The Dangers Of Concussions In Sports

Concussion Essay Although one in five teenagers involved in sports are diagnosed with a concussion, I think I would not let my kid play football because of the concussions and injuries that can happen to him, CTE can develop as he plays more throughout his life and I want to prevent any serious injury. About 20% of teenagers go through with this and it is something as a parent or anyone for us to worry about the child because it is a serious injury that can later on affect the child’s brain. You can always go to the doctor’s and check up on the child to make sure everything is fine and how to prevent or take more care of them while playing the football or any other sport. According to Kim Gorgens in Ted Talk, she mentions that “ more than four million people sustain a concussion each year” and “high schoolers playing contact sports are three times more likely to have a serious concussion.” Football holds the highest percentage of
These players are playing constantly getting hits from 95 g’s the average to over 100 g’s of force which causes these concussions and injuries. In the video of “Concussion” from ABC news mentioned that “NFL has made numerous changes to the game to enhance the player health and safety at all levels of football...” but it won’t change the fact that players are increasing the chance of a brain disease. The NFL stated that there has been a “ 34 percentage decrease in concussions in the NFL games since the 2012 season.”
Steelers legendary Mike Webster died from a heart attack in 2012, but a forensic pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu, had concerns and knew there was something wrong in Webster’s brain. Dr. Omalu did more research and used Webster’s brain, and he eventually found something interesting and discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) which is a disease caused by multiple head injuries and it was exactly what Mike Webster