The NFL is a monstrous business. Last year the league brought in 7.24 billion dollars that was split between all thirty-two teams and the NFL office. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/7/20/9006401/nfl-teams-revenue-tv-deal-7-billion. The money brought in is because of the fans that are tuning in every week. Last year, 2015, seven out of the twenty most watched programs were NFL football and two more were NCAA football games http://www.tvinsider.com/article/62864/most-watched-tv-shows-2015-ratings/. The Super Bowl led the way in viewers with 114.4 million people tuning in to see the conclusion of the 49th season of the NFL https://www.statista.com/statistics/216526/super-bowl-us-tv-viewership/. Football and the NFL are so popular that Super Bowl
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There are the most common now days especially with big Running Backs and Quarterbacks. The NFL has started to shift over to “nontraditional” Quarterbacks and Running Backs. The facilities that are available to the players enable them to become bigger, faster, and stronger than ever. Defenders often feel like they have to go high to make sure that these players are a bit timid by coming into their zones, and now they are being flagged for it and even fined. The most glaring example of Unnecessary Roughness happened last year in the Wild Card game involving Cincinnati Bengals Linebacker Vontaze Burfict and Pittsburgh Steeler’s Wide Receiver Antonio Brown. The game was being nationally broadcast on CBS so the world was able to see. Antonio Brown ran a slat and the ball was overthrown. Brown jumped up for the ball, and as he was falling Burfict lowered his helmet into Brown’s. Brown instantly went unconscious and his body went limp and he flopped to the turf. This is when the world quit going against the rule changes. More often than not fans complain about rule changes and they say how the game is becoming less and less like football, but the hit on Brown ended all of that. The Unnecessary roughness was called. It is for the protection of the players. The Defenders are often fined for these hits and even in the case of Burfict have to sit out some games because of their …show more content…
An NFL medical staff is full of people that are certified in Concussions. In a First Take interview on Four Falls of Buffalo on ESPN, retired Wide Receiver Andre Reed talked a lot about Concussions and the protocol. Reed had a fifteen year Career and made his way to seven pro-bowls and four Super bowl appearances. Reed said “I probably suffered one-hundred mild concussions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Vt1_yqz2M. He continues on protocol, “You used to have to say how many fingers they were holding up and what day of the week it was and you could go back in”. Concussion protocol is now much better. If the staff sees a hit or a player acting a bit weird, 4 professionals come over and inspect the player’s symptoms. If the player doesn’t do well enough on the tests they take him and have him evaluated by medical equipment to see if he can play. If the player is confirmed to not have a Concussion he can come back out, but his actions will be monitored during the game. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/9/18/12940926/nfl-concussion-protocol-explained. If the player doesn’t pass the Concussion test he is done for that day. He then goes through a process to determine if he is healthy or not. Once the player stops feeling the headaches and symptoms the team will put him through some light activity and monitor them to see if the symptoms return. If the symptoms don’t come back the player is then put
There are the most common now days especially with big Running Backs and Quarterbacks. The NFL has started to shift over to “nontraditional” Quarterbacks and Running Backs. The facilities that are available to the players enable them to become bigger, faster, and stronger than ever. Defenders often feel like they have to go high to make sure that these players are a bit timid by coming into their zones, and now they are being flagged for it and even fined. The most glaring example of Unnecessary Roughness happened last year in the Wild Card game involving Cincinnati Bengals Linebacker Vontaze Burfict and Pittsburgh Steeler’s Wide Receiver Antonio Brown. The game was being nationally broadcast on CBS so the world was able to see. Antonio Brown ran a slat and the ball was overthrown. Brown jumped up for the ball, and as he was falling Burfict lowered his helmet into Brown’s. Brown instantly went unconscious and his body went limp and he flopped to the turf. This is when the world quit going against the rule changes. More often than not fans complain about rule changes and they say how the game is becoming less and less like football, but the hit on Brown ended all of that. The Unnecessary roughness was called. It is for the protection of the players. The Defenders are often fined for these hits and even in the case of Burfict have to sit out some games because of their …show more content…
An NFL medical staff is full of people that are certified in Concussions. In a First Take interview on Four Falls of Buffalo on ESPN, retired Wide Receiver Andre Reed talked a lot about Concussions and the protocol. Reed had a fifteen year Career and made his way to seven pro-bowls and four Super bowl appearances. Reed said “I probably suffered one-hundred mild concussions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Vt1_yqz2M. He continues on protocol, “You used to have to say how many fingers they were holding up and what day of the week it was and you could go back in”. Concussion protocol is now much better. If the staff sees a hit or a player acting a bit weird, 4 professionals come over and inspect the player’s symptoms. If the player doesn’t do well enough on the tests they take him and have him evaluated by medical equipment to see if he can play. If the player is confirmed to not have a Concussion he can come back out, but his actions will be monitored during the game. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/9/18/12940926/nfl-concussion-protocol-explained. If the player doesn’t pass the Concussion test he is done for that day. He then goes through a process to determine if he is healthy or not. Once the player stops feeling the headaches and symptoms the team will put him through some light activity and monitor them to see if the symptoms return. If the symptoms don’t come back the player is then put