Football Too Dangerous
Are sports too dangerous? Sports are fun, but they are also very dangerous at times. Let's take Football for example. Football is one of America’s most important sports, but it is also one of the most dangerous sport ever. People see the fun and thrill of the game, but what they don't see is how much people get hurt in them. Football players are a magnet to head injuries, hard hits, concussions mostly and many other death leading damage. All of these injuries and situations leading to death shows you that it is a good idea for schools and recreation departments to start eliminating football programs because of safety issues.
An Article by "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler states that “The National Football League (NFL) for years denied there was a link between the sport and brain damage, but in 2009, it acknowledged publicly for the first time that concussions suffered while playing football can lead to long-term negative health effects. Last year, the NFL revealed that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop permanent brain impairments.” This quote shows just how dangerous football is. This is important since it shows how many players get frequently injured playing football, and a handful of them with permanent brain injuries. This can not …show more content…
continue to happen. A lot of people can lose their life to football. Football should be ridden from all schools before this can happen.
A video of Dr.
Drew interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the "Concussion Hazards in Youth Football", shows Dr. Sanjay talking about the dangers of football, and how they are caused. A quote from the video states that “Approximately 3.8 million concussions occur each year in sports, such as football.” This quote shows the major amount of people who get concussions over the point of a year. Just a year. This is very crucial since if school, and recreational departments continue to keep these dangerous sports, then just imagine what that number would be in the future. The number of concussions per year is 3.8 million. In the near future that could be the number for just 6 months. Football has to be
banned.
Finally an Infographic shows the total amount of gravity or acceleration (G Force) is forced on your body with three different examples going from lowest to highest. You can tell already that football is probably in the highest part of the scale. Well, it is. “A roller coaster plunge is 5G, a heavyweight boxer’s punch is 58G, and a football hit that could lead to a concussion is a 100G.” This information came from the University of Michigan, School of Kinesiology.
An Article by "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler states that “The National Football League (NFL) for years denied there was a link between the sport and brain damage, but in 2009, it acknowledged publicly for the first time that concussions suffered while playing football can lead to long-term negative health effects. Last year, the NFL revealed that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop permanent brain impairments.” This quote shows just how dangerous football is. This is important since it shows how many players get frequently injured playing football, and a handful of them with permanent brain injuries. This can not …show more content…
continue to happen. A lot of people can lose their life to football. Football should be ridden from all schools before this can happen.
A video of Dr.
Drew interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the "Concussion Hazards in Youth Football", shows Dr. Sanjay talking about the dangers of football, and how they are caused. A quote from the video states that “Approximately 3.8 million concussions occur each year in sports, such as football.” This quote shows the major amount of people who get concussions over the point of a year. Just a year. This is very crucial since if school, and recreational departments continue to keep these dangerous sports, then just imagine what that number would be in the future. The number of concussions per year is 3.8 million. In the near future that could be the number for just 6 months. Football has to be
banned.
Finally an Infographic shows the total amount of gravity or acceleration (G Force) is forced on your body with three different examples going from lowest to highest. You can tell already that football is probably in the highest part of the scale. Well, it is. “A roller coaster plunge is 5G, a heavyweight boxer’s punch is 58G, and a football hit that could lead to a concussion is a 100G.” This information came from the University of Michigan, School of Kinesiology.