Tackling the Concussion Issue Imagine that feeling when all your friends are playing football‚ but your parents do not let you because they are afraid of concussions. You would feel left out‚ right? In an ESPN survey‚ two thirds of the parents said they were afraid of concussions and think it is a big issue (Lavigne‚ 2012). Football is an awesome experience for kids on and off the field‚ so‚ why take that away from them? Parents should let their kids play football with the risk of concussions because
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The alarming effects of Concussions in the NFL has become a major topic of discussion with a wide variety of opinions from medical professionals‚ NFL representatives‚ academic institutions and Anti-NFL advocates. While there has been action taken on behalf of the NFL‚ some believe that these actions still aren’t enough and that the complete mitigation of concussions has yet to be addressed. There has been many new outlets and sports forums that have called out Roger Goodell and the NFL on their continuous
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up “22% of the total injuries in football” (Al-Kashmiri 189). Note‚ that in this instance‚ and many more‚ “football” is referring to the non-American term for soccer. A concussion‚ defined by Monica E. Maher‚ is “a complex pathophysiological process‚ induced by traumatic biomechanical forces” (271). Since soccer is a growing popular sport‚ especially in young children‚ there are many ways for amateur players to get injured. Many ignorant people view concussions as a simple headache‚ but they are
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Concussions in Sports By: Brent McClure Many people believe that concussions and head injuries are just a part of sports‚ but research shows other wise. A lot of doctors and neuropsychologists (doctors who specialize in understanding a relationship between the physical brain and behavior) believe that this is false‚ and these problems can be prevented. The prevention of traumatic head injuries is very possible by learning the correct way to wear equipment‚ knowing what equipment is required‚ and
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“right” even when others try to convince you to turn a blind eye‚ that exemplifies what it means to be an ethical person. In the film Concussion‚ neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu is forced to choose between speaking for the dead and being professionally destroyed by a multibillion dollar organization. While there is no bioethics genre within filmography‚ Concussion depicts issues of bioethics concern. The purpose of this essay is to present main themes raised within the film‚ determine which issues
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Football‚ America’s sport may be the most dangerous sport because of the long-term effects that one may have after one’s career. Many unsuccessful attempts to come up with a solution to concussions still puzzle those who are influenced by the game While the NFL would be concerned at the loss of fans and there revenues that maybe the least of the worries that NFL have. The number of concussions among the players becomes an enormous concern for the rule makers and the equipment makers and even the
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is a rule in the books that a referee can throw somebody out of the game ( for illegal hits)” (“How will NFL improve concussions over the next 50 years”).However there has been a decrease in those hits.Now the refs have to make those judgement calls. “ Now I’ve been watching football my whole life‚ I’ve never seen someone thrown out of the game” (“How will NFL improve concussions over the next 50 years”). However‚ referees play a key part in keeping the game safe. Since technology is always getting
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their sport several times over the course of their career. One common injury in contact sports is also one of the worst and therefore‚ a solution to lessen the commonness must be found and enforced. Concussions come in varying levels of “grade” and pain intensity. Some symptoms of a typical concussion are headache‚ confusion‚ and amnesia. The injury is most often produced by acceleration or deceleration of the freely moving head. Or in other words‚ by a traumatic hit to the head‚ which causes bruising
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the audience of is whether or not the NFL taken appropriate measures in concussion prevention and rehabilitation? B) Tie this in with my own personal experience of having two concussions and the emotional and physical effects it had on me. My dad’s hockey career was also cut short because of experiencing several concussions. C) Wrap up introduction by talking about my subtopics. These include the health effects of concussions‚ the NFL’s actions‚ and moving forward in the
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but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person’s body; plus‚ injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries‚ like concussions‚ are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain‚ like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also‚ the violent plays in today’s sports‚ are not things children need to be looking up
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