1. The facts that give rise to the lawsuit were that Mr. Class (The Plaintiff) who was a former football player at Towson University was severely injured. During a routine practice‚ the plaintiff collapsed on the field resulting in a heat stroke and liver failure. The plaintiff survived his life-threatening injuries by receiving a liver transplant and extensive rehabilitation. However‚ after the plaintiff’s successful recovery and rehabilitation‚ the plaintiff tried to reinstate into the Towson University’s
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History Inventors invented the football helmet to prevent head injuries. One of the rarest and first leather football helmet Circa 1903. Soft very thin leather‚ very thin padding. They were the first types of helmets used for football. They were the only means of head protection until after world War II. Soft leather helmets where first used until the 1930s. Then they made them with hard leather that better protected the head. Helmet designs improved over the years by adding more padding
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There is a issues in the current case which need to be solved. The issue is if Li can be held liable for the injuries suffered by Paul Henri. Paul Henri is diagnosed with a concussion by playing barrel rolling operating by Li when he was looking to get some more excitement in his life. Therefore‚ the question arises if it can be established that Li is liable under the law of negligence for the injuries suffered by Paul Henri. For this purpose‚ it need to be seen if Li had taken all reasonable steps
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impact. The high impact injuries need to be prevented because if they don’t more and more people will suffer from concussions‚ permanent brain damage‚ and different thoughts and emotions then they had before the injuries. The amount of injuries caused by high impact sports in much more than others. “I don’t think my life will ever be the same” (2) Bryce Monti said after he had two concussions one after another because of head to head collisions. He has had headaches for a long time because of what happened
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Common signs of concussions include dizziness‚ nausea‚ headaches‚ light sensitivity‚ and confusion. 13‚250‚000 of people experience these feelings after a soccer game. Soccer players should be required to wear headgear. Since soccer is a major contact sport‚ soccer players should be required to wear headgear because when they’re pushed and fall they won’t be seriously injured. Soccer players should also be required to wear headgear is because if someone throws an elbow or something‚ they can sustain
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Competitive Sports Imagine you’re playing in quarterback and you fall and hit your head really bad. You end up getting a concussion‚ this is why competitive sports can be harmful. The other side says‚ competitive sports are beneficial. What i think is that competitive sports are very harmful. First of all competitive sports can cause multiple injuries‚ secondly competitive sports can cause lots of pressure‚ and finally competitive sports can cause lots of parents to pay lots of money. One example
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Jaime Mariscal Writing 121 Draft (Claim) The 4.4 million children who play tackle football sustain more than 500‚000 concussions in the United States. The problem is players usually don’t report anything after a hit to the head and that hit can always lead to brain injury. Football helmets should higher their technology to combat concussions because helmets are still causing major head injuries. For this to take effect helmet companies will need to invest more in there research to construct
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Football On November 6‚ 1869‚ Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. In 1876‚ a coach named Walter Camp‚ who is considered the “Father of American Football‚” helped produce the first rules of American football. Now over 147 years later football is still a popular sport watched by millions of americans. American football is a sport played by two teams of eleven players who attempt to get a touchdown. Whoever scores a touchdown will gain six points for their
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The brain is a vital part of the human body that allows for humans to be able to function and communicate‚ but it is also a structure that can greatly affect the body and its functions if damaged. The brain is at risk of damage in most situations such as accidents or disease‚ but one of the greatest events in life that have a huge risk of brain damage are contact sports. Four brain structures that can be affected by a sports related injury to the head are the cerebellum‚ hippocampus‚ amygdala‚ and
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less. When I discuss this topic with my teammates‚ they strongly agree with my new placement of the padding because they themselves have suffered concussions and other serious injuries due to the poor choice of padding placement in helmets. I have also suffered many injuries myself due to the lack of properly placed padding‚ but I have never had a concussion. I learned many things about myself throughout
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