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Athletics and exercise are a great way for people to get in shape and lower the risk of chronic diseases like high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. College athletes are seen as some of the healthiest people in the population, but playing in competitive sports, unfortunately, comes along with the unavoidable risk of injury. This is a terrible reality, but the only way to take that risk out of the equation is to stop playing all together.

NCAA Nobody wants injuries, that is why there are so many rules and regulations in sports these days. Every organization that offers organized sports does its best to minimize injuries and maximize fun and safe participation. The NCAA, for example, take necessary steps to minimize
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As time goes on more technology and safe gear will be invented to help this noble cause. Everything is headed on the right track to minimize injury and maximize fun. Hopefully it doesn’t take another incident like the one with the CTE disease to enforce change. Athletics are an extremely important part of our society, so let’s make them

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