Dangers of American Football Essay

Football It was a hot cloudy day and you could smell the fresh smell of the freshly cut grass. The football team and i were ready and hyped for our first home football game. We were hyped up and ready to destroy Hill-Gustat. They won the coin toss and got the ball first, we kicked the ball to them and ran and scored a touchdown. I wasn’t worried because i knew we could beat them. “ready set go go” “blurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” all i heard go through my ear as the referee blew the whistle. We had a…

sums of money because America is in an economic crisis, they do not teach Americans valuable lessons, and also the money could be used for medical research. I feel that professional athletes and entertainers should not earn large sums of money because we are in an economic crisis. Since we are in an economic crisis, why should men playing football get paid more that an average American that works at a real job helping Americans? Also, while the…

It was summer and it was time for football in East Hall. That means we practiced 3 days a week, 100 push ups a night, 2 hour practices, helmets never came off and we were only 9 year olds. We were almost undefeated the previous year and we want be undefeated that year. So we had to be disciplined, work hard and do what coaches told us to do. We were determined to win the Hall County Football Championship, since Flowery Branch won it the previous year we wanted to beat them so bad. Practices were…

Football has managed to deeply weave its way into America's traditions and culture. The sport is practically its own religion. According to the statistics provided by Gallup, although baseball may be referred to as "America's favorite pastime", football fanatics have surpassed the number of baseball fanatics. Football has even invaded some of our holidays such as Thanksgiving and New Years, the NFL practically has its own holiday called Super Bowl Sunday, the most anticipated game, which falls…

doing enough to prevent head injuries in players? SUDDEN IMPACT With the debate over concussions and what is being done to prevent them, a new study has shown that out of 91 former deceased National Football League (NFL) players, 87 of those players tested positive for brain disease (Breslow, 2015). Football is growing and changing with each and every game that is played. With that being said, the risk of injury, especially in the head area, is rapidly rising and is very scary to anyone that is…

The Sonora Wildcats continued its Mother Lode League dominance Monday evening at Bud Castle Gym, defeating Amador 25-15, 25-8, 15-12. With the sweep, Sonora has still not lost a set since joining the Mother Lode League in 2014. Sophomore Riley Patterson led the Wildcats with 12 kills. She also finished the night with nine digs and three aces. Kelsie Evans had five kills, while Adrianna Albanes and Riley Carpenter had four. Carpenter also had two block assists. Kianna Pisula led Sonora with…

The 49ers are my favorite NFL football team even though there sucking so far this year but I really hope they start doing good and I know mostly everything about them I know they have seven superbowls and I know mostly all the lenged’s in there to. They are joe montana/jerry rice and there was somebody else in there his name was something graig that’s all I know but anyway’s they were all good that’s why there lenged’s but I really hope they start doing good this year they were ok last year but…

Monday was a toilet paper disaster, Tuesday was the icky sticky egg scramble, and Wednesday was the day when our precious mascot was smuggled off campus. That was not the end, some reckless vandal decided to give the grass a fresh bald haircut on Thursday. The big game on Friday was cancelled due to the disappearance of grass, and the newly remodeled gym was covered in a fog that smelled like a spray paint. Westboro High was not just any school, but it was a respected and highly selective…

Is football too dangerous? The sport of football has faced a lot of criticism do to the increase in concussions, and the fact that some former players have encountered many diseases or memory loss, because of these concussions,but some believe that the sport is not too dangerous and that there are sports worse than football when it comes to concussion ratings. Many believe that football should be expelled from society, because of the many dangers of the sport, others believe that there…

Have you ever thought about an NFL that never applied discipline? Tom Brady was allegedly deflating footballs in the 2014-2015 AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts, but was never punished. Although it is not fully proven, there is plenty of evidence that Tom Brady has violated the integrity of the game multiple times, therefore, Tom Brady should be harshly punished. The NFL and people everywhere have been way too easy on Tom Brady. One good example is how the federal court nullified…