Essay On Banning College Football

Football is played across almost every high school in the nation and almost every college as well. Many kids grow up to the idea of playing football for their high school and maybe even one day play for a college team. Football is a major contact sport and most of the contact is made near the head and neck region causing many people to be concerned about brain injuries. Many people have connected multiple concussions to long term brain injuries, but some people disagree. Flynn cites in a study about NFL players that the players are generally healthier than the general man, but many people have conducted studies and research to show how dangerous football can be. Professional football is currently the most popular spectator sport in the United …show more content…
Malcom Gladwell starts the argument by saying that “it is not the big hits that effact/affect the player the worst, it is the tiny hits that happen every second. (Gladwell)” He also compares the hit to carr accidents. Gladwell explains that every time someone hits a brick wall at twenty-five miles per hour, it is equivalent to how college players hit each other (Gladwell). This much force causes the brain to slam against the skull of the brain causing it to swell. A main problem with the continuous collision between the brain and skull is that it causes CTE from anyone ages eighteen and up. While Gladwell talked about the medical issues, Bissinger explained why he thought college football should be banned. Bissinger believed that “grown men had the right to decided because they know the risk, college football players do not. All they receive is a scholarship and some perks, but no real information. (Bissinger)” Bissinger is mainly argumentative about banning college football because the young athletes looking for scholarships are not informed of the risks of playing in college. He agrees with Gladwell on the medical perspective of why football should be banned, but his main argument was the lack of