States‚ of which roughly 16.5 percent was sports-related. A recent victim of sport-related head injury was Junior Seau‚ a NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots. Over the course of his career he suffered over 1500 concussions. On May 2‚ 2012‚ Seau committed suicide because of concussion triggered depression. Another recent victim of head injury was Nathan Stiles. Nathan was a high school star senior running back and linebacker. One day while Nathan was running for a touchdown he sustained head injury
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soccer ball or throwing the ball to another base. Pulls and dislocations are mostly caused by not warming up properly or just not warming up in general. In both sports you have a chance of getting head injuries. Concussions are a big one‚ you can tell by the symptoms if you have a concussion‚ but you should still see the doctor. Most injuries are not career ending‚ but some can be‚ especially if you are in the major
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Snap‚Did you know that foot ball players get a lot of concussions during their years of being in the NFL.Some foot ball players get hurt so bad that they can’t play for a year.This is going to be about how we can make foot ball safer.I think that we should make foot ball safer. To kick it off‚ "foot ball players serve great risks to there health.They also can get hurt very badly.They can also get very severe brain disorders from getting hit by another player.And memory loss to.Foot ball players
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major brain damage. In the passage "Weighing the risks" it states former players may suffer several types of brain disorders from concussions and severe impacts from tackle. Football players walk away because they know that playing could cost them their lives and health. Even though they are attempting to improve player’s protective gear they are still getting concussions and frequent head injuries. Another fun but risky sport is auto racing many drivers can risk their health and lives too. People
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Head to head contact is when a player lowers his crown and hits his opponent directly in the head. This can cause a player to be ejected for the rest of the game and potentially miss the next game. Though head to head contact is illegal in present day football‚ I believe this rule is unnecessary because it takes away from the game by eliminating the amount of exposure used in a contact sport. Although as football evolves‚ so do the rules as well. Regulations against players hitting defenseless
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only make itself worse‚ it is almost like a death sentence. CTE will “Cause a build-up of an abnormal type of protein called tau‚ which slowly kills brain cells” (what is CTE?). Some say well CTE is only caused by concussions‚ well Dr. Bennet Omuula said “CTE is not caused by concussion.” Which in fact Dr. Omula is the discoverer of CTE and he also thing that younger kids playing football are at higher risk‚ he said “Now‚ he sees the game as an inherently risky activity in which only informed adults
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Resulting in many recent studies done based on the fears of brain injury. The movie starring Will Smith‚ "Concussion" in 2015 dealt with the brain damage and concussions in football. You expect a sport in which the objective is to strike the head and body of your opponent would not safer than football and soccer. But professional boxing is rated 4th in highest recorded brain injuries and concussions when ranked against other contact sports. I say "contact sports" but third on the list is race car
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football‚ many injuries are suffered every year. Some injuries are just painful spots on the body‚ such as contusions‚ breaks‚ and sprains. Other injuries may be catastrophic and sometimes even deadly. State laws in WV now require players to take concussion tests yearly before seasonal play begins‚ but the question some may ask is‚ is just one test a year enough? Personally‚ I am a strong supporter of children playing any sport that is offered. With that being said‚ young lives are too precious to
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and/or C.T.E. and it will affect their brain for the worse before it’s developed. First‚ high impact sports can be dangerous to kids and young adults because it affects their brain in a terrible way before the brain is fully grown. “Concern over concussions has filtered down from NFL to colleges‚ high school and youth leagues.” (Hard Knocks) Bryce Monti is a football player
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they have a head injury the player retested if they don’t pass they don’t play”‚ which is the smartest thing to do so they want have incidents like they had with what happen to Kwan Waller (CNN‚ 2012). As we see with Gary Dixon who suffered from a concussion and wasn’t able to play as
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