Argumentative Essay: Safety Among Professional Athletes

In 2002, Mike Webster, hall of fame center of the Pittsburgh Steelers died at the young age of 50 due to consecutive years of constant damage to both the body and brain. Not only did his death finally catch the attention of the media, his mysterious death also raised a lot of suspicion towards the NFL and as a longtime fan my argument is why safety in the NFL has been swept under the rug for such a long time? Safety was a word that undoubtedly had very little importance in the NFL up until the 2000s, note that the NFL started in the early 1920s, and now after 80+ years of unspoken destruction the NFL has finally come under fire for their shady practices. It is sad to say that much of the NFL today still seems to have their technological focuses solely on ways to make the game better, faster, and more exhilarating for the fans. Though the effort of also making the game safer for the athletes is gradually getting more attention, we football fans all should know by now that safety still isn’t much of a …show more content…
I will be focusing on three things that wiwhy finding better ways to prevent both the mental and physical deterioration of these professional athletes. There are a few solutions that many people seem to agree on, one of which is that we need our athletes to start playing smarter not harder. Another reason that I personally believe will do wonders for the long term well-being of these athletes is to cut the two games a week program. of these problems is the lack of awareness which also goes along with the incapability of being able to just take step a step back and really look at what is going on. With a better understanding of both of these hypothesis we can look forward to further advancing’s in the safety of the sport that we all know and