Throughout life, people deal with injuries and pain. However, activities that directly cause pain should not be continued. This is the case in the ever-so-popular sport often called “Football.” As shown in the article “Hard Knocks,” the video “Concussion Hazards in Youth Football,” and the infographic called “How Many G’s?” football is a sport that is incredibly difficult on the body, which has been directly related to concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Recreational departments and schools should ban programs such as football because actions undertaken in them are instilling a lifelong pain and taking away the reasoning abilities in adolescents. First of all, football has been proven to be directly linked with concussions
