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
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Epidemic of Concussions in Professional Hockey Anthony Leotta DeVry University Why is there an epidemic of concussions in the Professional Hockey? (National Hockey League) What is being done within the sport to minimize head injuries? The current epidemic in professional hockey is evidence that hockey needs better prevention in addition to better treatment. Fallen Stars Pittsburgh Penguins Center Sidney Crosby has been at the center of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) concussion debate.
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Globe and Mail’s editorial‚ “The NHL’s Concussion Quandary”(2015)‚ speaks out regarding the level of long-term harm professional hockey players are enduring due to the lack of guidelines when it comes to concussion protocol. Coming from a hockey family‚ with professional connections‚ one must consider what goes on between the players‚ trainers‚ coaches‚ general managers‚ and everyday fans being the issue not the regulations of the league. “The NHL’s Concussion Quandary” is finding players returning
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Hups 1 Amber Hups Mrs. Clinton AP Language 11 September 2014 Nickel and Dimed: Summer Reading Choice Novel Barbara Ehenreich‚ in the book Nickel and Dimed‚ argues that America’s working poor need to be paid higher wages. Ehenreich supports her argument by using precise details and unique point of view to present her experiences as a low paid‚ low class worker. The author’s purpose is to suggest no one can survive on minimum wage in order to gain support for raising the current standard salary in
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Thesis: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and concussions have great effects on former NFL players. Attention Getter: Talk about how many people dream and long to play in the NFL‚ but they do not realize the long term effects on their head. I am going to get the attention of the reader with an abrupt fact about about the high percentage of NFL players that had CTE. Interest Explained: Say how I am interested in this problem because I have a love for football‚ and have played since I was little. Also
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Students should be held out of sports longer after they receive a concussion. A concussion can lead to severe brain damage‚ however‚ an athlete can recover completely if they do not return to play the sport immediately. Allowing a student athlete to return to sports promptly could cause them perpetual brain damage and puts them at risk for further concussions while they are still recovering. Concussions are "invisible" injuries and high school athletes should be closely monitored until they recover
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The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States‚ according to source one. Being that so many sports-related concussions happen each year‚ players of sports should have to sit out for longer periods of time than they do currently. If sports players does not stay out of games for longer after injuries‚ and it ends up that they have a concussion that hasn’t been detected right away‚ then it could lead to further injuries. Or
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High College Comp II 8 February 2013 Cause and Effects of Hiding Concussions Symptoms You hear almost every day now about‚ the dangers of sustaining a concussion. With all the recent attention this issue is receiving‚ new studies and research are being funded to further determine what damage a concussion does to the brain. However there is something more dangerous than just getting a concussion. Hiding a concussion and its symptoms is an extreme risk athletes have taken for decades
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Meehan‚ D’Hemecourt‚ Collins and Comstock (2011) described common medical providers and medical studies that are used to assess sport concussions. In addition‚ Meehan et al. (2011) evaluated how different medical providers effect timing of return to play‚ frequency of imaging‚ and frequency of neuropsychological testing. Between 2009 and 2010‚ 192 different high schools reported data for athletes who competed in sports through the High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) injury surveillance
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we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the effect they have on people’s brains. Other injuries can affect the way a certain muscle can work. When you break a bone in your leg or tear something
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