Persuasive Essay On Football Concussions

Football Concussions you're running the ball, 5 yards away from your 10th touchdown in 5 games. Boom, the defender takes you out, you go flying in the air with your helmet flying off, and you have no protection from the ground and your head. When you land, you twist your head and you hear a loud crack at the moment of impact, almost breaking your neck and smashing your head wide open. everyone in the crowd grows silent, You stay down for 10 minutes, feeling nothing but sharp,stabbing, burning pain in your head and your neck, soon the pain travels to the rest of your body. then,when you think it can’t get any worse, your whole body, from head to toe, has that sharp burning pain. finally your head starts spewing out blood. Then the thought
that as you go unconscious, “will I ever play another game again, or see my family one more time.” Then you pass out, lying unconscious in your own puddle of blood. What if that person was you.

Many people love football, most of them want to play it professional.
But most of them can’t, because of concussions.concussions can cause lifelong problems with your brain. After a concussion you can have depression and short term memory loss.”39% -- the amount by which cumulative concussions are shown to increase catastrophic head injury leading to permanent neurologic disability”"Head Case - Complete Concussion Managements."A concussion can also damage your skull, which would require surgery that will not always end up being positive. more than 60% of retired NFL players, have experienced brain problems and had that lead to alzheimer's and other brain problems. Also, if you play football you will most likely in your lifetime get brain damage. “football players are much more likely to die from Alzheimer’s disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), and other conditions” ( Josh wortman). Chris borland, was a linebacker for the 49ers. He only played one NFL season before he wanted to retire. "I just want to live a long,healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger."Rettner, Rachael. Chris Borland Leaves NFL:” Borland retired from the league because of the increased chance of having a brain injury, which could lead to permanent brain
damage.

In the CFL ( canadian football league) there was 45% of the players have concussion like symptoms but nothing too major. But 16% of the players have been confirmed that they have a concussion, and were out for 2-4 weeks. Also, overall there were 69% injuries that were to the head. This all shows that concussions are common in football, and that they happen every year. This is important because you have about a fifty fifty chance of getting a concussion. Another important fact is that playing football gives you the best chance to get a concussion than any other sport.

Football: 64 -76.8
Boys' ice hockey: 54
Girl's soccer: 33
Boys' lacrosse: 40 - 46.6
Girls' lacrosse: 31 - 35
Boys' soccer: 19 - 19.2
Boys' wrestling: 22 - 23.9 this graph is for every 100,000 athletes that participate in each sport. This shows us that Football is the most dangerous, high risk sport to get a concussion. It also show that football has a 20% more chance of getting a concussion then the second sport which is hockey. Another fact is that the total amount of concussion reported in 2012 was double the amount of the concussions in 2002. This statistic shows that the helmet and the equipment is not getting any better even though doctors say they are. So is football really that much safe to play?, even though researchers say it is.?

So should you risk your life playing football even though you might be the best?. It's your choice football of injured for life.Because, do you want to end up living just like your best friend, in pain and misery, and will never be the same again.