hour‚ hit each other head on going full speed? Nowhere. The game of football‚ especially at the higher levels‚ is becoming increasingly dangerous as the athletes keep getting bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. Until a couple years ago the research of concussion and helmet safety have both been on hold. The league has been around for a long time and the safety regulations have improved drastically. In the 1920’s all the way through the 1940’s the game of football was played with forms of leather helmets
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controversial subject‚ with the main concern being concussions. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury that has been purported to be one of the influences for player suicides‚ and other symptoms after retirement‚ including memory loss and depression. In 2012‚ some four thousand former and active NFL players “joined civil lawsuit against the League‚ seeking damages over the League’s failure to warn and protect players from concussions‚” (The New York Times). While there have been efforts
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they have handled player safety. This issue has come to the forefront because concussions have become a weekly occurrence. In the last few years it has been studied then proven by doctors that former players have suffered traumatic brain injuries from hits to the head during their NFL careers. As a fan of the NFL‚ I believe it’s best for the game that the NFL makes some change so
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Head Trauma: Football plays a great part in the United States. It is a part of our culture and is a part of the atmosphere in the fall when school is about to start. It is an amusing experience for a lot of people and their families. This is what make football a part of our culture. One thing to actually think about though is what is essentially happening to the children‚ the young adults‚ and athletes involved in this sport; they are growing older then‚ attending college or even playing professional
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CTE. “Scientist don’t yet have a way of diagnosing CTE”-YouTube Video “ The NFL’S Concussion Crisis‚ Explained”. The only way scientist are able to continue to research CTE is the brain‚ and that is why many football players have given their brain to science‚ once they pass away. “Afterwards‚ they gave their brains to science and upon examinations‚ they showed telltale signs of CTE”. - YouTube Video “The NFL’S Concussion Crisis‚ Explained”. The age for when playing football should be raised because
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the nerve cells wither away. A big factor of the toxic protein leaking‚ is repeated blows to the head‚ or repeated concussions without fully resting. Athletes are at the highest risk of getting ALS because they are constantly getting hit in the head multiple times a game and could end up getting multiple concussions per game‚ and maybe not realizing that they even have a concussion‚ since not everyone will pass out from getting one which usually makes people believe that they’re perfectly fine‚ but
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Many sports related injuries do not just happen to professional teams but occur on youth‚ high school‚ and college teams. Concussions‚ knee sprains‚ stress fractures happen often and are now considered common injuries. Parents do not get overly worried‚ like they should‚ due to the severity of these injuries that happen to their children. In reality‚ the real problems are how parents encourage their children to be extremely competitive on the field and play aggressively‚ the amount of traumatic injuries
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American Football American football is a dangerous sport that has many risks to it. Football players know these risks but still play the sport. There is many risks to playing football especially in the NFL which means National Football League. Many of the injuries football players have are to the head. Some of the people that played football in the past have had to retire because of brain injuries or broken bones. The players that used to play football have had memory loss and have killed themselves
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the brain caused by high-momentum causes or objects to the head while a closed head injury is a mild physical trauma‚ but still keeping the skull intact (Chew‚ et. al‚ 2014). TBI is categorized according to its severity (1) concussion‚ (2) contusion and (3) laceration. Concussion is defined as caused by a blow to the head that bruises the brain. The bruising causes tiny blood vessels‚ or capillaries‚ in the brain to rupture‚ which compromises blood supply to the neurons supported by those capillaries
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Concussions are more dangerous to teenagers for the fact that they be doomed of undeveloped brain and muscles (Source 2). Suddenly‚ their head will acquire some damage‚ so easily. If the player had serious injuries‚ the coaches will most likely be sitting the
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