Concussions In Football
Concussions and Football
Every year, when summer begins to wind down and the children are getting ready to go back to school, football season is ready to ignite. The NFL professionals have been practicing for a little while now and the high schools and youth leagues are ready to suit up as well. Football in some families is considered a passage to life for many boys. Many players step onto the field with all of their protective gear, never even considering how dangerous the sport really is. What it is to medicals professionals and some parents is a concern for recurring concussions and lingering brain damage. The sport of football is beginning at younger and younger ages, as young as four years old. Proud fathers, and mothers too, sign …show more content…
The more upsetting part of CTE is that it is a disease that can only be clinically diagnosed after death. Those suffering this condition it is too little way too late. It is not that football has changed to be more violent but the sizes of the players have made the impacts more forceful.
Along with the teamwork, the players learn how to use their bodies as weapons and deliver the hits that cripple their opponents. The intended reaction is to cause them to fall down to the ground. The harder, more dramatic the hit, the more praise and recognition the player and team will receive.
To fight off the forceful hit, most players prepare for the collision by curling themselves over the ball, to make sure they do not fumble. As a result of protecting the ball their head becomes in the direct line for the impact with the other player. A preliminary study conducted by helmet maker, Riddell, shows that 61% of game concussions results from helmet-to-helmet hits (Vergano). When deciding to become a football player there was an obvious concern for player’s knees and shoulders but now the attention is being placed on the injuries that you cannot always see, brain injuries. This is where the rules of the game are beginning to be …show more content…
So changing the rules to the game is not the only place changes need to be made. A focus on improving safety equipment is extremely important as well, mainly the helmets. “A company, Xenith, markets a model with shock absorbers within the helmet… [to] soften the impact to the head… [Xenith] surveyed 540 players using the helmet and found reports of only three concussions” (Geregory). If the helmet could be proven, by an outside source, to greatly decrease the amount of concussion to our football players, than this uniquely designed helmet is a product that would be worth the NFL and leagues everywhere to invest money
Every year, when summer begins to wind down and the children are getting ready to go back to school, football season is ready to ignite. The NFL professionals have been practicing for a little while now and the high schools and youth leagues are ready to suit up as well. Football in some families is considered a passage to life for many boys. Many players step onto the field with all of their protective gear, never even considering how dangerous the sport really is. What it is to medicals professionals and some parents is a concern for recurring concussions and lingering brain damage. The sport of football is beginning at younger and younger ages, as young as four years old. Proud fathers, and mothers too, sign …show more content…
The more upsetting part of CTE is that it is a disease that can only be clinically diagnosed after death. Those suffering this condition it is too little way too late. It is not that football has changed to be more violent but the sizes of the players have made the impacts more forceful.
Along with the teamwork, the players learn how to use their bodies as weapons and deliver the hits that cripple their opponents. The intended reaction is to cause them to fall down to the ground. The harder, more dramatic the hit, the more praise and recognition the player and team will receive.
To fight off the forceful hit, most players prepare for the collision by curling themselves over the ball, to make sure they do not fumble. As a result of protecting the ball their head becomes in the direct line for the impact with the other player. A preliminary study conducted by helmet maker, Riddell, shows that 61% of game concussions results from helmet-to-helmet hits (Vergano). When deciding to become a football player there was an obvious concern for player’s knees and shoulders but now the attention is being placed on the injuries that you cannot always see, brain injuries. This is where the rules of the game are beginning to be …show more content…
So changing the rules to the game is not the only place changes need to be made. A focus on improving safety equipment is extremely important as well, mainly the helmets. “A company, Xenith, markets a model with shock absorbers within the helmet… [to] soften the impact to the head… [Xenith] surveyed 540 players using the helmet and found reports of only three concussions” (Geregory). If the helmet could be proven, by an outside source, to greatly decrease the amount of concussion to our football players, than this uniquely designed helmet is a product that would be worth the NFL and leagues everywhere to invest money