He’s got magic in his feet! AND HE SHOOTS! HE SCO- but then the sun dims out, and two sets of your coach and teammates appear, the ringing in your ears creep deeper into your mind, your tackled to the ground by your own self. Many players of all types of sports are punished by participating in their passion. Those players who participate in hard contact hits while playing high impact sports are much more vulnerable to injuries. These include; short term head injuries, long term head injuries, C.T.E., and even death.
To begin, the first and most common injury caused by these sports are short term had injuries and long term head injuries. Though they seem not as big as a deal, but they most certainly are. In the article “Hard Knocks,” it states, “A typical high school football player receives about 650 hits to the head per season, according to University of Michigan's NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory.” This simply is saying that these short term head injuries are very common, but as they happen repetitively they can lead to concussions or memory …show more content…
or even death. C.T.E as the article states is, “-(C.T.E.), a brain disease induced by repetitive head trauma and linked to depression, aggression, impulse-control problems, memory loss, and dementia.” These effects seem very frightening to most players of these sports and because of this disease, many players have lost the privilege to participate in their passion. Lastly, the worst effect of them all is death. To support this, the article says, “In 2014, more than 9500 concussions were reported among high school football players in the U.S. At least eight high school football players have died so far this year, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research-” This excerpt is saying that many football players (and players of another sport) have lost their lives due to the injuries caused by playing high impact
To begin, the first and most common injury caused by these sports are short term had injuries and long term head injuries. Though they seem not as big as a deal, but they most certainly are. In the article “Hard Knocks,” it states, “A typical high school football player receives about 650 hits to the head per season, according to University of Michigan's NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory.” This simply is saying that these short term head injuries are very common, but as they happen repetitively they can lead to concussions or memory …show more content…
or even death. C.T.E as the article states is, “-(C.T.E.), a brain disease induced by repetitive head trauma and linked to depression, aggression, impulse-control problems, memory loss, and dementia.” These effects seem very frightening to most players of these sports and because of this disease, many players have lost the privilege to participate in their passion. Lastly, the worst effect of them all is death. To support this, the article says, “In 2014, more than 9500 concussions were reported among high school football players in the U.S. At least eight high school football players have died so far this year, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research-” This excerpt is saying that many football players (and players of another sport) have lost their lives due to the injuries caused by playing high impact