buttery bowl of popcorn and watch an aggressive game of football where teammates are constantly tackling each other‚it is important to still remember that as fun as this game may be to watch playing it leads to many dangerous life-threatening injuries. The informative article "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler found in upfront magazine‚ the infographic‚ titled “How Many G’s”‚ and the youtube video labeled "Concussion Hazards in Youth Football" (Dr. Drew interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta‚ HLN/CNN)
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Is football dangerous? Football is dangerous‚ and they have proved it. But should we not watch it‚ because it is dangerous? Do we have the right to ban football‚ or will it ever be banned? Does football have a too great of a hold on Americans‚ that we have to have it‚ like it’s an addiction we want it around‚ even though it’s dangerous‚ but is that even a right reason to have football‚ because we are addicted to it? Football is very dangerous it causes CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It
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Why the SEC is the Best Conference in College Football What do Alabama‚ LSU‚ Florida‚ Tennessee‚ and Auburn all have in common? They are all in the SEC and they all have won BCS championship games! Well today I am going to give you a couple reasons why the SEC is the most dominant conference in college football today‚ as compared to conferences such as the Big 12‚ Big 10‚ ACC‚ etc. First I will go over their top tier recruitment of talented athletes‚ then I will go over their dominant coaching
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For those in the know‚ American football and rugby are very different sports‚ but for the inexperienced spectator‚ the two sports can look rather similar. So what are the differences? For starters‚ there are two different versions of rugby: league and union. This article refers to the Rugby League‚ as the union type differs greatly. Union rugby is rougher and the rules are looser‚ which means the game can turn violent at times. American football and rugby‚ however‚ share some common rules that make
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“ Football After School ” What Parental feelings does McCarthy explore in the poem and how does she use language to present them to you? Football after school is a poem about a mothers‚ or the poets’‚ struggles in the harsh realisation of her son maturing‚ and having to experience school. Patricia is feeling powerless and worried about her sons inevitable future of him going to school which he has to endure. We observe the poet sharing her thoughts‚ and images‚ in each verse her view changes on
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Handball has been played all over the world for thousands of years. Although different variations on the game‚ it is known as one of the oldest ball games ever played. Handball was played in Egypt over four thousand years ago. It was also played in ancient Rome and in many cultures in South America. On five thousand year old tombs at Saqqara in Egypt‚ there are drawings of Egyptians playing handball. It shows girls groups of two playing the game. The Egyptians were known to play many ball games
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Elkhorn Soccer Rules Kick-off A kick-off is a way of starting or restarting play either at the start of the match or after a goal has been scored. A goal may be scored directly from the kick-off. Procedure: All players are in their own half of the field. The opponents of the team taking the kick-off are at least 10 yards from the ball until it is in play. The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves forward‚ the kicker can’t touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player
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learning eyes. Kids see how they act‚ how they celebrate a touchdown‚ even… how 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
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We all know the game of football is one of Americas most beloved and exciting sports‚ but what are the long term risk of playing this brutal game. The game of football was invented November 6 1869 the first game played was by Rutgers and Princeton Unversitys sense that day the game of football has grown into what it is today a multibillion dollar industry‚ but new studies have been released showing that in high school kids 11.2 kids get a concussion out of 10000 games or practices. But what are
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I was involved in‚ but football was by far the best one for me. I know that the sport isn’t something that is appealing to everyone‚ but it is something that interests me and makes up a community that I identify with. Football is a sport I wanted to play because it involved being a part of something bigger than myself and do something at a competitive level‚ and I think a lot of the people that play have that same mentality. With that‚ I have gained knowledge from football that I can use in other
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