Professor Winters
ENG-120J
7 September 2013
Concussions: Creating Awareness for Sports-Related Brain Injuries
The National Football League is one of the biggest organizations in the United States. The injury rate in football is overwhelming, so overwhelming there are already studies out saying football might lead to suicide. Injuries are quite the stat in today’s sports world but the scariest numbers of them all are head injuries. People don’t realize how big of a dilemma it is and even most youth coaches cannot tell the difference between a concussed kid and a non-concussed one. Football and America go hand and hand, to take away America’s favorite game is just way too absurd to think about but could it happen? Or will …show more content…
Starting out with basic information about concussions as the first point, an initiative for awareness as the second, and finally the last point goes on about showing real life situations where concussions have impacted lives immeasurably. I played soccer my entire life and my father always emphasized this same quote almost every time something extreme happened during an NFL game, “Son, football players are just a bunch of big dumb idiots waiting to get hurt, this is why you play real football”. In some ways he was right, but soccer also has its risks, as both sports are examples of aerobic exercises that can lead to high levels of …show more content…
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