“It is only recently that we have understood traumatic brain injuries, the helmets that we are using today were not designed to protect the brain, they are designed to protect the skull fracture”(University Study). People everywhere around the world are receiving concussions everyday for everyday activities or participating in a sport. A concussion is a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the aftereffects such as confusion or temporary incapacity. The best way to describe a concussion is like Jell-O, you bang it and the Jell-O wiggles away, it is not smashing against the side of the skull but either chemically or receptor wise, things start falling out of place(Guy Gugliotta). Even Though
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Lindsay Jones out of the USA Today says “National Football League players who received a concussion in the 2015 season only spent on average of sixteen days off the football field”(Jones). This has got better throughout the years the average days spent off the football field in 2005 was four days. Now players must be cleared by two doctors, one an independent doctor and another one a team doctor. Another example that shows that the number of days spent off the football field is not enough and that it should be more is that boxing has many concussions in its sport, and they require that a boxer that gets knocked out in a fight or receives a concussion during a fight, not fight again for thirty days (Crumpacker). This would help many football players in the NFL get treated better, games in the NFL are only played on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Monday and Thursday only one game is played that night and on Sunday everyone plays unless you have a bye week, the rest of the week is practice and for a NFL player rest is needed after a
Lindsay Jones out of the USA Today says “National Football League players who received a concussion in the 2015 season only spent on average of sixteen days off the football field”(Jones). This has got better throughout the years the average days spent off the football field in 2005 was four days. Now players must be cleared by two doctors, one an independent doctor and another one a team doctor. Another example that shows that the number of days spent off the football field is not enough and that it should be more is that boxing has many concussions in its sport, and they require that a boxer that gets knocked out in a fight or receives a concussion during a fight, not fight again for thirty days (Crumpacker). This would help many football players in the NFL get treated better, games in the NFL are only played on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Monday and Thursday only one game is played that night and on Sunday everyone plays unless you have a bye week, the rest of the week is practice and for a NFL player rest is needed after a