responsibilities of being a football player is to first to take care of your condition‚ Show respect for team policies‚ and understand your roll . You also have to understand that you have to be on time. You can actually get fined for missing a practice. NFL players actually usually work out around with their conditioning twice a week. Once at home and once on the field. Usually you work out with weights at home and on the field you practice on your drills and reps with your team. You have to remember to
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hockey is especially strenuous on someone’s head. The most recent and accurate study on concussions in the NHL was done in seven seasons over 1997-2004. This study showed that 559 players had gotten a concussion during regular season games over seven seasons(Concussions Statistics Tallied in Study of NHL). In football there are more full body injuries than there are head injuries. Yes football players can get concussions and do but not as often as injuring the rest of their body. The total number of injuries
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Two of the three scheduled debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is slated to run interference against two scheduled NFL games making the two biggest questions this preseason: Will you watch the games live and tape the debates? Or‚ perhaps‚ you bag the debates altogether? In our republic where the uninformed voter is legion‚ bagging any televised debate doesn’t even compare to missing the Super Bowl or even the Quick Lane Bowl. In a country where baptisms‚ funerals‚ weddings‚ and
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with a severe concussion. During my freshmen year‚ after a soccer game I was diagnosed with having trauma to my head. Originally‚ I was told that I would only have to miss a few week of school and possibly a month of soccer. Although‚ those few weeks turned into four months‚ and that month turned into six months. At moments it felt as if I was robbed my life‚ I could not see my friends‚ play soccer‚ read‚ go to school‚ and even walk without becoming incredibly dizzy. The concussion later on led
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Concussions while playing football has been under the microscope for a while now‚ the players that are wanting compensation for these concussion incidents are saying the concussions have caused neurological impairments and multiple other fatal diagnoses such as Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s‚ ALS and even death. One of the lead plaintiffs in this class action against the NFL was Kevin Turner‚ who died at the age of forty-six. Turner was diagnosed with ALS six years before he died‚ it turned out that the
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they are hit. With concussions in youth football turning into such huge issues including safety and prevention the National Football League is one that has been stepping up to take its own changes. The NFL has always endorsed safety with youth programs and encouraging concussion prevention‚ but with football being such a physical sport it begs the question of‚ “Is it worth it.” With the NFL being one of the most prominent outlet to youth‚ the handling of issues such as concussion needs to be handled
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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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Concussions In Sports Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either
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Concussions or traumatic brain injuries are a major issue because they impair brain function and the results can be permanent‚ impacting the day-to-day functioning of players and their loved ones for the rest of their lives. They are caused by blows to the head and depending on the area(s) of the brain injured and the severity of the trauma‚ some of the effects include problems with concentration‚ thinking‚ memory‚ vision‚ balance and coordination (dizziness). Because of the decrease in cerebral
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Concussions‚ due to being a common form of terrible and upsetting brain injury‚ have gathered increased attention over the last few years. Partly due to them happening in different settings‚ including sports and everyday activities. Even though they are classified as mild traumatic brain injuries‚ concussions can have significant short and long-term effects on thinking-related function‚ emotional well-being‚ and overall quality of life. There are many different parts to investigate‚ including‚ causes
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