football is really fun‚ but there can be consequences that may never go away. It might surprise you how bad these injuries can affect you but it will help you have more knowledge about them. Younger kids shouldn’t play football because they can get concussions which can cause brain damage and memory loss. First of all‚ playing football can cause brain damage and affect you in the long run. In “Hard Knocks‚” The typical high school player gets about 650 hits to the head each season.It’s important
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to the statistics college football is the most dangerous sport not only 36 injuries per 1‚000 athletes but also with there concussion percentages. College football athletes are at a very dangerous percent with there concussion statistics with 34 percent of all college football players having had one concussion and a staggering 30 percent having dealt with two or more concussions before in their lives. While female athletes are for the most part not competing in as dangerous and the males they aren’t
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On top of the off the field work that the NFL and other organizations do to protect the players‚ they also implement controls on the field to help prevent concussions. These controls are in the form of penalties. Penalties are determined by the refs and impact the offending team negatively‚ and if a penalty is bad enough a player can be ejected from the game. This is done in order to change the way the players play. An example of one of these penalties is a flag for helmet-to-helmet contact. Players
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also a dangerous sport. Many football athletes don’t realize the things that can go on during a football game and even if they did they don’t take enough precautions to keep themselves safe. Football is a dangerous sport that can lead to multiple concussions and brain trauma‚ but there are ways that this sport can be made safer. I believe that football can be made a safer sport if high schools are informed about the dangers of brain trauma. Many of these accidents occur to high school football players
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Concussions or head injuries‚ derived from minor bumps or reiterated collisions‚ are earnest occurrences that are not to be taken lightly. As a matter of fact‚ head injuries were proven in many cases to relapse and cause long-term effects; such as brain damage. In integration‚ concussions can not only affect the physicality of athletes but their cognitive and mental status. With these factors‚ injured athletes should not be pressured to reduce their time "sitting" out‚ instead‚ let time to sanction
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Only 5. PHD Kevin M. Guskiewicz found that after a player returns from the first concussion they have a 92% chance of having another within 10 days of the first. It is not will but when‚ and studies show it’s within 10 days. It’s a silent killer‚ the CDC found that after a concussive blow 47% don’t feel the symptoms. For instance I’ve had a concussion; I passed the 5 day protocol and was excited to return. And on the very first play‚ I took a blow to the head and
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the Pittsburgh Steelers championship center‚ had a degenerative brain disease due to constant head trauma(1). Since the discovery other sports‚ such as rodeo for example‚ have shown that the NFL isn’t the only sport dealing with the effects of concussions(2). I was drawn to this subject because I wanted to learn about a topic that I find interesting and could use in my day to day life. Other things I learned about during my research is chronic muscle pains due to sports and ways to treat the pain(4)
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To see if risk of injury and concussions is different in Peewee hockey in leagues that have body contact compared to leagues that do not. Hypothesis (1): Leagues with body checking at peewee have a higher risk of injury and risk of concussions compared to leagues that do not have
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The NFL and Head Injuries: Should the NFL be Held Liable? Cameron B. Ford ENG 325 Intermediate Composition Prof. I. Muhammad May 12‚ 2014 The NFL and Head Injuries: Should the NFL be Held Liable? Head injuries caused by collisions during play in tackle football games can be linked to depression‚ violent behavior‚ and occasionally even death in former NFL professionals‚ one can argue the National Football League is not liable for injuries‚ behaviors‚ or death of current or past players as
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One thing is that currently‚ if a player has an concussion‚ he must pass an simple test before returning to the field. But that test isn’t the most effective way to diagnose a concussion. Every player gets a shot at the test when he’s 100% at the beginning of the season. So if he doesn’t get to that point‚ you bench him. The better way to do it is to bench him after sustaining a concussion. No test‚ no coming back in. (This rule was put in the concussion protocol) Another way to make the game safer
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