Argumentative Essay: The Dangers Of Football
Millions of families sit down together on Sunday nights and enjoy watching an NFL game and rooting for their favorite team. But, with major athletes such as LeBron James and Brett Favre coming forth and talking about the dangers of football, the NFL is starting to get a bad reputation. This issue not only affects the players and families, but communities and other profit-making companies as well. As the risks of playing football have been magnified in the media recently, it is important to look at not only these risks, but the benefits of this multi-billion dollar sport.
It seems as if every time the TV is turned on a new ex-football player is seen suing the NFL due to concussions. It is a fact that football players have a much greater chance of receiving neurological injuries. In Tanya Lewis’ article, “Retired NFL Players Show 'Pronounced' Brain Abnormalities”; she shows the reader just exactly how football can affect the player now and later in life. For example, she states that retired football players are 20 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other memory loss related illnesses than the average non-football playing person (Lewis). This article is clearly aimed at players and to those who can make a push to change rules. The article does this by using shocking and …show more content…
It is estimated that all 32 teams employ about 4,000 people each, so all together the total employment is around 115,000-120,000(insert citation). Along with the many people they employ the NFL also commits a lot of time and money to charities. For example, in an article written by the Commissioner he explains their efforts to save youth programs. In the article he states, the NFL foundation, which is non-profit, gave 45 million dollars to Football USA. This money went towards educating youth on how to be safe while playing football(National Football
It seems as if every time the TV is turned on a new ex-football player is seen suing the NFL due to concussions. It is a fact that football players have a much greater chance of receiving neurological injuries. In Tanya Lewis’ article, “Retired NFL Players Show 'Pronounced' Brain Abnormalities”; she shows the reader just exactly how football can affect the player now and later in life. For example, she states that retired football players are 20 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other memory loss related illnesses than the average non-football playing person (Lewis). This article is clearly aimed at players and to those who can make a push to change rules. The article does this by using shocking and …show more content…
It is estimated that all 32 teams employ about 4,000 people each, so all together the total employment is around 115,000-120,000(insert citation). Along with the many people they employ the NFL also commits a lot of time and money to charities. For example, in an article written by the Commissioner he explains their efforts to save youth programs. In the article he states, the NFL foundation, which is non-profit, gave 45 million dollars to Football USA. This money went towards educating youth on how to be safe while playing football(National Football