teams of eleven players who attempt to get a touchdown. Whoever scores a touchdown will gain six points for their team.The players use a football which is a oval shaped ball made from leather. It takes about 600 cows to make one full season’s worth of NFL football’s. The 2 main football positions are offense and defense. The offense is the side which is in
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Hard Knocks Expository Essay Did you know that “More than 50% of Americans don’t want their sons to play football” (2)? Well it’s true because hard hits can result in concussions which can cause life-time negative health effects. Concussions occur when the brain receives a hard hit and it the brain shakes in the skull. While the government and school districts have already required safer techniques‚ companies should create safer equipment and coaches should enforce safer tackling techniques because
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Brain Disease Endangers Football To a high school football player‚ the idea of a disease being severe enough to endanger his revered sport likely evokes outrage‚ or at the very least‚ a severe case of skepticism. And understandably so. Football has defined our culture‚ and for many‚ served as a proud way of life for nearly a century. Without football‚ high school -and really all of America- just wouldn’t be the same. Unfortunately‚ new studies demonstrate that this “disease” may hold some
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applied. Concussion tests have been mandatory among players as young as high school‚ therefore more precautionary steps could be added to prevent injuries. Although I believe football should not be banned‚ it is understandable as to why it is dangerous. Recently a lawsuit has been filed from 4‚000 previous NFL players. As well as another suit from a group of former college players. Both suits stated that concussions were not taken as seriously as it should have been. In the article “Concussion Worries
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cheering. A great description of some good old football. Where the toughest of the tough battle it out on the field‚ but could we be facing something even greater when those athletes step on the field? Research from many high schools‚ Universities‚ and NFL teams show that “on field head banging is taking a serious toll”. It is believed that our brains are still developing till our mid twenties. Due to the ongoing blows to the head in all levels of football the outcome of a long career will be a tragic
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Sudden shock rapidly spread throughout the football community as the news was released that former NFL linebacker‚ Junior Seau was found dead. Seau’s death was not‚ however‚ caused naturally. Junior Seau‚ the man who led his team to their first NFL appearance and the man that was loved by the community took his own life. The suicide of the NFL star led to the immediate question: why would such a loved man end his life?. National Institutes of Health in Washington was chosen by the Seau family to
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themselves academically rather than pursuing a career that rarely comes true. There are currently more than 1 million high school football players‚ only 6.5 percent of them will play in college and of that‚ a meager 1.6 percent will be drafted into the NFL (NCAA). Statistically‚ this figure is not significant. Rather than chasing a dream‚ students could better use their time academically which generally provides a much more stable income and better livelihood than those who pursue
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Football Related Head Injuries Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Imagine you’re an NFL quarterback taking a three step drop‚ you have 5 seconds if that to get rid of the ball before a 350 pound defensive lineman comes charging at you and throws you to the ground‚ as your falling you slam your head against the ground causing your brain to rattle against your skull. You now have a concussion and will watch from the sideline the rest of the game. II. Thesis Statement: “No guts‚ No glory‚” is
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“Football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners‚ only survivors.” Frank Gifford‚ a retired NFL player and now commentator‚ said this quote referencing to his 12 years as running back for the New York Giants. This quote is directed towards the impact that football does to you. Frank Gifford is comparing the effects of a nuclear warfare to the effects football has on your body and mind. Children are impacted greatly by football due to programs that have started too early in their lifetime‚
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of Denial explains how the glorification of violence plays a role in head injuries in the NFL. The National Football League’s chronic brain injury rates are increasing very quickly‚ causing the league to increase protocol to provide better protection for the players. It is hard to find a football player today whose body hasn’t paid a very high price; the love of the game may be destroying the brains of NFL players. Some evidence that football causes CTE is Mike Webster’s medical experience. Mike
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