Hitting is a major component of contact sports‚ and there are often arguments regarding whether or not for instance‚ body checking‚ should be banned in minor league games. Coming from a family of hockey players‚ I have always been against banning hitting‚ as I simply saw it as part of the game. However‚ after being fortunate enough to hear the heartbreaking story of Donald Sanderson‚ my perspective has completely changed. Sanderson’s story about her son immensely impacted me‚ and left me very emotional
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don’t think about the effects it will have on us later in our life. Concussions are a brain injury that alters the way our brain functions and if enough damage occurs it can produce long term effects. Concussions are changing the game of football more and more every year. Players are experiencing long term effects from concussions from the NFL and now the NFL is taking some heat from how they handled the injuries at the time. The game is trying to help players‚ and it’s important to understand what
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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS CEREBRAL PALSY * A comprehensive diagnostic term used to designate a group of nonprogressive disorders resulting from malfunction of the motor centers and pathways of the brain. * It is genrally characterized by paralysis‚ weakness‚ incoordination‚ or ataxia. Pathophysiology and Etiology * Prenatal Factors (Most Common) 1. Infection (rubella‚ toxoplasmosis‚ herpes simplex‚ and cytomegalovirus) 2. Maternal anoxia‚ anemia‚ placental infarcts
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‘’catastrophic head’’ injuries per year. This sport is dangerous because it’s too brutal. So many kids play football when it’s not safe for them. If you play you should at least wear the right material to play. Most kids don’t wear anything to protect them against the harmful impacts that happen. ‘’Catastrophic head’’ injuries are an enormous concern in football today. Football is a dangerous game to be a part of even though it’s fun to watch and fun to play. With the increase of head injuries the NFL and
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playing the high impact sport; which requires aggressive hitting and tackling. This puts them at risks of several injuries‚ including injuries to the brain. Children should not be permitted to play football before their brain fully develops; in order to reduce the risks of permanent damages to their brain. The risks associated with playing football can be severe for an under developed brain. Children start playing football at a young age and some hope to play for the National Football League (NFL).
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Should your child be able to play football at an early age. Children under the age of 10 shouldn’t be able to play because eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease! Even professional football player can get hurt or brain diseases. Another reason‚ When Oakland Raiders NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew retired recently at just 29 years old‚ he said his life had been focused on football for 24 years and he needed a change
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These concussions are becoming much more severe and there is a lot of concern about the safety of players who attain multiple concussions‚ not because of the immediate problems it might bring but the future toll that it could take on the athlete’s brain and body. The feelings of dizziness‚ headache or short loss of memory at the moment may not seem so dramatic at that point in time In some instances a player will attain a concussion but won’t alert anyone because they fear being benched but don’t
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is said to be stickier than grass. “It is these surfaces on which players say their foot gets “caught in the turf.” Studies have shown that there is a higher incidence of ACL injuries with surfaces that have a higher coefficient of friction.” (Drakos). The sticky rubber of artificial turf lead to player getting ACL injuries and them falls more frequently when their feet get caught in the turf. Upon falling on artificial turf players are feeling more impact than falling on normal grass. Artificial
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the same again. Football should be banned‚ because concussions are a horrible injury that can be life threatening‚ and injuries to the head have long term effects. The first reason why football should be banned is‚ injuries to the head can have long term effects. “If someone gets hit too hard in the head‚ they can get permanent brain damage.”(Jennifer Shotz‚ scholastic scope) This is important‚ because permanent brain damage can and will change the entire course of a person’s life. They might not
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for hard tackles and rough play‚ making head injuries inevitable. Football injuries are so serious that some states require the immediate removal of anyone suspected of having sustained a concussion and clearance from a qualified medical professional before the player can return to the field. Football is a dangerous sport because of the high impact injuries. Some of the long term negative health effects of football are catastrophic head injuries‚ brain damage‚ laws to protect players‚ and several
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