The Role Of Concussions In Professional Sports

The National Football League has made it a focal point in the past decade to prevent concussions as much as they can. The actions such as training team physicians to be able to identify symptoms of a concussion and to ultimately increase awareness of head injuries.In the current day in age with football, there are countless players that play through concussions and hide the symptoms. This ultimately concludes with long-term brain damage to the player and gives a bad reputation to the NFL for not noticing the injury. In a recent push to garner the public’s trust again, the NFL talked about the risk of concussions and brain injury’s comes along with the game, but they are doing their best to prevent them. George Miller, a National Football spokesman,
states; “We're joining together to make sure students, coaches, trainers, parents and school officials understand the serious risk that concussions pose to student-athletes and to become aware of steps to minimize the risk of concussions” (qtd. in “NFL”).