professional sport? Boy’s high school football has an injury rate that is three times higher than girls’ soccer‚ which has the second highest injury rate. An Increasing rate of former football players are being diagnosed with a brain disease called CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) which causes difficulties with memory‚ impulsive control and depression. Football can’t be made safer. Football injury rates have been increasing and there’s no way to stop it. Football players are gaining “Scientific
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High School and College Football Since middle school‚ I have been playing the game of football‚ and I’ve loved it ever since. Being a bigger kid‚ I always have played the offensive line and defensive line positions. These positions require the actions of blocking and tackling. I enjoyed blocking and tackling so playing the game was very fun for me. Throughout the years I have enjoyed working hard to make my performance better. Countless hours of practicing and lifting weights have been a big
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Football is dangerous in high school? Well I think that football is dangerous in school. I think that people a lot of people get hurt‚ like in the article says they could get hit in the head and they could get a mentally problem at a young age ‚ a lot of people get that they they don’t leave their normal life like before because they have mentally problems. They don;t think that the other guys that‚ so That’s why I think that football is dangerous in high school. Other reason that i think that is
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Many people have argued that‚ “Should we ban high school football?” One of the main reason’s why we should outlaw the sport is due to head injuries‚ or injuries in general. Now granted‚ we cannot protect kids 24/7. Injuries in sports are just common things that occur. We can only do our best to prevent children from hurting themselves. 60% of head trauma actually comes from football. This head trauma is commonly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Though CTE’s symptoms are not
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pebble of dirt on your face from hard work will pay off and be rewarded in the end. My high school football experience was unlike anything I had ever dreamed of and taught me life lessons that I will never forget. From pushing hard to play as a freshmen‚ to winning state as a sophomore‚ and later leading the team to the semifinals as a senior captain holds a unique place in my heart. Although football in high school was the biggest part of my sports life‚ that was not the beginning. Starting at the
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things in perspective. While playing football my senior year‚ failure wasn’t on my mind very often. We were the number one ranked team in the state and had cruised throughout the season‚ winning most of our games by large margins. So that made it more difficult to accept when we lost early on in the playoffs. It was hard to accept for most of us that we would never play football again. The loss at the end of that season made me reminisce on my high school football career. I realized how amiss I was
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In 2012 there were 3‚800‚000 reported concussions‚ 47% of those reports took place in high school football. 1 in 5 athletes will experience a concussion in each sport season and 33% of those athletes will experience at least one more before their high school graduation. Together as high school athletes‚ we need to stand up for our neurological safety in high school football by learning how to identify‚ treat and prevent a concussion. Now many people have no idea what a concussion even is. “A concussion
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us the right things to make us feel better. When we get older we begin to make more risky decisions‚ and sometimes those become bad decisions‚ possibly ending in injury. As a high school football player‚ I knew that I was taking a risk with my safety‚ but I was not worried because football was something I loved. My football team‚ the Cy-Fair Bobcats‚ were on a 3 game winning streak‚ and that week’s opponent was not too intimidating so we knew we were in for a win. We started the game just as planned
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This movie made me feel very thrown off with my overall perspective of football and how it is played and it’s dangers. I felt very scared for the players and mad at the coaches/ other leaders for not taking better care of their players. The way this game can affect someone’s life is horrible. People think this game is just simple fun and good times but behind the scenes many people get serious problems from playing it and it also can affect other people’s lives like their families. But‚ on the other
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have an appendectomy because my appendix could burst any moment. I didn’t really realize until the next morning after surgery my high school football career could be over. Something I had worked so hard for‚ taken away from me so quick and unfairly‚ I was enrage.. I felt my senior season slip through my fingertips. However‚ I still needed to be a leader for this football team.‚ even if I wasn’t able to play. I made a promise to myself to lead through positivity‚ pride‚ and
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