Football’s $1‚000 Helmet Email Print Share Reprints Follow @TIME The life threatening spinal-cord injury that Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett suffered on Sunday while trying to make a tackle adds urgency to a question that gnaws at the NFL with each passing season — is playing pro football worth the risks? Everett‚ 25‚ remains sedated and on a respirator at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital in Buffalo following surgery to relieve the pressure on his spine. His orthopedic surgeon‚ Dr
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Persuasive Essay Did you know that more than ever NFL players are having more and more serious injuries? A study done over 2000 NFL games shows that NFL players are at more risk than ever. The reason for this surge of injuries is‚ the turf fields. Because of the way turf is designed it tends to be a lot harder than grass We need to get rid of all the turf fields in the NFL to protect players safety. It turns out that players were 77 percent more likely to tear their ACL on turf compared to regular
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cease. Almost everyone knows about football Sunday. But some people only see the game as a violent‚ unpredictable sport that can only cause harm to the boys that decide to play. Some mothers dread their child going on the field. They worry about concussions and other major injuries that can occur. They say the coaches are too harsh on the boys and the practices are too long and rough. However‚ these mothers do not understand what it takes to be a coach or what it takes to play football and the mental
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Argumentative piece- competitive sports An issue that is hotly debated is the topic of competitive sports. Research shows that overall competitive sports are not a good thing for children to be involved in. Because it can cause a lot of injuries‚ it puts a lot of pressure to do good with the kids‚ and lastly‚ for some sports‚ there are intense training schedules. My first reason is that there are a lot of injuries that happen in competitive sports. My evidence for this is that about 45 million
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applied. Concussion tests have been mandatory among players as young as high school‚ therefore more precautionary steps could be added to prevent injuries. Although I believe football should not be banned‚ it is understandable as to why it is dangerous. Recently a lawsuit has been filed from 4‚000 previous NFL players. As well as another suit from a group of former college players. Both suits stated that concussions were not taken as seriously as it should have been. In the article “Concussion Worries
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Although as football evolves‚ so do the rules as well. Regulations against players hitting defenseless athletes began in 1997 when it became illegal for a “defensive lineman to strike an opponent above the shoulder during an initial charge”(Operations NFL). With all of the laws and regulations being exposed‚ it is limiting the amount of strength and
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League to prevent traumatic and sometimes deadly hits on the field. Varying degrees of opinions as to what should be done; questions include inquiring on the ethics of the NFL and their lack of safety toward players as any kind of progressive movement. Stagnate would be the suitable term to use as describing the action taken by the NFL. Since the years of President Theodore Roosevelt‚ who wanted football outlawed in the 1900’s. The president himself could not enact the needed changes. American football
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The effects of this game are both physical and mental‚ impacting the lives of the men who have bravely sacrificed their longevity for their fans. Despite innumerable measures from the NFL to increase safety guidelines for the game‚ concussions remain the most prevalent and‚ often times‚ the most fatal injury of NFL players. Take‚ for instance‚ Mike “Iron Mike” Webster‚ who plays center for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs‚ who died of a heart attack at the age of fifty. After numerous
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Bowl‚ which is an American tradition. More countries are starting to be interested in American football. Over summer‚ I went to London‚ England for a few weeks. I found there that lots of citizens are very into the NFL and American football‚ and that they are even hoping to get their own NFL home team. Over time‚ I think that football will become just as popular a sport around the world‚ just like
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Brain Disease Endangers Football To a high school football player‚ the idea of a disease being severe enough to endanger his revered sport likely evokes outrage‚ or at the very least‚ a severe case of skepticism. And understandably so. Football has defined our culture‚ and for many‚ served as a proud way of life for nearly a century. Without football‚ high school -and really all of America- just wouldn’t be the same. Unfortunately‚ new studies demonstrate that this “disease” may hold some
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