As an owner of a restaurant, I am a part of a team every day. If I had to choose a project, it would be our SuperBowl Sunday. This is our greatest challenge every year because we have an enormous amount of huge orders to fill. Each member of my team has his or her own duties. It is my job to make sure that each member of my team is equipped with everything needed to perform their task effectively and efficiently.…
In today’s world of sports, teams are utilizing illegal methods to win and have an advantage over competitive teams. In the NFL one of the biggest teams in America are the New England patriots. They have utilized their creative illegal strategies to beat competition. The team has been known to be one of the top superior teams in the league, however, they have also been known to utilize illegal tactics and strategies to win. A few years ago the New England patriots were under fire for allegedly spying on other team’s plays and coaches hand gestures. They were caught spying on the New Jersey jets plays using cameras and hidden microphones to learn their offense and defense of plays. The scandal reached the public community…
In Daniel Flynn’s essay “Football Does a Body Good,” he states his point of view on football and the way we should see it (Flynn). Football is not just an “ego bruiser” it is a dangerous sport that has cause many head injuries and other problems throughout the years. This sport has caused many players to have later on diseases such as CTE, Alzheimer's, Dementia,and many other things due to head trauma. Multiple head injuries has both severe short and long-term effects that have become a major problem in the NFL. Football has become careless, dangerous, and unsafe for those who play the sport.…
The author of “Against Football” Steve Almond claims the NFL is immoral. The NFL has proven to be the biggest sport and “thing” in America taking the same amount of time in certain people's lives as religion. Our obsession with players in the NFL making miracles with their bodies is what attracts us to the sport almost like an addiction. In his ted talk Steve Almond's states that football is a moral undertaking and that football does not only serve as entertainment but also does things to us. With this in mind we ignore the damages to the brain as well as all other injuries the players take on because of what entertainment we get out of their despair. The players high risk of concussion and lifelong crippling injuries are glorified by fans…
Imagine 96.9 million people watching the same thing, ingesting copious amounts of food and beer, and cheering maliciously for a squad that may or may not be their team of choice. I grew up in South Africa where the Super bowl is not nearly as big as it is in the United States. I was naive to the idea of watching any big game besides the World Cup. When I moved to the US I did not know what the Super bowl was. 198 countries watch the Super bowl and it is aired in 25 different languages across the world. I can’t help but think to myself that this is just a game and I don’t really care who wins, even though my surrounding suggested otherwise. I am sitting in a room full of diehard Seahawks fans. All of the furniture has been moved to each wall in the little room so that everyone can see the big flat screen TV. Beers are cracked, chip bags are opened, and we are about to watch the most watched TV program in United States history, the Super Bowl. Bronco’s fans are turned away and the guys roar at them as they try to enter the small apartment. “If you are not supporting the Seahawks you can stand up and get the hell out” one of my friends yelled as non-supporters walked away. Bud Light is the beer of choice in the room and Doritos are the chip of choice. As the game is about to start the room ignites and everyone is immediately fired up. The commercials play through the loud chatter in the apartment and they seem to be unimportant except for a few that are considered memorable. The Super Bowl is a spectacle and there is nothing else like it. The Super Bowl is a large reflection of American culture. Through media, commercials, and the atmosphere that this game creates, patriotism and masculinity are unintentionally the main aspects of this spectacle.…
It is Superbowl Sunday. You have family and friends over to watch the game. The room fills with the aroma of pizza, wings, and nachos. You hear the sounds of laughter and talking; that all stops instantaneously; as the quarterback receives the ball and gets tackled,he does not get back up. Turns out the quarterback has severe brain trauma and will not be able to speak in complete sentences. This can be prevented with the end of the National Football League or NFL. The NFL is a repulsive greedy company that only cares about money and not about the wellbeing of others. It is time to shine the light on the NFL so people can see the malice that they create by shoving their problems under the rug. The NFL needs to be stopped before it…
Concussions cause the dangerous disease CTE that has already claimed the lives of many athletes in the NFL and in other sports. We are doing research on CTE but a lot more needs to be done. If the NFL is going to be safer they need to relinquish all of their information and research on player brain injuries. Some good things are being done to rule changes to make the game safer, but it is still not enough. There is a fine line however between changing rules and changing the game, which the NFL will have to navigate carefully. One of the better answers to these brain injuries is to improve the helmet protecting the head. Many developers have made ingenious new ideas to combat the concussion epidemic in football. It is up to the NFL to adopt the new innovations to the football helmet to drastically improve player safety. A person’s brain is the most important part of the body. It just makes sense to want to protect it as much as possible. As the public becomes more aware of the dangers football has on a player’s brain people may reconsider playing football. If the NFL is going to have a future, they must make their game safer. If people see less players effected by concussions on TV public perception of football will improve. Something clearly needs to be done to combat these serious health problems facing current and past NFL…
First of all, playing football can cause brain damage and affect you in the long run. In “Hard Knocks,” The typical high school player gets about 650 hits to the head each season.It’s important that you know that the number of hits to the head can affect your brain tremendously. Medical researchers at Boston university recently confirmed that 88 of 92 former NFL players that donated their brains for research suffered…
Football plays a great part in the United States. It is a part of our culture and is a part of the atmosphere in the fall when school is about to start. It is an amusing experience for a lot of people and their families. This is what make football a part of our culture. One thing to actually think about though is what is essentially happening to the children, the young adults, and athletes involved in this sport; they are growing older then, attending college or even playing professional football with head injuries. Understanding that in football there are many collisions of the head to somebody else’s head or other body parts. Although, the brain sits inside of a cranial vault, also known as the skull. Even wearing the best equipment…
"INTERCEPTION!" shouts the announcer. The game is 20-14. Your team who is losing, just intercepted the ball at your 10 yard line. There is one minute left in the fourth quarter and each team has only one time out. You are the quarter back and now have to take the ball down-field to win the game. What's your call?…
In 2017, Donald Trump was abolishing the NFL player’s natural rights. According to the First Amendment, citizens have the freedom of speech and assembly. Several popular NFL teams kneeled or refused to participate in the National Anthem to protest unity. Donald Trump disharmonized the NFL players and coaches who choose those dishonorable acts. Although the NFL’s actions were dishonored, how were Trump’s tweets/comments significant?…
The NFL has been the subject of some scrutiny from the media and retired players in the past few years. They recently paid $765 million to former players and their families in a concussion lawsuit settlement. (NFL.com) "We now have a fund that is there for players and their families if they are having any issues. We also are going to baseline those players. If they develop neurocognitive issues, there will be a fund there for them." Said Commissioner Roger Goodell. (NFL.com) On top of making the fund for retired players the NFL has also implemented several new rules to help current players reduce the risk of injury. While these new rules are a start, these are only the beginning steps to further preventing serious injuries caused to players.…
The National Football League is a professional football league that is made up of 32 teams and is the popular and richest sport in the United States. The NFL supports numerous of causes such as “play 60”, salute to service, “NFL green” and the league also supports breast cancer awareness in the month of October. The NFL follows through with reasonable information about the cause and the league also ask for donations for breast cancer awareness. The causes the NFL supports are relevant to their business, for instance, salute to service is relevant to the NFL because they avidly supporting the troops by players and coaches traveling abroad to salute the men and women of service. The salute to service is also pertinent the league because former…
Doctors proved that, “Recent studies have shown that head injuries sustained by NFL players can eventually lead to debilitating, chronic brain diseases such as dementia” (“NFL Head Injuries). This is a problem because the NFL isn’t doing enough to protect their players. Yes, the players do provide entertainment for everyone, but if the NFL keeps being careless many franchise players won’t be able to play. NFL players should be better protected by the NFL so players don’t develop brain disease, and won’t have to get sidelined during games due to concussions. Doctors researched and found out that, “A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease” (“FRONTLINE”). This shows that the NFL doesn’t protect their players enough. Only 4 former NFL players out of 91 weren’t diagnosed with concussions. The NFL needs to take better care of players so this doesn’t happen as often. Although brain diseases due to concussions are a tremendous problem, one thing that is much worse than that is a player's chances of getting another concussion. Once a player suffers their first concussions they are more likely to develop a concussion. “Studies show, after the first concussion, the athlete is four times more likely to suffer another” (“Concussions in Sports”). This is very important because as players get more and more concussions. Eventually they will develop permanent brain damage or they…
There are 1.1 million High School football player in the U.S. Many parents are questioning whether or not football is the right sport for their children and many pros think that is may not be the right sport for themselves due to the numbers of concussions that are happening. Three or more concussions could cause brain damage and/or memory loss. Should football be banned because of concussions?…