simple as tying his shoelaces. He checked himself into a Mayo Clinic, where after a series of tests, doctors informed him that he was suffering from ALS. On June 2, 1941, he passed away in his sleep at his home in New York. A team of doctors later found out that the amount to balls pitched and stuck to his head had caused head trauma to which then lead to
One rule that has been changed this season is when a player loses his helmet, the play is immediately whistled dead. And now during the field-goal the defense cannot position any player on the line directly across from the snapper, who is considered defenseless. While NFL is actually concerned of the players health risks there are other sports who don’t do much about the health risks. UFC is an american mixed martial arts sport. UFC allows kicks to the head. Being able to kick the opponent in the head is ridiculous. A fighter on the receiving end of a knockout has been concussed. A concussion will have a negative long term effect on a person’s health, yet we so often hear of a fighter being “okay” after being knocked out. The rules of this sport should be modified immediately because lives are at risk. It shouldn't matter if the “sprite” of the game is changed, the lives of the athlete matter