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    Contact Sports

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    children have been developing physical injuries resulting from certain types of contact sports. One of the new findings from these studies is that once a person especially a child receives a concussion‚ the probability that they will get another is a lot greater. Recently children have died from concussions‚ which they have received from playing contact sports. The future of contact sports will benefit greatly from these studies. With every study they preform‚ the more safe guards that can be

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    Head Injures in the Nfl

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    of NFL players have suffered from at least one concussion in their professional career. The NFL should consider the impact of head injuries that plague many players past and present. Many football players suffer from concussions‚ and may experience CTE chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ chronic headaches and loss of memory. Over 3‚800 players or families of living and deceased players have now sued the NFL due to head injuries (King). Many concussions have been undiagnosed; players may not even shows

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    hit that has all changed‚ the NFL took charge and showed the world that the sport isn’t just for entertainment‚ and that the sport of football is about the safety of the players. Although‚ the NFL has been scrutinized for the frequency of player concussions but‚ the regulations‚ safety rules‚ and superior helmet technology has significantly reduced the danger. Furthermore‚ the NFL has made several rule changes since the year of 2010‚ and the data that has been grasped

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    Concussion conundrum Read and write a review of the following article. http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=140857 ADELAIDE admits it doesn’t know what it would do in a Grand Final if it was down to 17 fit players and a player with suspected concussion wanted to go back onto the ground. Crows football operations manager Phil Harper told SEN radio on Monday morning Adelaide’s coaching staff had briefly considered that very dilemma during Saturday night’s Showdown when forward

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    the first confirmed case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is defined by the Brain Injury Research Institute as‚ “a degenerative brain disease most commonly found in those who have suffered multiple concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries (Omalu What is CTE?).” In this essay‚ I will explore CTE and what the NFL has-or rather has not-done to help its players in order to determine if football does cause CTE. Under the microscope‚ you can see CTE as a “buildup of tau‚ a

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    basketball‚ and rugby have faced major concerns when involving the brain which affects if emotionally‚ physically‚ and psychologically. The sports have produced such problem as concussions‚ brain damage‚ over competiveness and depression. The sport of football has produced theIn 1995 more than 61% of former NFL players had concussions during their playing days‚ and most of them said they were not sidelined after their injuries‚ according to a study in 1996. The report was based on a survey of 1‚094 former

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    occurrence of injuries in children at such a young age. Many injuries such as concussions go unnoticed therefore prolonging and escalating the severity of injuries‚ in some cases leading to death. For example‚ second impact syndrome occurs when an athlete returns to a sport too early after suffering from an initial concussion and obtains another concussion shortly after. This often causes fatal effects. Several concussions go undetected because of the difficulty in diagnosing whether one is present

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    Football Too Dangerous

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    hits‚ concussions mostly and many other death leading damage. All of these injuries and situations leading to death shows you that it is a good idea for schools and recreation departments to start eliminating football programs because of safety issues. An Article by "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler states that “The National Football League (NFL) for years denied there was a link between the sport and brain damage‚ but in 2009‚ it acknowledged publicly for the first time that concussions suffered

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    the ball he fell to the ground unconscious. When he was taken to the hospital‚ he had a very bad concussion and had never damage in his neck. Players and coaches‚ agree that in youth soccer headers shouldn’t be banned because its effect on the

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    aspect and that has to do with the concussion and shots to the head issue that has popped up mostly in the NFL‚ but also been discussed in the NHL because of the seriousness of Sidney Crosby’s two shots to the head that has him out for almost a year now. For now I will focus on concussions and headshots of the NFL‚ as more information about the chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ which is a dementia like brain disease. The cause‚ hits to the head and multiple concussions‚ helped by players returning to

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