are 300‚000 sports related concussions that happen in the USA every year‚ according to article 1. The debate has been should players have to sit out longer to heal from concussions. Players should have to sit out longer because concussions can lead to long term injury‚ delayed reaction time and dizziness‚ and brain damage. Sitting out longer is a small price to pay for a child’s well being. Concussions can cause more damage if you don’t give them time to heal. Concussions can cause you to have slower
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A concussion‚ also known as a mild traumatic brain injury‚ results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic‚ an ever rising problem in sports today‚ has become very prominent‚ especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years‚ the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues
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Codey Larsen The National Football League has a bigger problem on their hands that go beyond the gridiron. Concussions in football leads to greater health risks later in life‚ because of the trauma that is put towards the head area which leads to more serious head injuries. According to Simon Flynn‚ Andre Waters‚ who was a former player in the National Football League‚ and who died at age of only forty-four had a brain of an eighty-five-year-old. If more preventions were in place in football
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SECTION A. INTRODUCTION There has been a growing awareness about concussion injury in sport‚ particularly in the last decade. Ten years ago‚ it was estimated that upwards of “…300 000 sport-related concussions occur[ed] annually in the United States and account[ed] for 75% of all sport-related brain injuries” (Bloom et al.‚ 2008‚ p.295). Given the more educated understanding of concussion injury and its symptoms‚ coupled with the significant increase in international sport participation‚ this
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Concussion Problem Among N.F.L Players and the Effects Concussions in football players is a growing problem all the way from pee-wee league to the professionals in the National Football League. “A concussion causes temporary loss of brain function leading to cognitive‚ physical and emotional symptoms‚ such as confusion‚ vomiting‚ headache‚ nausea‚ depression‚ disturbed sleep‚ moodiness‚ and amnesia‚” written by Joseph Nordqvist (par. 2). Many N.F.L players experience the pain and terrible effects
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A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions. Effects are usually temporary but can include headaches and problems with concentration‚ memory‚ balance and coordination. Although concussions usually are caused by a blow to the head‚ they can also occur when the head and upper body are violently shaken. These injuries can cause a loss of consciousness‚ but most concussions do not. Because of this‚ some people have concussions and don’t realize it. Concussions
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The Ongoing Concussion Crisis and the N.F.L’s Head‚ Neck‚ and Spine Committee Almost all of America has seen or heard of the popular sport Football. Football stands on the objective to get the ball across to the opponent’s goal. As a way to protect the opposing team from scoring‚ the players can tackle the opposing team. Tackling an opponent can lead to many serious injuries injuries‚ including concussions. Concussions consist of forceful collisions against the head and can lead to chronic traumatic
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Andrew Okita Dr. Feuerstein ENG 100 4 April 2014 NFL Concussions and Their Long-Term Effects On May 2‚ 2012‚ the National Football League lost one of its elite players to suicide: Junior Seau. Seau played for the Chargers‚ Dolphins‚ and the Patriots during his professional football career and was a 12-time Pro Bowler before retiring in 2009. Three years after his retirement however‚ Seau committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a gun. This greatly shocked the football world and
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sport. Concussions‚ improper safety equipment‚ and even fatalities‚ are the many aspects and outcomes of football‚ for these reasons
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