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    Football Concussions

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    The National Football League has recently faced a class-action lawsuit from hundreds of ex-football players regarding the lifelong effects of football concussions. The NFL has settled its brain trauma case in September of 2013 with an agreement to pay out $765 million to 4500 football retirees (Ezell). Concussions have become a major issue in not only the game of football but the business of football as well. In high contact sports‚ such as football concussions are going to be very prevalent. Equipment

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    Cte In Football

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    Have you ever played football? Did you like it? Well‚ football is dangerous sport. Football is dangerous enough that you have to even quit football. Kids should not be able to play football‚ because football causes a lot of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain

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    Research on Football

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    Research Paper on Football Most people in Germany enjoy watching football on television or live in the stadium. Football is not only sport number one‚ but also the number one topic of conversation. Although it is so popular‚ many people‚ fans or not fans‚ discuss whether the football players are good value or not. So‚ is it fair that they earn so much more than others? Of course stars like Ronaldo‚ Zidane or Beckham‚ but also all the other professional football players have a high training

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    Concussions in Football

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    CONCUSSIONS IN FOOTBALL 1 Effects of Concussions in Football CONCUSSIONS IN FOOTBALL 2 Football has become the most popular sport in America. Boys start playing at the age of 6 and‚ if they turn pro‚ could play into their 30’s or even 40’s. Some people will say‚ “They know what they’re signing up for” or “The players choose to play the game”. Just because they may choose to play the game‚ does that mean that they don’t deserve the very best protection

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    American Football

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    this football game. All kinds of emotions stir‚ and as the men pound at each other constantly‚ the crowd roars. Because of all of the intensity involved in the game‚ football is on of the world’s most popular sports‚ however‚ understanding the game of football is not easy. Football is a complex sport in its origin‚ evolution‚ and rules of the game. It is said that the forerunner of American football was a game called "harpaston‚" played by the ancient Greeks. Similar to modern football‚ the

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    Football Is Dangerous

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    knowledge about football‚ I do think that football is dangerous for high school players. There are studies done that have proven there are more high school players getting hurt then the college players. “According to the study‚ published in the August 2007 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine‚ four out of every 1‚000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury‚ while eight out of every 1‚000 collegiate football exposures in an injury.” In a way‚ high school football players tend

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    mindsets? When you have a fixed mindset‚ you believe that “your qualities are carved in stone” (Dweck‚ 2007‚ pg. 6). Someone with a fixed mindset is always trying to prove themselves over and over again (Dweck‚ 2007). Let’s take my situation with basketball for example. I played one year and decided that I was too short to play on a team. I had heard that short people couldn’t play well. I didn’t think I was capable of being on a team‚ and I decided to quit playing all together. Another person may

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    Dangers Of Football

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    Football: A Game of Dangers Imagine being out on a field in the high heat of a summer afternoon. In full pads and a helmet‚ getting ready to start a 2 hour game. Teenagers of various heights and weights‚ all running at each other defending the football. Massive linemen collide with lean running backs. Players running back and forth a 100 yard field. Now imagine being tackled‚ being tack to the ground by one or more other players. Helmets colliding‚ ankles twisting‚ and backs smacking the ground

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    Football Players

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    Tiffany Henderson Robinson ENC 1101 6 October 2014 Florida Football Players: Are They Students Athletes? Many schools look to create the number one colligate football team in their division. From The University of Alabama‚ The University of Louisiana‚ and even here‚ at The University of Florida‚ each program strives to develop something great by recruiting players to fill holes on the team‚ or simply make an overall impact. However‚ the individual’s academic performance is sometimes over looked

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    Football Stereotypes

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    Should your child be able to play football at an early age. Children under the age of 10 shouldn’t be able to play because eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease! Even professional football player can get hurt or brain diseases. Another reason‚ When Oakland Raiders NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew retired recently at just 29 years old‚ he said his life had been focused on football for 24 years and he needed a change

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