Bang! A high school football player just took a nasty head on collision with another player. He's the star quarterback, and he hasn't missed an offensive play since the start of the dominant season. Coaches rush to the field as well as medical professionals, they observe him and it doesn't seem that he has any major injuries that will keep him from finishing the game, but they are left with the question should he return to the field after the big hit or not? Little does Billy and all his coaches know one nasty ding to the head can actually mean a lot more than a seemingly minor pain.…
Concussions and Football Helmets Football is one of America’s most watched and played sports. On any day of the week, families across the nation watch as high school, college, and professional athletes compete against one another. Unfortunately, it is very rare to watch a game not be stopped for some kind of injury. One of the most common and dangerous injuries is a concussion. Most people do not think twice about a concussion and think it’s not a serious injury, but it is.…
Football concussions are harmful to the player and can affect the brain by memory loss, death, and seizures. The reason why I will be talking about concussions is because it is important to know how serious they can be and how harmful they can affect an athlete's future. According to John Wrights book, “Sports injuries: how to prevent, diagnose, and treat. Football” it says “professional teams often use air pads that are inflated by a hand bulb on two points of the helmets.” With the air pads, that doesn't mean that it is concussion proof.…
Imagine getting knocked out, and losing consciousness. Minutes later you get back up and are told to get right back on the field to play again. The National Football league has been plagued for years by concussion controversy. In the NFL (National Football League) there are way too many concussions.…
How Bad Are Football Related Concussions? Do you keep yourself up to date with the news, ESPN, or the National Football League? If so, then you have probably heard of the many problems of the long-term effects of football-related concussions. Even athletes in high school who have suffered multiple concussions are put at risk of death dealing from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.…
Sports today, have many controversial topics that are introduced and discussed heavily. In the NFL (National Football League), concussions are a crucial topic to be discussed. A concussion is an injury caused by an impact to the head, or a violent shaking of the head and body. Doug Baldwin, wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks took a big hit during one of his games. He was then screened for a concussion and Baldwin claimed that he could have easily cheat the protocol if he wanted to, but decided to choose not to (“NFL Concussions Fast Facts”).…
Have you ever been tackled really hard in a football game or practice? How did you feel after that happened? And if you haven’t imagine what it would feel like. This happens about 100 times a game in the National Football League: a bone-jarring tackle that slams a player to the turf. With this in mind close to 1.6-3.8 million sports-related head injuries happen each year, with a shocking amount of 135,000 being diagnosed as concussions.…
The NFL claims to be having progress with concussions but on opening day, linebacker Stewart Bradley of the Philadelphia Eagles was hit hard in the head, his legs turned to jelly and he collapsed. A few minutes later, he was sent back into the game. That’s not progress. Some risk factors of concussions are playing high risk sports like football, lacrosse, hockey etc., having a concussion before hand, and being a soldier in combat.…
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.…
Is the NFL doing enough to address head injuries for their sport? The debate over head injuries in the National Football League has perplexing views coming from the audience, players, and medical doctors in the United States. This has become a major issue in the last ten years because of recent studies linking chronic brain diseases with retired players. Many lawsuits filed against the NFL happened after this became public knowledge. More rules and regulations must go into action immediately to protect the players health.…
The increase of concussions in football has had an astounding effect on athletes and should be further evaluated for safety research. First, you probably want to know what a concussion is before I talk about how and why they happen in football. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that has brain altering effects.…
D.J. Fluker, offensive lineman, of the San Diego Chargers, experienced a concussion on November 22 during their game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Fluker will count this down as his fourth known concussion of his career. He had symptoms following their game that included a headache (Gehlken, 2015). All of this was after he experienced a concussion four days before during a practice. There is no set concussion protocol with the NFL rules on how many days a player must be nonactive.…
Concussions have always been a known risk when playing contact sports. Until recently they were not seen as a big deal. If you got knocked around a little too hard one play you were given some water, sat out a couple of plays, but as long as you were still conscious you were able to continue playing. It is our sheer ignorance of concussions that has allowed the effects long and short term to go unrecognized. With new studies showing the effects a concussion can have on the brain long and short-term, it is not worth the health risk to allow your kids to play the game of football.…
The tragedy of a man who attempted to brush his teeth with a razor. This sounds like a shocking headline in a newspaper, but it almost happened to a former NFL football player, Dave Kocourek (Segura). During a professional football game, many players are at risk for suffering concussions. Repeated blows to the head and violent contacts can lead to severe brain damage, which might cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some solutions that can decrease the risks of brain injuries are to improve helmets, provide more information about the risks of injuries, change rules for kickoff, change the three-point stance, update the contracts, and offer insurance for retired players.…
Over 300,000 collision sports-related injuries occur each year in the US. It is proven that students in high school who play sports are more susceptible to a concussion than older players. This means that if you fail to take care of a head injury it could lead to permanent brain damage, and athletes who have already suffered from a head injury are 3 times more likely to experience another one. Coaches don't want to lose their greatest players, and students don't want to lose their spot on the team or the chance to get a scholarship. This causes head injuries to be often overlooked and not cause for concern.…