Sports Is Too Much Research Paper

“It’s very difficult fitting in studies and having to go to practice late at night, and having to study for tests, and remembering plays.” said Andre Gregory, a high school student who plays two sports, in the video ‘Sports How Much Is Too Much?’ by KCRA. Young people playing sports is not a quality idea after all the amount of concussions has tripled in the last decade, and the pressure on kids from parents is a great quantity for these young adults. Although teenagers with plenty of things on their plate tend to better academically, it is very frustrating for teens to have coaches riding on them about practicing all year. To begin with, boys from ages 10-14 are most likely to be in emergency departments with a traumatic brain injury. Journal Pediatrics, in ‘Report: Pressure On Teen Athletes Soars’ by WCPO, said, “Teen athletes between 14 and 19 years old apparently had increased emergency rooms for concussions went up from 7,000 to almost 22,000 a year.” Then, some of these kids could keep playing without telling anyone they got hurt, by playing with an injury they make themselves more susceptible to a bigger injury. Plus, in high school the most common injury for football are the foot, ankle and lower leg. The nee is also on this list at the second most common. Most of these wounds …show more content…
Plus, in high school the teens with more on their plate tend to have better grades than those who don’t have anything. KCRA said in ‘Sports How Much Is Too Much?’, “ The more you play the more you’ll hit the books.” But for the teenagers who has so much to do it can be quite a bit of pressure to have on 1 person. With trying to keep grades up so that they can keep playing, and train year round. Dr. Steven Gray from CSUS said,” Some parents think it’s a way to get into Cal. or to get a scholarship, play professional sports, when you put that kind of pressure on kids it doesn’t end very