A.J Tarpley, a 23-year-old undrafted free agent linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, intercepted Ryan Fitzpatrick to win the game and keep the New York Jets from making the playoffs. Little did he know that biggest play of his young career would be his last. Two weeks ago Tarpley announced his retirement because of concussions. He had suffered his third and fourth concussions last season while playing in only fourteen games. His third concussion occurred during training camp last summer, when he was trying to make the team. He didn’t tell anyone about it because if he did they would make him sit out of a portion of training camp and possibly cause him to not make the team. On October 5th while the Bills were playing the Jaguars in London Tarpley
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The amount of reported concussions has doubled over the last ten years (www.headcasecompany.com). The number of reported concussions in 2012 was 3,800,000 which is double of 2002 (www.headcasecompany.com). Also there are an estimated four to five million concussions annually compared to the 3.8 million that are reported (www.headcasecompany.com). That means there are between .2 to 1.2 million concussions that go unreported each year. Another crazy fact is that 1 in 5 high school students will sustain a concussion during the season of whatever sport is going on at the time (www.headcasecompany.com). Also 47% of reported sports concussions occur during the high school football season (www.headcasecompany.com). 33% of high schoolers who report that they have a concussion will report two or more concussions in a year (www.headcasecompany.com). These statistics show that we have a serious concussion epidemic on our hands. Lincoln 2011
Concussion Rate (per 1000 AE or athlete exposure) Marar 2012
Concussion Rate (per 1000 AE or athlete exposure)
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Looking at the table above you will notice football has the most concussions, at .64 per 1000 athlete exposure, or AE, in 2012. That is an incredibly high number for a sport that is as popular as it is in the United States. The sport with the second highest amount of concussions is boys’ lacrosse with a rate of .40 per 100 AE in 2012. That is also the only time a boys’ sport, excluding football, has a higher concussion rate compared to a similar or same girls’ sport. For example, girls’ basketball had a rate of .21 per 1000 AE in 2012 compared to boys’ basketball which had a rate of .16 per 1000 AE in 2012. This raises the question of whether high school girls are more susceptible to concussions compared to high school boys.
Concussions may seem harmless at first, but they are far from it. There are many side effects that come with concussions. They vary from short term to long term side effects as stated here “The symptoms of concussion are variable and involve a combination of both early and
The amount of reported concussions has doubled over the last ten years (www.headcasecompany.com). The number of reported concussions in 2012 was 3,800,000 which is double of 2002 (www.headcasecompany.com). Also there are an estimated four to five million concussions annually compared to the 3.8 million that are reported (www.headcasecompany.com). That means there are between .2 to 1.2 million concussions that go unreported each year. Another crazy fact is that 1 in 5 high school students will sustain a concussion during the season of whatever sport is going on at the time (www.headcasecompany.com). Also 47% of reported sports concussions occur during the high school football season (www.headcasecompany.com). 33% of high schoolers who report that they have a concussion will report two or more concussions in a year (www.headcasecompany.com). These statistics show that we have a serious concussion epidemic on our hands. Lincoln 2011
Concussion Rate (per 1000 AE or athlete exposure) Marar 2012
Concussion Rate (per 1000 AE or athlete exposure)
Football .60 …show more content…
Looking at the table above you will notice football has the most concussions, at .64 per 1000 athlete exposure, or AE, in 2012. That is an incredibly high number for a sport that is as popular as it is in the United States. The sport with the second highest amount of concussions is boys’ lacrosse with a rate of .40 per 100 AE in 2012. That is also the only time a boys’ sport, excluding football, has a higher concussion rate compared to a similar or same girls’ sport. For example, girls’ basketball had a rate of .21 per 1000 AE in 2012 compared to boys’ basketball which had a rate of .16 per 1000 AE in 2012. This raises the question of whether high school girls are more susceptible to concussions compared to high school boys.
Concussions may seem harmless at first, but they are far from it. There are many side effects that come with concussions. They vary from short term to long term side effects as stated here “The symptoms of concussion are variable and involve a combination of both early and