are 300‚000 sports related concussions that happen in the USA every year‚ according to article 1. The debate has been should players have to sit out longer to heal from concussions. Players should have to sit out longer because concussions can lead to long term injury‚ delayed reaction time and dizziness‚ and brain damage. Sitting out longer is a small price to pay for a child’s well being. Concussions can cause more damage if you don’t give them time to heal. Concussions can cause you to have slower
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1301.214 Dr. Nancy Carothers 11 November 2008 NFL: How Does the Players Behavior Off Field Affect the Game of Football? How does the Player’s behavior off field affect the game of football? The answer to this question might surprise you. We all know that bad behavior has it own consequences‚ but does it really negatively affect the way a player plays the game of football. In recent year‚ especially since 2002 we have had a rash of NFL athletes being arrested. The two most famous would
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The National Football League has been around since September 26‚ 1920. The NFL has had many changes along the way. Can you believe that the NFL started out with only 14 teams? The NFL has evolved so much from starting in Canton Ohio to now in 32 cities with 24 states having NFL teams. Not only have the teams and cities changed the football‚ the jerseys‚ and the helmets have changed dramatically. The NFL started in Canton‚ Ohio. This is where the hall of fame is for football. The hall of fame might
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English 1A August 9 2012 The Expansion of the NFL Generations The National Football League (NFL) has changed over time during its existence from 1920. The National Football League’s experience is even more exciting today then in past generations. The players today are bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger then professional players. Although the same general rules still apply in today’s game‚ but new ones are brought up every year to protect players from injuries. Ever since the league started in
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Andrew Okita Dr. Feuerstein ENG 100 4 April 2014 NFL Concussions and Their Long-Term Effects On May 2‚ 2012‚ the National Football League lost one of its elite players to suicide: Junior Seau. Seau played for the Chargers‚ Dolphins‚ and the Patriots during his professional football career and was a 12-time Pro Bowler before retiring in 2009. Three years after his retirement however‚ Seau committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a gun. This greatly shocked the football world and
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gridiron. Concussions in football leads to greater health risks later in life‚ because of the trauma that is put towards the head area which leads to more serious head injuries. According to Simon Flynn‚ Andre Waters‚ who was a former player in the National Football League‚ and who died at age of only forty-four had a brain of an eighty-five-year-old. If more preventions were in place in football then Water’s’ chance of having an unhealthy brain at a young age would have been lower. The NFL (National
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in the NFL Informative Speech 11/19/2012 * Introduction * Since the foundation of the NFL in 1920‚ player helmet safety has come a long way with many advances being made to ensure players receive the highest degree of protection possible. In order to help you better understand the advancements the NFL has made to ensure player helmet safety‚ I will discuss 2 main topics. The History of the NFL Helmet 1. The Consequences of Head Injuries I. The History of the NFL Helmet
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Healthcare System found that 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL football players showed signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A concussion is an injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Your brain is surrounded by spinal fluid to cushion it from your hard skull. If you are hit hard your brain may hit your skull and become injured. There may be no visible signs of a concussion at all. The symptoms of a concussion vary from each person. Some may pass out or forget what happened
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to bring about awareness of concussions in the NFL and how a football player can prevent them from happening by choosing the safest sprint stance. [Where is your thesis? Place your thesis at the last part of the introduction so readers can easily see it.] Based on the tone of the article‚ Bonnechere et al. intend to inform football players on how they can not only improve their starting position‚ but to help the NFL and its players protect themselves against concussions and any other related injuries
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Ever feel like something is holding you back from being your best? In the NFL they are contemplating adding more rules and modifying equipment to try to prevent concussions. This could backfire and change the game permanently. Holding players back from being able to play to the best of their ability. Football is the number one sport in North America‚ changing the game we know today could lead to a decline in popularity for the sport. Football players know the risks to their health and thus should
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