Football is not too dangerous to be played in high school. Football is a popular sport with half a million injuries nationally. 4 out of every 1000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury and 8 of out of every 1000 collegiate football exposures resulted in injuries so that means that even if it’s played in high school or college levels there is still a risk of injuries. High school football players have a greater proportion of getting season ending injuries as in fractures and concussions
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and age (Christmas Truce). In football‚ equipment is much more important for safety and can be strikingly expensive. With helmets mostly costing more than 100 dollars‚ even the most essential item for protection is out of the price range of poorer families. With soccer‚ anyone could buy ten soccer balls with that money and cones for goals. Accessibility is important because it makes the sport easy to play and cheaper for the parents to foot the bill. Youth football and soccer leagues are located
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Throughout the history of football there has been concussions because poor helmets have bad padding. Many people have in it taken a major part in it. How many people have died from head injuries. So people are should upgrade the helmets to protect anymore bad injuries‚ people have upgraded helmets but we need to do more from causing a lot more concussions. The head and brain are one of the most important parts of the body which they need to be protected and that is a very good way to protect it from
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Risk is intentionally facing danger‚ in order to achieve possible benefits. The articles ‘Concussions and Football’ by Richard C. Crepeau‚ University of Central Florida and ‘Why people smoke’ by Martin J Jarvis both feature a central theme of risk taking. Professional football players risk their future health in terms of brain function‚ cognitive and motor skills‚ to play a game built upon violence which provides players with a physical rush‚ fame and a prosperous career. One player said “he knew
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Between 2013-2015‚ the Chip Kelly era of Philadelphia Eagles football was known for two things: uptempo offense and poor roster management. While the uptempo offense was fun in Kelly’s first year as Eagles head coach. It was only successful thanks to Andy Reid’s players (Nick Foles‚ DeSean Jackson‚ Jeremy Maclin‚ LeSean McCoy). In the offseason prior to the 2015 season‚ Kelly was given the controls to make player personnel decisions. That caused a major shakeup in the Eagles’ organization as Howie
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COOPRIDER STUDENT NUMBER – 06006254 HSCM 2003 Work Placement Journal Assessment 1 Student number - 06006254 Work Placement Journal Introduction I completed my 40 hours work placement at Stourbridge College working with the college’s Football Academy. I worked with all of the college’s teams; however my main focus was with their A-team. The college has a link with Redhill Secondary School and this gave me the opportunity to assist with coaching the year 7‚ 8 and 9 year groups at the
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grown up in the shadow of the spotlight. Through sports‚ school‚ and social life‚ I was not the best player‚ student‚ or friend. My senior year‚ football season changed all of that in a matter of a few days. Football has been the sport that I have loved and adored my whole life‚ but unfortunately that love was tested to the max. During the summer before football season‚ I was informed that our senior quarterback would not be playing that upcoming season. This was a huge blow to the team‚ as he was the
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disagrees with not allowed? This question has been heavily put to the test as football players have been swarmed with abhorrence. This anger has been brought to them through the protest that they have acted with‚ not standing or kneeling during the national anthem‚ in the past few years. Football players should be protected by the first amendment of the constitution‚ which is for free speech and protest. Football players should not be punished for their action about the issue in which they protest
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Football has been around for centuries and it has become one of America’s favorite sports. Even though it is a sport many enjoy watching it is also a dangerous sport. Many football athletes don’t realize the things that can go on during a football game and even if they did they don’t take enough precautions to keep themselves safe. Football is a dangerous sport that can lead to multiple concussions and brain trauma‚ but there are ways that this sport can be made safer. I believe that football can
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with a rich football tradition was exciting. Every adult with a son in our family wanted to see them grow up playing ball from pop warner to middle school in that heart fulfilling high school varsity ball games. There was nothing better than seeing your siblings shining under the bright lights on Friday nights with our family in the stands cheering them to victory. That tradition motivated us younger boys to be the best we could be. We all wanted to live the dream of being a varsity football player but
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