Concussions are one of the main problems that many athletes face. It can change the way the brain functions. According to Mayo Clinic, it can have short-term issues such as headaches and long-term problems. Today, many children around the ages of twelve play a contact-related sport such as tackle football and heading in soccer. Heading in soccer and tackle football can cause serious injuries, so we need the brain to not get hurt. Contact sports should not be allowed to children due to concussions and brain injuries.
Contact sports can cause concussions and injure the brain. In an article written by Arthur L. Caplan and Lee H. Igel from the NYU Sports & Society Program, researchers at Boston University studied a group of retired NFL players and divided the players into two groups: one group who played tackle football before twelve and another who played at an older age. The results showed that the NFL players who played before twelve did 20% worse on the test than those who played later. This shows that there is a link between playing tackle football …show more content…
Caplan and Igel also wrote about how a twelve year old brain is still growing. Hitting the head repeatedly with a soccer ball can damage the brain and increase problems in the future. This tells us that a child's brain is very fragile. Secondly, John Madden, one of the greatest football coaches, quoted in the same article written by Caplan and Igel, “I’m a firm believer that there’s no way that a six-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill....They can play flag football. And with flag football you can get all the techniques.” This quote explains that there is a way to lessen brain injuries by using different technique and drills to build skills in football. At a young age, children should protect their brains with alternative ways of learning proper technique because the brain is
Contact sports can cause concussions and injure the brain. In an article written by Arthur L. Caplan and Lee H. Igel from the NYU Sports & Society Program, researchers at Boston University studied a group of retired NFL players and divided the players into two groups: one group who played tackle football before twelve and another who played at an older age. The results showed that the NFL players who played before twelve did 20% worse on the test than those who played later. This shows that there is a link between playing tackle football …show more content…
Caplan and Igel also wrote about how a twelve year old brain is still growing. Hitting the head repeatedly with a soccer ball can damage the brain and increase problems in the future. This tells us that a child's brain is very fragile. Secondly, John Madden, one of the greatest football coaches, quoted in the same article written by Caplan and Igel, “I’m a firm believer that there’s no way that a six-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill....They can play flag football. And with flag football you can get all the techniques.” This quote explains that there is a way to lessen brain injuries by using different technique and drills to build skills in football. At a young age, children should protect their brains with alternative ways of learning proper technique because the brain is