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    When strapon football gear you get that rush of adrenalin waiting to make a big hit‚ you make the big hit your ears are ringing‚ your dizzy you can’t keep your balance. You keep wondering what’s wrong‚ well you have a concussion. Most of the concussions leave you at home for a couple of days and others can leave you with a very very serious mental disease. Football is the sport with the most concussions per year. Children are the most prone to have a concussion because of the fact that there brain

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    The football sports industry generates more than 50 million dollars in revenue in America each year. Along with this entertainment‚ comes some very costly injuries. A concussion is defined by Google‚ is a type of brain injury caused by a violent shock from a heavy blow to the head. In recent years‚ concussions in the National Football League have become very common. Over the past two seasons‚ 306 players have suffered a combined 323 concussions. Concussions have led to some players being paralyzed

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    Concussions in the NFL By: Eric D. Submitted to: Northern Michigan University EN 211D March 25‚ 2013 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………ii List of Illustrations……………………………………………………………………………….………iv I. Introduction……...……………………………………………………………………….......…5 II. Concussions………………………………………………………………………….…………6 A. Effects………………………………………………………………………….………6 B. CTE……………………………………………………………………………….……7 1. Disease…………………………………………………………………….……7

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    Football refers to a number of sports that involve‚ to varying degrees‚ kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football‚ more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified‚ the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears‚ including association football‚ as well as American football‚ Australian rules football‚ Canadian football‚ Gaelic football

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    Pittsburgh who studies the brain. While working here‚ Dr.Omalu discovered a new disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy‚ also known as CTE. Omalu did not discover this disorder until he did an autopsy on a former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler Football player‚ Mike Webster‚ who died at the age of Fifty. Webster was living out of his car‚ he would tase himself with a taser just to go to sleep. He was suffering from severe back pain‚ dementia‚depression‚ and amnesia. He became angry with his wife

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    for injuries and other problems‚ concussions are the main topic that has been in the new for the past five years. This

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    Concussions and ACLs Injuries are everywhere‚ and you may not be avoidable. In the NFL‚ studies show how concussions end players careers‚ and have long term effects that ruin lives. An ACL tear is another costly long term injury. Not only are you out for an extended period‚ but it also ruins careers. Although‚ as far as long term injuries‚ concussions are worse than ACL tears. The short term affects of concussions are hard to handle. The signs of having a concussion include; memory loss‚ imbalance

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    American football is a well-known sport throughout the USA and most likely the world. Professional football players are rich and a lot of them are seriously injured like having concussion. By the time a player retires from the sport they might go through many concussion in the time spent playing the sport. Some factor like artificial turf and dehydration are having an effect on concussion in football players. Artificial turf is plastic grass that is use in indoor stadium where real grass won’t have

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    article “Hard Knocks” is all about how football might be just too dangerous to play. Even some people have been severely injured while playing football. The long term negative health effects of high impact sports injuries are concussions and C.T.E.’s. Football is one of the many sports that causes concussions‚ which can lead to long term effects. “Bryce Monti was about to make a routine tackle when he knocked heads with one of his teammates and fell onto the football field at Hortonville High School”(15)

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    you run up the field for a huge gain. The safety is there to meet you with a vicious helmet to helmet hit. You wake up on a stretcher being carried to the locker room. The crowd giving you a standing ovation. You most likely have suffered a concussion. Concussions are becoming more and more serious as today’s athletes are becoming bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. Rules are being changed every year to try and make it safer. But is it really safe? I am going to tell you my opinion on player safety. I have

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