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    teens are fit with proper fitting equipment. Helmets have been changed to help decrease the chance of getting a concussion. More rules have been put in place that put safety as a higher priority. As for improving safety in football‚ cnn.com reports that “All 50states have adopted some sort of concussion legislation with minimum return-to-play guidelines for students who have had concussions.” Coaches are no longer saying suck it up and go like they used to. One of the leading leagues for teens playing

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    the ball he fell to the ground unconscious. When he was taken to the hospital‚ he had a very bad concussion and had never damage in his neck. Players and coaches‚ agree that in youth soccer headers shouldn’t be banned because its effect on the

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    Concussion‚ the life style of the rich and famous‚ and spending time away from family and friends‚ are three effects of playing football. Concussions are from being injured in football and being talked about in the media today. Concussions are mostly caused from head to head contact in a football game or practice. When a player suffers from a concussion‚ it is very serious because of the brain damage it can cause‚ including memory lost‚ blurred vision‚ and loss of consciousness. Concussions can

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    Face Masks Essay

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    from little league all the way until Major League Baseball. However‚ face masks are not required in the majority of leagues after children progress from younger age groups. The issue that results from the lack of face masks involves a number of concussions that could be prevented‚ as well as other areas of the face being at risk. Face masks should be required for every player on the field‚ including pitchers‚ batters‚ and fielders‚ especially at the high school level in Louisiana.

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    head causing concussions. The sports world has been very busy lately addressing lawsuits‚ putting together committees and discussing various rule changes. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says “The NFL and its clubs have long made player safety a priority and continue to do so.”(Morelli pg2) But is this the complete truth. Concussions are a very serious occurrence in the sports world today. Concussions don’t always involve being hit and then knocked out like most people think. A concussion occurs when

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    occurrence of injuries in children at such a young age. Many injuries such as concussions go unnoticed therefore prolonging and escalating the severity of injuries‚ in some cases leading to death. For example‚ second impact syndrome occurs when an athlete returns to a sport too early after suffering from an initial concussion and obtains another concussion shortly after. This often causes fatal effects. Several concussions go undetected because of the difficulty in diagnosing whether one is present

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    have a risk of stabbing or burning yourself by accident. In this case‚ whenever you participate in a sport‚ you have the risk of getting a concussion. What is a concussion? A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body. "The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States." (Article One) In teens‚ controversy has come to the point where adults ask: By law‚ a medical professional

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    Informative speech on Concussions Intro Imagine your head pounding and you don’t know where you are‚ your eyes are dilated and you can’t remember how or what happened. All of a sudden you’re getting help being carried off by people you can’t recognize. You get to the sideline and they start asking you multiple questions‚ who are we playing? What’s the score? And you stumble to answer these questions and get them wrong. Then they make you take a seat on the bench and say your done playing and inform

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    suspected of having sustained a concussion and clearance from a qualified medical professional before the player can return to the field. Football is a dangerous sport because of the high impact injuries. Some of the long term negative health effects of football are catastrophic head injuries‚ brain damage‚ laws to protect players‚ and several deaths. First of all‚ football causes a lot of head injuries over the season for players. Although sport related concussions among young people in the U.S

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    safety or entertainment. What i’m going to show you are a few options that could change the safety of our favorite players lives. My first topic is about concussions. Did you know that from 2012 to 2016‚ there were over 1000 concussions in the nfl. That is over half of the players in the NFL. This could also be changed by changing the concussion protocol.

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