The NFL (National Football League) uses many forms of technology. You may not realize it but they actually have a lot of technology in there everyday games. For example they use headphones to communicate and they use a scoreboard to keep track of the score and to know how much time is left in the game. They also use tablets to make up plays. As you can see there are multiple sources of technology and more that I haven’t even mentioned. Right now‚ I will only talk about one of these pieces of technology
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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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The National Football League has a bigger problem on their hands that go beyond the 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’
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2016 the National Football League became aware of a link between playing football and the brain disease known as CTE. Jeff Miller‚ the National Football League’s senior vice president for health and safety‚ told the House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce that head trauma caused by football can trigger brain disease. The scientists know that CTE is the result from head trauma‚ but there is so much about it they do not know yet. (Breslow) Tau protein is known as a neurological disease
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At the Game Bright lights illumine the night sky. The distant roar of cheers and applause hits my ears—it is a Sunday night football game at the Chiefs. As my aunt and I walk to the gates‚ we are confronted by two massive men patting another down. We get closer to the gate and I hear the clicking of the tickets—a beautiful song in a surprisingly synchronized rhythm. We then walk to our seats fighting our way through the crowded channels of hallways. We find our seats—front row on the 50
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What is the relationship between feedback from air pressure of a football to the performance of a athlete? Alex Long Purpose The purpose for my experiment is to work out scientifically whether the air pressure inside a football effects the performance of a sports performer. There are several different types and brands of footballs all with different structures and pressure recommended for the ball. It would be interesting to find out the differences between the different
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Taking Fantasy Football to the Max Merging Fantasy with Reality Fantasy Football has almost become a sport onto its own‚ because it offers fans the chance to organize their own dream team of players‚ coach them and follow their progress‚ all based on real life NFL games. So‚ how does this work? First you join a league and then prepare for the draft by scouting out players‚ as is done in real life. On the day of the draft you either select players via the snake path or enter the action draft. The
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Football the beautiful game The phrase "The Beautiful Game" is a name given to football. The person who created the phrase is unknown. Football commentator Stuart Hall is the only person to have said to have created "The Beautiful Game". In his youth‚ Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty’s style when playing. He also used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" in his commentary career later on
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Hockey .vs. Football (Comparative Essay) Football and hockey are two sports‚ which are similar in objective‚ but very different in their rules and guidelines. In each of these major sports there are rules and guidelines that the players must follow. The topics that will be covered are the weight differences between the players in football and hockey‚ the use of Creatine Monohydrate‚ and last the equipment restrictions. This first paragraph will discuss the weight difference between the players
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Football is a physically demanding sport that requires not only strength‚ but great coaching tactics as well. When a person signs up for football‚ no matter what age they know the risks of being injured. But even knowing the risks will not prevent them from occurring‚ the 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
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