The Importance Of Concussions In High School Football

In America we eat, sleep, and breathe the game of football. Embedded in our minds at a young age most kids begin playing football competitively, for fun, or simply just watching the game as early as 4 years old. Football is a game that brings people and families closer in America and puts smiles on their faces. For example every thanksgiving there is a NFL football game played every single year. Where tons of families across the country gather around eat great food and watch grown men’s bodies get pummeled and abused for 60 minutes. Why do we love this game you ask? Americans are intrigued week in and week out by the violent impacts and danger the game provides and will pay to watch a contest at any level including High school, Collegiate, and pros. Most Americans however don’t truly understand how dangerous the game truly is. To the average Joe football is just a bunch of guys who are well protected and chase each other back and forth across a field.
However to a collegiate or professional football player it’s an entirely different story. These are modern day gladiators whose bodies and minds are sculpted for one …show more content…
The study showed that out of twenty thousand football players in the United States, there was around a ten percent chance that a high school football player would endure a concussion in a single season. Assuming that there are around sixty players on average on a high school football team, this means that around six of those sixty players will receive a concussion every season. In a four year time span this implies that 16 of the students who played highschool football received a mild traumatic brain injury that has the ultimate potential to affect the rest of their lives. The percentage of high school and college players to suffer a concussion in practice alone was an uncomforting fifty seven