A long term effect of concussions could potentially lead to CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). According to the Concussionfoundation.org, athletes who begin playing a sport before the age of twelve is at a higher risk of getting of getting CTE. It is found in people that has had lots of brain trauma, mostly in athletes and military veterans. Tau is a protein that clumps up and spreads through the brain killing its cells. This disease can be found in people as young as 17 but usually it develops later in life after all of the head injuries.…
In this article, I will discuss the importance of reducing concussions, how helmets have changed over time, and how the NFL has made rule changes to make the game safer. Importance of Reducing Concussions Football helmet improvements and rule changes need to be made due to one major reason: all the concussions and head injuries that occur in football. With parents preventing their kids from playing football due to head injuries, it makes it almost impossible for the game to grow. It is important to ensure safety for players because of the harm that head injuries can cause to people later in their life. Not only is reducing concussions important in making football safer, but because of the implications concussions can lead to.…
The first reason that football players take serious damage to the brain is because of concussions. A concussion is a stunning, damaging, or shattering from a hard blow that affects the brain. When taking a hard blow it causes your head to ring and you try to hang on but your brain shuts down and can’t remember anything. This…
Football players of all ages suffer from concussions throughout the year. Primary mechanism of concussion in football is helmet to helmet collisions and/or whiplash from a tackle. The number of collisions involving the head to head is very high. In the course of 20 years, concussions in the National Football League (NFL) remain an important issue. In 2004, Dr. Bennet I. Omalu, Departments of Pathology and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, diagnose, through a the autopsy of a retired professional football player, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).…
Isenberg states in his article Concussions Concerns Continue as High School Football Season Nears, “Over the past 25 years, much publicized reports of the dangers of concussions, head trauma, traumatic brain injuries and a condition known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in football players from the NFL ranks on down” (Isenberg 1). Football had been a staple of American culture since long before we understood the full anatomy of the brain, and that is why head injuries before the last couple decades were never an issue. In her book concerning concussions in football, Carla Mcclafferty claims that, ”today the seriousness of concussion is certain. Medical experts understand that a football ‘ding’ or a ‘bell ringer’ is a concussion. Concussions are one of the most dangerous aspect of any sport.…
Concussions in high school, college, and in professional sports are an intense situation because concussion can cause an long term effects on people. Like C.T.E is a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy who has repeated brain injuries which it can affect a person impulsive or erratic Behavior or memory loss. C.T.E is a condition that a person has when it suffer repeated brain injuries and it can affect a person's behavior. But, C.T.E may occur years or decades after the brain injuries and also it can cause abnormal build up of a protein called tau which it slowly kills brain cells.…
People love the sport of football and millions of fans come out each year to watch a football game. But during these games people don't look at it as the sport of dangerous concussions. They look at it for the entertainment and it gets the fans adrenaline pumping. The NFL is finding new ways to make the sport safer and creating less injuries by reducing full contact practices and eliminating as many kickoffs.…
How would it feel to play the sport of your dreams for years and to sustain injuries which were not visible to others? If a pattern of injuries occurs, would you be concerned about your future? Boo Williams, is a prime example of the effects of concussions based on injuries that no one knew was happening besides himself. Concussions, which are common in the NFL often lead to mental health issues and other long-term effect. There are many effects of concussions and one of them is the mental health.…
When high school football players pick up injures they are notably likely not going to bring up the topic to their trainer as well as their coach so they will not be benched/taken out of the games. C.T.E is a head trauma induce disease that is linked to depression, impulse control problems, memory loss, including dementia. There have been more than 20 N.F.L players who have died for that reason of C.T.E. Furthermore, they have been increasing the awareness of the dangers of repeated hits to the head that may not raise the level of a concussion. All the young people are still in the stages of development of their brain tissues that are not fully matured than an…
“Mike Webster was an American pro football player in the 1900’s. He died from a heart attack, but after his death they discovered that he was a victim of CTE. Webster suffered many concussions in sports and possibly suffered from second impact syndrome” (Watson). This means that even though this was a while ago, it is just a big of a problem, regardless of today’s progression. Additionally, protocols for concussions in football have been lacking ever since it began.…
A sizable percentage of concussions in the NFL are caused by T-bone hits or hits between the eyes, and these hits offset the brain’s center of gravity (Giles, 2016). Concussions can also cause permanent long term damage to the wiring of the brain. In older athletes, blows to the head can cause more harm because adults have one-eighth to a quarter-inch of space between the brain itself and the skull. This allows for more room for the brain to repeatedly hit the skull, whereas in a teenage athlete, the brain is flush with the skull, and doesn’t give the brain any room to move (Giles, 2016). While any hit to the brain is devastating, it seems as though adults are more at risk of permanent neurological damage.…
Using more safety rules, along with better equipment, and more awareness of safety hazards of participating in football could help lower to number of life threatening injuries. Having an insufficient number of rules for the game makes football dangerous. Within the years 1959 and 1988, a study conducted by observing 3,400 NFL players revealed that football players were four times more likely to develop diseases than the rest of population (Burleigh 611). This claim can further be supported by the reports written on other players as well. There have been former NFL players in the past that have suffered through the aftereffects of one too many rough seasons.…
Is It Worth It? Football is considered by many to be the number one sport in America. It is enjoyed by millions from little league all the way to the National Football League (NFL). As exciting as football is to watch, it is no denying that it is a high-impact and physically dangerous sport that can lead to many serious injuries.…
CTE, formerly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is a deadly disease founded by Dr. Bennett Omalu, which is caused by concussions that rots the brain makes one go mad (Miller). It is most common in retired players, many years after they retire from the game. The path to the end of the disease is quite frightening as well as it drives the stricken individual to death via some sort of suicide. Even though players may assume the risk of football, more action should be pursued because players today are still sustaining concussions, the risks of CTE, and the risks of other long term effects that players are, and will,…
Many questions are still unanswered, and there is plenty of research to be done. There have been more and more injuries every football season and a lack of results from the proposed solutions. As of now, the priority is to find the main cause of these lasting brain conditions and find a plausible way to stop them. The impact of these continual hits can be seen in cases such as Owen Thomas.…