Michael Marquez Professor Winters ENG-120J 7 September 2013 Concussions: Creating Awareness for Sports-Related Brain Injuries The National Football League is one of the biggest organizations in the United States. The injury rate in football is overwhelming‚ so overwhelming there are already studies out saying football might lead to suicide. Injuries are quite the stat in today’s sports world but the scariest numbers of them all are head injuries. People don’t realize how big of a dilemma it
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Thesis: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and concussions have great effects on former NFL players. Attention Getter: Talk about how many people dream and long to play in the NFL‚ but they do not realize the long term effects on their head. I am going to get the attention of the reader with an abrupt fact about about the high percentage of NFL players that had CTE. Interest Explained: Say how I am interested in this problem because I have a love for football‚ and have played since I was little. Also
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Picture your favorite player from your team out for the season because of multiple concussions. This is said mostly the NFL. It is dangerously increasing players chances of getting diagnosed with the diseases CTE’s and ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is caused by overtime head trauma and concussions. Lou Gehrig was the first ever known athlete to get diagnosed and died this disease. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy are multiple diseases like Alzheimer’s. Athletes and fans should be more
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the week is why should you guys be interested in the NFL Draft? One of the many reasons why you should be interested in the NFL Draft is because it’s one of the most important weekends of the year. Therefore if any sports fan or even college fans that don’t care about the NFL but‚ care about their college team to see where their favorite players on their favorite college team will go and continue their careers. “It’s no secret that the NFL draft is catnip cut with Vicodin for the Pro football
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A concussion is a brain injury that is caused by a blow‚ impact‚ or even violent sudden movements such as shaking. A concussion can occur with or without the loss of consciousness and can lead to problems later on. Concussions have some noticeable symptoms including confusion‚ headache‚ dizziness‚ vertigo‚ nausea and vomiting‚ fatigue‚ and drowsiness. Some other symptoms of a concussion include ear ringing and slurred speech. All signs of a concussion can be lasting symptoms of concussions as well
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such as head trauma. Head injury is a complex structure that needs to be deal with not only by the players but also the people surrounding them. Concussion is a type of head injury that used to be treated mildly because of its light side effects but is now proven to cause deficiency in later life
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Nowadays‚ it seems like athletes get concussions all the time. Concussions can be very detrimental to a persons health‚ and should be taken seriously. Athletes should take more time out of their sport when they get a concussion or other head injury because it could lead to brain damage in the future‚ it could be very serious‚ and because high school students are a lot more prone to concussions. However‚ on the bottom of the first article it states there has been a rise in technological advances that
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and play in an NFL game where they are being cheered for instead of punished. Domestic Violence has been going on for years in the NFL‚ but now it is becoming more of a problem than it was. All these players with assault and domestic violence charges being brought against them‚ Roger Goodell the NFL commissioner announced the league’s new six-game suspension punishment for a first time domestic violence offense‚ and second time offenders will be banned from the NFL for at least a
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injury that is frequently worried about is a concussion. A concussion is when temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. Football players take repeated blows to the head so a concussion is very common in this sport. The question is though is it too dangerous for HIGH SCHOOL students. First the side effects of concussions are not to be taken lightly such as vomiting‚ headaches and much more‚ but it is the long term effects of a concussion that they are worried
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Press. "NFL Changes Return-to-play Rules for Concussions - ESPN." ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2011 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4707604 Frommer‚ Frederic. "NFL Urging States to Pass Youth Concussion Laws‚ an Issue Magnified by Player ’s Suicide - Chicagotribune.com. " Chicago Tribune: Chicago News‚ Sports‚ Weather and Traffic – Chicagotribune.com. 23 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Feb. 2011. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-us-nfl-concussion-laws
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